Fiesta Gitana

Flamenco savoir-vivre

Israel Fernández & Diego del Morao are the new flamenco dream couple of 2023. They complement one another like yin and yang: the raw, whispering voice of Fernández is underpinned by Del Morao’s devilish, swinging rhythm. As the son of and successor to the legendary Moraíto Chico, he carries on the guitar tradition of the flamenco dynasty with phenomenal brio.

On the opening evening of the IX Flamenco Biennale, they will be making the tradition sparkle with sensuous singing, fresh performances of the old cante jondo and the ‘soniquete’, the gitano swing from Jerez de la Frontera, one of the flamenco breeding grounds. With none other than the ‘Tina Turner’ of flamenco: Tía Juana la del Pipa (1948), a rough flamenco diamond. Her raw cries, vocals, dance and stirring ‘jaleos’ (shouts of encouragement) make the evening into a veritable ‘Fiesta Gitana’: a ‘gitano’ celebration in the original sense of the word. A festive inauguration into flamenco savoir-vivre.

On the 20th of January at Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ:
19.15 introduction by Luis Ybarra: ‘Generación Z: A new way of understanding flamenco’
After the concert: Meet the Artist + After Party with DJ Onno Paloma

Aftermovie Flamenco Biennial 2023