Miguel Poveda on the 15th of September and Paco de Lucía on the 9th of October. These are the 2 artists who will be in charge of opening and closing the future XVI Bienal of Sevilla.
The director of the Andalucian Agency for the development of the Flamenco, Francisco Perujo, and the director of the Andalucian Center of Flamenco, Olga de la Pascua, presented in Jerez the campaign, Flamenco Soy, the plan of promotion of the candidacy of the flamenco for UNESCO.
The cantaor José Mercé has just received the great news: that the Autonomous Government of Andalucía will give him the Gold Medal of Andalucía on February the 18th (Day of Andalucía).
The mayor of La Unión and the president of the festival has presented the prize winners of the cultural prizes of this event with the councillor of Culture, Pedro Alberto Cruz.
This week, the only fashion show of Flamenco fashion in the world will be held in El Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos de Sevilla, FIBES.
La Bienal de Flamenco of Sevilla 2010 is about to publish the programs of this year. The next month they will officially present the calendar of La Bienal which this time will be shorter.
February the 6th, the guitarist Paco de Lucía will start his new Europe tour in Sarajevo. This tour will be until June and he will visit various countries in Europe.
The Festival de Jerez now has a new website.
The dancer and bailaora Lola Greco ( Madrid, 1964 ) has been proclaimed National Prize of Dance 2009 in the category of performance.
The XIV Festival de Jerez, which will be celebrated from Feb. 26th to March 13th, will include about 50 flamenco shows.
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