17th CONCURSO NACIONAL DE ARTE FLAMENCO DE CÓRDOBA. LIST OF WINNERS

Despite
an impressive roster of seasoned veterans and professionals, including
a large number from Jerez, the winners’ names don’t sound
too familiar. Worthy of note is the prize “Juan Carmona Habichuela”
for accompaniment which went to Eduarto Trassierra, winner of the last
Bienal, Belén López who carried off the “Mario Maya”
prize in dance, and in the cante competition, Antonio Porcuna “El
Veneno” who holds the Lámpara Minera de La Unión and
managed to win the “D. Antonio Chacón” prize, and veteran
singer Yeyé de Cádiz who after decades of singing for dance,
made a good enough showing to win the “Camarón” prize.

The prizes “Fosforito”, “Niña de los Peines”,
“Eduardo Serrano El Güito” and “Pilar López”,
as well as special prizes “Silverio” (for cante), “Antonio”
(for dance) and “Paco de Lucía” (for guitar) went unawarded
as per the judges’ decision, and in the street there are rumors
of a somewhat lower level compared to other years.

All the same, each and every one of the twelve lucky winners will now
see his or her career enhanced by the prestige that comes with winning
in Córdoba, and by the time the next edition rolls around in 2007,
it’s possible one or more of them might make it to the top. Deflamenco
offers its most sincere congratulations to all the winners.

17th CONCURSO NACIONAL DE ARTE
FLAMENCO DE CÓRDOBA

LIST OF WINNERS

The panel of judges has decided to award the following prizes:

CANTE

• “ANTONIO MAIRENA”: Jesús Matías Solano
“Jesús Chozas”
• “MANOLO CARACOL”: Rosario Guerrero Hernández
“Rosario La Tremendita”
• “FOSFORITO”: Not awarded
• “CAMARÓN”: Antonio López Olmo “Yeye
de Cádiz”
• “D. ANTONIO CHACÓN”: Antonio Porcuna Mariscal
“El Veneno”
• “CAYETANO MURIEL”: Jesús Matías Solano
“Jesús Chozas”
• “PEPE MARCHENA”: Juan Antonio Camino Wenceslá
“Juan Antonio Camino”
• “NIÑA DE LOS PEINES”: Not awarded

DANCE

• “MARIO MAYA”: Ana Belén López Ruiz
“Belén López”
• “MATILDE CORAL”: Dolores Pérez González
“Lola Pérez”
• “ANTONIO GADES”: María Palmero Gómez
“María Borrull”
• “EDUARDO SERRANO EL GÜITO”: Not awarded
• “PILAR LÓPEZ”: Not awarded
• “CARMEN AMAYA”: Soraya Clavijo Castillo “Soraya
Clavijo”

GUITAR

• “MANOLO SANLÚCAR”: Gabriel Expósito
Sánchez
• “JUAN CARMONA HABICHUELA”: Eduardo Trassierra López

The panel of judges decided not to award the special prizes: “Silverio”
(cante), “Antonio” (dance) and “Paco de Lucía”
(guitar).

Prize-winners are to perform in a gala performance to be held on Saturday,
May 8th at 9:00pm at Córdoba’s Gran Teatro where prizes will
be officially presented.

PANEL OF JUDGES: Luis Rodríguez García,
Inmaculada Aguilar Belmonte, Agustín Gómez Pérez,
Norberto Torres Cortés, Francisco Dios Canalejo, Andrés
Raya Saro, Francisco Serrano Cantero, Manuel Ríos Ruiz, Roberto
Ximénez, Victor Monje ‘Serranito’, Calixto Sánchez
Marín, Jesús Quintero, José Luque Navajas.