Flamenco Festival 2016!

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL 2016 is back in Boston! Now celebrating its 15th year, the Flamenco Festival is dedicated to the powerful art of flamenco, featuring the finest dancers and musicians from Spain, March 5-20 at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston.

VICENTE AMIGO
March 5, 8pm
Latin Grammy–winning Vicente Amigo is known as one of today’s most dazzling flamenco guitarists and a likely successor to Paco de Lucía. Hailing from Córdoba, Spain, Amigo is at the forefront of a new generation of flamenco performers, steeped in the classic style while constantly innovating within the tradition. 
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FARRUQUITO
March 6, 7:30pm
From the legendary Farruco dynasty, the first family of Gypsy flamenco dance, Farruquito is regarded as one of the most faithful representatives of flamenco puro. His new show, Improvisao, is a work of intimate, authentic, and visceral flamenco, which Farruquito calls “a return to my roots.” He will be accompanied by guest dancer Gema Moneo, four singers, two guitarists, and a percussionist.

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ROCÍO MOLINA
March 19, 8pm
Rocío Molina is at the forefront of modern flamenco and has been awarded many of Spain’s top accolades, including National Dancer of the Year. Considered “one of the finest soloists in the world today” (The New York Times), she performs the Boston premiere of Danzaora & Vinática, a thrilling work with live musical accompaniment. 
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ROSARIO "LA TREMENDITA" & MOHAMMAD MOTAMEDI
QASIDA
March 20, 7:30pm
The Qasida project is an extraordinary musical encounter between the young Spanish singer Rosario “La Tremendita” and her Iranian peer Mohammad Motamedi. “La Tremendita” explores the roots of flamenco in the richly varied poetic songs and improvisations of Motamedi, the young rising star of Persian classical music. They will be accompanied by six musicians on guitar, Iranian kemanche (a bowed string instrument), percussion, and palmas (hand clapping).
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