Quintaesencia in english full#

I wanted to express what I understand to be flamenco’s essential particle, with essential and very representative styles : tarantas, tonás, fandangos, cantiñas, soleás, cañas, seguiriyas, etc. That’s why I wanted to give this title to my album. «In alchemy, quintaescencia (“quintessence”) is the most essential particle, the maximum expression of something. María Isabel Rodríguez Palop, a journalist from Extremadura who has been writing reviews and doing interviews for over a decade in her region, and interviewed by our colleague Quico Pérez-Ventana for Expoflamenco on occasion of the release of her book Flamenco para Dummies - edited by Grupo Planeta -, reveals for us in this Brazilian talent who is releasing his second studio album, Quintaesencia. He has performed with great flamenco stars such as Miguel Poveda, Pepe Habichuela, Antonio Canales and Farruco, and with other legends such as Paco de Lucía, Mark Knopfler, Deep Purple and Eric Clapton.

Quintaesencia in english full#

Theaters get full whenever baile is featured! There are many academies and also many Brazilian artists live in Spain, undertaking and important work in behalf of flamenco in my country, without any support from either country», stated Rodrigues regarding flamenco art in his birthplace.Can you imagine listening to a soleá on a beach near São Paulo, Brazil? It’s hard to image, but perhaps you’ve crossed paths with someone like Flavio Rodrigues (born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1979), who has showcased his talent in more than forty different countries in all five continents. This is mainly because of baile, as it also happens in Spain. That’s why it features so prominently in this album», explained this artist in the Flamenco Palop interview, when asked what is flamenco’s quintessence, in his opinion.

I cannot comprehend flamenco without cante. This is his second album, after Anyway, released in 2009. This artist has been awarded the prizes of the Festival de Música de Madrid and 100 Latinos. Quite a list!įlavio Rodrigues makes a monumental summary of his twenty-five years in flamenco, many of them lived in Spain, because he has been living in Madrid since 1998. Besides, artists such as Duquende, Jorge Pardo, Diego Amador, Antonio Serrano, Guadiana, Eva Durán, Diego del Morao, Tony Maya, María Carmona, Jesús Méndez, David Lagos, María la Coneja, David Moreira, Concha Jareño, Miguel Soto Londro, Manuel Reyes, Pedro Obregón, Antonio Ramos Maca, Roberto Lorente, Mayte Maya, Antón Suárez, Blanca López, Antonio Maya El Salvaje and Carmina Cortés have collaborated with the Brazilian artist in this album. The album features nine tracks, including bulerías de Jerez, tangos extremeños, cantiñas, soleás, fandangos naturales and much more.

Theaters get full whenever baile is featured! » (Flavio Rodrigues) This is mainly because of baile, like it also happens in Spain. I’ve tried to from this concept», expressed the artist to Palop Flamenco in. A selection of essential palos, branches of what we understand as flamenco.

Can you imagine listening to a soleá on a beach near São Paulo, Brazil? It’s hard to image, but perhaps you’ve crossed paths with someone like Flavio Rodrigues (born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1979), who has showcased his talent in more than forty different countries in all five continents.