Blog Symposium on Paco de Lucia

The Bienal of flamenco of Seville in 2014, is entirely dedicated to Paco de Lucia, and for this reason has scheduled a symposium about the artist to be held from 22 to 26 September in Fibes. Thus, the Bienal, in collaboration with numerous public and private entities, has organized this meeting to further honor the character of Paco de Lucia and with the intention of analyzing its long and eventful career. Moreover Pepe de Lucía (brother of guitarist) has yielded objects and documents for an exhibition on Friday, September 5 will open at Espacio Santa Clara.

Bienal 2014

Over fifty people are participating with their experiences and memories, together, to show what a great artist and person was Paco de Lucía. The symposium program includes the following activities: Monday, September 22 11:00. Opening Lecture: Juan José Téllez 12:00 h. Six voices to a guitar: Antonio Sánchez, José María Bandera, Juan Manuel Cañizares, Dani de Morón, El Viejín and Paco Cepero. Moderator: Alberto Reyes García. Tuesday, September 23 10:00. Around "Paco de Lucía, a whole tour." Projection discards five minutes ahead of the film, by director Curro Sánchez. (Presenter: Juan José Téllez). 11:00. Four nearby visions: José Emilio "Berry" Navarro, Carles Benavent Victorian Mera and John Estrada. (Moderator: Rafael Infante). 12:30. Paco and singing: Antonio Fernández Díaz "Fosforito" Lebrijano Juan Peña, La Tana and Rafael de Utrera. (Moderator: Manuel Curao). Wednesday, September 24 10:30 AM. Paco before history: Diana Pérez Custodio, Norberto Torres, Paca Aguirre, Cristina Cruces and José María Velázquez Gaztelu. (Moderator: Manuel Herrera). 12:30. A musical revolution: Tomatito, Jorge Pardo, Yoko Komatsubara, Isidro Sanlúcar, Gerardo Núñez, Vicente Amigo, Cristina Hoyos and Mariano Conde. (Moderator: Juan José Téllez). Thursday, September 25 10:30 AM. Paco in Algeciras: El Gaditano Flores, Juan Carlos Gómez, José Manuel León, Monika Bellido, Luis Soler, Ramon Sanchez, Jose Luis Marin and Pepe Benitez. Moderator: Manuel Macias. 12:30. Paco and Camaron: Tomatito, Dolores Montoya "Chispa", Enrique Montiel, Ricardo Pachón, Kiko Veneno, Montero Glez and José Luis Ortiz Nuevo. Moderator: Juan José Téllez. Friday, September 26 10:00. Paco de Lucia, other worlds and other music: Michael Stein, Faustino Núñez, José Manuel Soto, Chano Domínguez, Pedro Ruy Blas. Fernando Iwasaki, Rubem Dantas and Emilio de Diego. 13:00. Closure. Family Conversation: duel between Pepe de Lucía, Rubén Blades and Javier Limón. (Moderator: Juan José Téllez). Pre-registration at the symposium can be made from Friday 29 August to simposiopacodelucia@fibes.es email. The enrollment fee is 30 euros.