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Flamenco
Sin Fronteras, from Seville is an international
flamenco supergroup created in Seville in 1996. It tours Europe
regularly with its 2 hour flamenco show (www.sin-fronteras.net).
It presents the purest flamenco without musical limitation or
taboo. Flamenco guitars blend stunningly with the cello and the
bandoneon; a coarse gypsy singer alongside a celestial voice recreate
the cante de ida y vuelta. Sin Fronteras plunges unforgettably
into the deepest roots of the flamenco tradition, while remaining
accessible to a modern audience. Sin Fronteras presents innovative
flamenco art in a thrilling and compelling manner even for a non
expert audience.

The
CD "Sevilla" contains traditional Tangos
de Triana, sang by veteran gypsy artist Curro Fernandez, cancion
por bulerias, tangos flamencos
played by guitar virtuoso Adam del Monte and percussionist Rubem
Dantas (member of the Paco de Lucia sextet), Alegrias with dance
and magnificient blues-flamenco singing by Rafael de Ronda, Rumba,
Sevillanas antiguas, Farruca with the haunting sound of Argentinian
bandoneon and cello, Colombianas with the amazing voice of cantaora
Jennifer Ballesteros, and more.
SIN
FRONTERAS also offers a visual spectacle, in which
flamenco dance takes center stage. A traditional, joyous Alegrias
is answered by a Farruca, danced with fervour by the young Spanish
dancer Antonio Perujo, and accompanied by original flamenco
music, created by the composers-musician that comprise SIN FRONTERAS.
The heated rythms urge on the dance, and are led by veteran
Sevillano Miguel Aragon, guitarist of choice by many noted flamenco
artists such as Javier Baron, Juana Amaya, and Mario Maya, as
well as being featured on many flamenco recordings.

Featuring
major international flamenco artists of the old
and the new generation: Curro Fernandez, Rafael de Ronda, Adam
del Monte, Nicasio Moreno, Miguel Iglesias, Rubem Dantas etc.
the flamenco orchestra Sin Fronteras has just released its first
CD, "Sevilla". All artists have performed several
times in the Bienal de flamenco de Sevilla. Several are the
musicians of choice by many noted flamenco artists such as Javier
Baron, Juana Amaya, Joachin Cortes, Manuela Carrasco and Mario
Maya, as well as being featured on many flamenco recordings.
The
city of Seville can certainly lay claim to being at
the centre of this passionate and intoxicating art form. The Biennal
takes place there: once every two years in September/October. For
an entire month, the flamenco world converges on Sevilla, and there 
are two or three different shows every night in the theatres around
the city, not to mention the late night gathering of aficionados
in the bars afterwards. Home to many of the greatest flamenco artists,
there are studios offering all levels of tuition in dance, flamenco
guitar, and cante. Artists like Juana Amaya, Manolo Marin, Javier
de la Torre, Mathilde Coral, Miguel Aragon, just to name a few,
all teach on a regular basis here. And for comprehensive courses,
which immerse you in the language and culture as well as the art
of flamenco, top name artists teach year round at the Fundacion
Cristina Heeren. This impressive institution is devoted to the initiation
into and perfection of the art of flamenco in a conservatory environment.
Novices through professionals attend the classes here, with artists
such as Milagros Mengibar, Beatriz Martin, Israel Galvan, Calixto
Sanchez, Isabel Bayon... the list goes on.
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