Seminars 2022-2023

During the 2022-2023 academic year, the Flamenco Masters team of the Complutense University of Madrid will organize a series of seminars dedicated to FLAMENCO. The lectures will be given by members of the faculty of the upcoming Masters of the Complutense University of Madrid.

ALEJANDRO HURTADO. ROUND TABLE AND PRESENTATION

EL PRIMER LLANTO

This Thursday, 9 October, we are fortunate to welcome flamenco guitarist Alejandro Hurtado to the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Geography and History at the Complutense University of Madrid. Other professionals from the world of flamenco will also participate, including José Manuel Gamboa, Pablo San Niccasio, Paco Bethencourt, and Norberto Torres (online).

There will be a brief presentation and acknowledgements, a contextualisation of the album, a review of the guitarist's early teachers, and his time at the Rafael Orozco Conservatory in Córdoba. His discography will also be discussed, with an emphasis on his new album, El Primer Llanto. There will be an analysis of his compositions, songs and excerpts for all those interested.

With the collaboration of Elena Torres Clemente, Tatiana Aráez Santiago, Rosa María García Mira and África González from the MULICO 2 project.

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SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

UNLEARNING THE BODY: GENDER AND DANCE IN CONTEMPORARY FLAMENCO

This wonderful scientific event will take place on Wednesday, May 22nd, at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of the Autonomous University of Madrid. It is organized by this university in collaboration with the UCM. We will have the marvelous guest speaker, Rocío Molina, National Dance Award-winning dancer, as well as the 2022 Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. With a great professional trajectory, she is a versatile dancer with a unique vision in her reinterpretation of dance.

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MORENTE-CARBONELL FAMILY

ARTS THROUGH THE MORENTE-CARBONELL FAMILY

Next Thursday, September 28, in the Assembly Hall of the School of Geography and History of the Complutense University of Madrid at 11:15 a.m., we will have the immense luck to have Soleá Morente in the seminar Arts through the Morente-Carbonell family. She needs no introduction and is one of the most established and one of the living legends of flamenco. She is part of one of the most influential families in flamenco and despite this he has a very defined personality, something that we can clearly see in her latest work Aurora y Enrique.
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CARMEN CORTÉS

DRAMATIZACIÓN EN EL BAILE FLAMENCO

We are lucky to have bailaora Carmen Cortés next Thursday May 11 in the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Geography and History of the Complutense University of Madrid at 1:00 p.m., in the Dramatization en el baile flamenco dance seminar. The artist is one of the most influential ones on the current international scene, integrating elements of jazz or contemporary dance into her dance. She is a member of the UNESCO Dance Council, and one of his latest projects ¡GIRA, CORAZÓN! BAILANDO CON LORCA EN LA EDAD DE PLATA, approaches the work of Federico García Lorca and the Silver Age in Spain through dance and dramaturgy.
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JUAN MANUEL CAÑIZARES

LOS CLÁSICOS POR CAÑIZARES

.Juan Manuel Cañizares will visit our institution next Thursday, April 20, at the Aula Magna of the School of Geography and History of the Complutense University of Madrid at 1:00 p.m., in the seminar Los clásicos por Cañizares. Cañizares, a flamenco guitarist recognized around the globe, has played with artists such as Paco de Lucía or Enrique Morente, but also with classical formations such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. His discography stands out for integrating personal visions of Spanish classical composers, such as Scarlatti, Granados or Manuel de Falla.
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ESPERANZA FERNÁNDEZ

SE PROHÍBE EL CANTE

Next Friday, March 17, at the Salón de Actos of the School of Geography and History of the Complutense University of Madrid, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., we will have the wonderful company of Esperanza Fernández in the seminarSe prohíbe el cante. This project came to light in 2022 and originated both a record work and a documentary. Here, the cantaora has returned to flamenco clubs after going through the theaters, and has artists such as Miguel Poveda, Marina Heredia or Rocío Márquez.
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PATRICIA GUERRERO

EL BAILE FLAMENCO COMO CREACIÓN Y ARTE

Next Thursday, February 16, at the Aula Magna of the School of Geography and History of the Complutense University of Madrid, at 1:00 p.m., we will have the pleasure of enjoying the seminar entitledEl baile flamenco como creación y arte, given by the dancer Patricia Guerrero. Recently awarded with the Spanish National Dance Award (2021), the latest recognition of a career that is destined to show us what flamenco dance has always been: contemporary.
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CARMEN LINARES

"RAÍCES QUE VUELVEN Y ALAS QUE ARRAIGUEN"

Next Thursday, December 15 (2022), at 10:00 a.m. at the Aula Magna of the School of Geography and History, the third edition of the UCM Flamenco Research Conference will begin. As part of the events held during the conference, we will have the presence of singer Carmen Linares, recently awarded the Princess of Asturias award (2022). Together with her we will go through part of her career until the achievement of said award.
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II SEMINARIO FLAMENCO UCM

"LOS ETHOS EN EL CANTE FLAMENCO"

SANDRA CARRASCO,

cantaora

II Flamenco Seminar organized by the Flamenco Master's team and the Department of Musicology of the Complutense University of Madrid.
This Thursday, November 24, 2022, at 11:30 a.m., in Classroom B21 of the School of Geography and History (UCM), we will have a first-class singer: Sandra Carrasco.
She has recorded several albums in which she shows us her knowledge on flamenco and other musical genres. Born in Huelva, but knowledgeable about the entire flamenco geography. He has collaborated with great musicians from the national and international scene, enriching his understanding and expanding his artistic horizons.
In this seminar you will tell us where your horizon is and how extensive it is.
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