Under the direction of Juan José Téllez, September 22nd to 26th, 2014 at the FIBES convention center in Seville, within the activities of the XVIII Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla.
The figure of Paco de Lucía probably deserves and needs a musical and artistic event of gigantic proportions. But a reflection on his personality was required, his work and his career. This Bienal is titled “Fuente y Caudal”, like the title of one of his most famous recordings, and is an overall motto of his life and legacy.
The Bienal named Juan José Téllez, director of the Centro Andaluz de las Letras, and author of two books on his Algeciras compatriot, to take on the responsibility of directing this exposition, and for a series of round-table talks that have taken the form of a symposium. More than 50 people, by way of diverse interventions and talks, will piece together different aspects of the creative life of Paco de Lucía. In a certain sense it will be like the pieces of a mosaic which, based on personal memories, will compose a portrait of the artist and the person.
Among all the guests, the most noteworthy will be José Sánchez Goméz, known professionally as Pepe de Lucía, one of the greatest singers in Spain, since becoming known when he was barely a child in the Jerez contest of 1962, accompanied precisely by his brother Paco. Pepe ceded numerous documents and objects for the exhibition that opens Friday, September 5th, in the Espacio Santa Clara. And he is the person who will close the symposium in an open dialogue with Rubén Blades and Javier Limón in a family sort of conversation.
Monday 22 September
11.00 am. Inaugural conference: Juan José Téllez
JUAN JOSÉ TÉLLEZ.- Journalist, poet and essayist. Author of the biography of Paco de lucía: “Retrato de familia con guitarra”
12.00 noon. Seis voces para una guitarra: Antonio Sánchez, José María Bandera, Juan Manuel Cañizares, Dani de Morón, El Viejín and Paco Cepero.
Moderator: Alberto García Reyes
Tuesday 23 September
10.00 am. En torno a ‘Paco de Lucía, toda una gira’.
Screening of outtakes and five minutes preview of the film, by the director Curro Sánchez.
Presenter: Juan José Téllez
CURRO SÁNCHEZ.- His film “Paco de Lucía, Toda una Gira” is a detailed piece of work three years in the making, about the life and work of his father, with the presence and participation of many artists, including Duquende, Carlos Santana and Chick Corea. Curro had previously directed many film shorts.
11.00 am. Cuatro visiones cercanas: José Emilio ‘Berry’ Navarro, Carles Benavent, Victoriano Mera and Juan Estrada.
Moderator: Rafael Infante
12.30 pm. Paco y el cante: Antonio Fernández Díaz ‘Fosforito’, Juan Peña ‘El Lebrijano’, La Tana y Rafael de Utrera.
Moderator: Manuel Curao
Wednesday 24 September
10.30 am. Paco ante la historia: Diana Pérez Custodio, Norberto Torres, Paca Aguirre, Cristina Cruces y José María Velázquez Gaztelu.
Moderator: Manuel Herrera
12.30 pm. Una revolución musical: Tomatito, Jorge Pardo, Yoko Komatsubara, Isidro Sanlúcar, Gerardo Núñez, Vicente Amigo (recorded interview), Cristina Hoyos y Mariano Conde.
Moderator: Juan José Téllez
Thursday 25 September
10.30 am. Paco en Algeciras: Flores El Gaditano, Juan Carlos Gómez, José Manuel León, Monika Bellido, Luis Soler, Ramón Sánchez, José Luis Marín y Pepe Benítez.
Moderator: Manuel Macías
12.30 pm. Paco y Camarón: Tomatito, Dolores Montoya ‘Chispa’, Enrique Montiel, Ricardo Pachón, Kiko Veneno, Montero Glez y José Luis Ortiz Nuevo.
Moderator: Juan José Téllez
Friday 26 September
10.00 am. Paco de Lucía, otros mundos y otras músicas: Michael Stein, Faustino Núñez, José Manuel Soto, Chano Domínguez, Pedro Ruy Blas. Fernando Iwasaki, Rubem Dantas y Emilio de Diego.
13.00 pm. Clausura. Conversación en familia: mano a mano entre Pepe de Lucía, Rubén Blades y Javier Limón.
Moderator: Juan José Téllez
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Pre-inscription: from August 29th, 2014
Email: simposiopacodelucia@fibes.es
Registration: 30 euros
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