Antonia Jiménez & Inma La Carbonera: A Gaya (To Mother Earth) (RBA)
$31 advance, $36 doors ($26 student with ID/senior ages 65+)
- Antonia Jiménez, guitar
- Inma La Carbonera, voice
This year's edition of the celebrated Flamenco Festival New York features the captivating duo of Antonia Jiménez, one of the most important names among Spanish female guitarists and composers, and Inma La Carbonera, a soulful vocalist from Seville in a rare New York appearance. La Carbonera has worked alongside such leading flamenco artists as Antonio Canales, Manuela Carrasco and Olga Pericet and collaborated with the Andanzas dance company. Jiménez, born in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz, studied with masters Manolo Sanlucar, Gerardo Núñez and Rafael Riqueni and appeared with vocalist Carmen Linares, and dancers Belen Maya, Manuel Liñán and Rocio Molina, among others. In their concert, "A Gaya," Jiménez has musicalized verses from Lorca and various female Spanish poets that had never been sung before in flamenco. This performance pays tribute to the strength of women and the importance of Mother Earth.
About Antonia Jiménez, guitar
Antonia Jiménez (born 1972) is an inland flamenco guitarist and composer, considered to be one of the most prominent Spanish women in that field. She was born in El Puerto de Santa María and studied guitar with Antonia Villar from a young age. She accompanied flamenco singers and dancers in Andalusia, later moving to Madrid. She became an accompanist for the Nuevo Ballet Español and Arrieritos dance companies. She also pursued further studies in guitar with Enrique Vargas.
Jiménez has accompanied singers including Carmen Linares and Juan Pinilla and dancers including Merche Esmeralda, Olga Pericet, Rocío Molina, Manuel Liñán and Belén Maya. She performed in dancer Marco Flores' show De Flamencas and created her own production Dos Tocaoras, where she performed with Marta Robles.
On International Women's Day in 2005, Jiménez and Robles accompanied Carmen Linares in the show La Diosa Blanca, the first time two women flamenco guitarists performed together on stage.
About Inma La Carbonera, voice
Inma La Carbonera began singing in the various taverns of Seville, including La Sonanta, La Yerbabuena and Pata Negra, among others. Then she moved on the work at Flamenco Clubs such as that of Mairena, Olivares, Torres Macarena, etc. A further step in her career took place when she was called to work at several theatres: Teatro Civico de Mairena (Civil Center Theatre), Diputacion de Sevilla (Seville Provincial Government), Certamen La Cultura Gitana tambien es Cultura (The Wanderer Culture is also Culture Seminar). In 1996, 97 and 98, she performed at La Carbonería an emblematic venue for Flamenco in Seville where she produced her own Flamenco and fusion show. Throughout those three years, she shared the stage with Martín Chico (son of Juana la del Revuelto), Juan El Cama, Luis Peña, Raul El Perla, Manuel Brenes El chino, Mari Bizarraza, La Tana, Rafael Camarón, etc. Between 1999 and 2001, she worked at several Flamenco clubs and other prestigious theaters in Belgium, such as the La Peña Andaluza (Flamenco Club).
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