The Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi hosted the Spanish bailaor Álvaro Murillo García and his production ‘El barbero de Picasso’ where he paid tribute to Picasso himself and the cantaor Enrique Morente. Murillo also gave a lecture about the origins of flamenco and held a workshop at Kenyatta University.
The first album by Sophia Quarenghi, a Swiss artist of Italian ancestry, has nine tracks which include palos such as bulerías, seguiriyas, vidalitas, farrucas and granaínas.
The intent was to find out who Lorente was, where he was from, where he travelled in his short life, and when he died. His name was José Lorente Lora, and he was born on April 27th, 1842, on number 6 Ropavieja Street, now called Antonio Susillo Street, in Seville’s
To figure out who exactly was Lorente, it was necessary to do a lot of research in the newspapers and census of Seville. There were four our five with the first name José and surname Lorente. Yet I was able to discard most of the others and I settled for
Flamenco and ‘ojana’. Seriousness and frivolity. Amancio Ortega and the ‘Junta’. Triana and the
Zern junior, would devote his entire adult life to the study, appreciation and preservation of flamenco, never for profit. The last week of June, 2019, flamenco lost a good friend.
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