Flamenco Festival New York 2025 will be a unique event. With 16 meetings of the best companies in flamencoA special event in tribute to Granada, where the passion for dance and music merge with the most outstanding artists. A unique experience that will be lived in the most emblematic theaters of New York.
On Tuesday February 11 de 2025 the presentation of the 24 Flamenco Festival New York in the Instituto Cervantes de Madrid. This event, which will be held from the 5 to the March 15 this year, will be held in New York City. Although it will also be held in Miami, San Francisco y Chicago.
This time the festival pays tribute to the figure of the poet from Granada Federico García Lorca. That is why Granada will be the city that will take center stage and the artists who will bring the stages of the Big Apple to life will carry in their essence the rich heritage of the city of Sacromonte. Thus, the performances will be carried out by figures of the stature of Patricia Guerrero, Alfonso Losa, Sara jiménez, Manuel Linan, Eva La Yerbabuena, Marina Heredia, Charles of Jacob, kiki morente y the square, among others.
During the press conference he spoke Miguel Marin, director of Flamenco Festival, who has thanked the dedication and support of the Grenada City Hall and Provincial Council to this initiative, with the aim that the flamenco It is one of the most prestigious theatres in the world, highlighting the artistic and cultural wealth and talent that a capital like Granada houses.
For its part, Luis Garcia Montero, director of the Cervantes Institute, wanted to emphasize the honor of hosting an event like this and being able to participate in a festival of such magnitude, arguing that it is essential to echo the importance of art. flamenco, both nationally and internationally. In addition, he took the opportunity to mention the tribute to Granada, highlighting the importance of its history, its literature and its culture closely linked to what jondo.
In his speech, the President of the Provincial Council of Granada, Francisco Pedro Rodriguez, has ratified the work and effort that is carried out incessantly in promoting initiatives that make the flamenco sustain itself and get the projection it deserves.
Finally, the mayor of Granada, marifran carazo, has made a special allusion to Federico García Lorca and his work Poet in New York, referring to the fact that this is the main link between Granada and the city of New York. Finally, he stated that this trip of the flamenco New York is proof that Granada is projecting itself to the world as an authentic cultural reference.
Ten days of authentic flamenco on the most important stages in the world. Ten days in which the flamenco The event will not only be held on stage, but will also be presented in the form of other types of proposals that will enrich the programme. For example, from an academic point of view, the impact that African-American artists had on Lorca's work will be analysed. A couple of film screenings will also be included. One of them, Cante Jondo: Granada 1922, putting the finishing touch to this first one with a colloquium in which Eva la Yerbabuena will participate. The other will be Sacromonte, the wise men of the tribe, which tells the story of this gypsy neighborhood in Granada, so important for its cohesion with art jondoThrough the testimony of his neighbours, we aim to recover his memory, so that people can become familiar with him and learn about his key role in this story.
These are just some of the events that will take place over the next month, but there is no doubt that this will be a much more extensive and complete programme in which the work and life of García Lorca and his native Granada will predominate.
Therefore, it can be concluded that Flamenco Festival It is a proposal in which the artistic and cultural expression of our country is spread in an unstoppable way outside our borders, to become an indispensable part of the cultural programming of the United States for the twenty-fourth time and for all those that remain.
