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Manuel Gerena sings with Miguel Hernandez. Lope de Vega Theatre, Seville.

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By AndaluNet on 22/02/2018

The 28/02/2018
Lope de Vega Theatre.
20:30h
Cycle: Music

Manuel Gerena sings with Miguel Hernandez. Lope de Vega Theatre, Seville.

Tribute on the day of Andalusia, Manuel Gerena Miguel Hernandez, at the Teatro Lope de Vega

From twelve, flamenco singer Manuel Gerena He felt the desire to write poetry as a way to convey their thoughts in favor of the neediest, always in favor of the poorest and disadvantaged. He quickly hooked up with the sentimental taste of the great poet of Orihuela, Miguel Hernandez, who he says "my master of verse and then I am his disciple when writing '. Even certain moments of their lives saved matches. "At a time he says Gerena– we were quite equal. We had a very hard career. The two fight against intolerance and dictatorship. Miguel Hernandez, Unfortunately, He stood at the beginning of the battle and I went on, He is fighting the tyrants who imprisoned him ".

In this show, "Manuel Gerena sings with Miguel Hernández" (75 Anniversary of the poet's death), the singer pays tribute to the work of Miguel Hernandez playing flamenco key in some of its most emblematic poems, as Wind Village, Sitting on the Dead the Child Yuntero, through styles like the malagueña, the Bambera, soleá or martinete, including in his repertoire his new and thrilling version of "Nanas de la Cebolla" and the poem "Write to Earth".

Between cantes, the singer is making an exciting journey through the life and work of the poet introduced in context every poem that plays the cante. A singer's voice is accompanied by guitar great José Ignacio González. The repertoire of this magnificent work Manuel Gerena dedicated to the work of the poet of the people was so fascinating that is collected and published on a studio album, under the same title which gives its name to this show, this being the last album recorded by the Flemish artist

Manuel Gerena, in his long creative and essential history of Europe and America, He has shared the stage with life and intellectual, writers and artists Rafael Alberti, Blas de Otero, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, José Manuel Caballero Bonald, Pablo Neruda, etc. As a flamenco singer, He has experienced interactions or fusions between the Mexican mariachi and Flamenco (Mexico and Spain sing together). Manuel Gerena It is the leading exponent of flamenco protest, that emerged during the last years of the Franco dictatorship and the beginning of the democratic transition. With his message failed, In addition to moving consciences, attract new audiences to flamenco. He suffered censorship of the dictatorship, while he was backed by personalities of culture as Rafael Alberti and Blas de Otero. Although he had to settle in Catalonia for being the only region where he was allowed to sing, He managed to become hollow in the then incipient Andalusian festivals.

Manuel Gerena He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Province of Seville 2010 and the Gold Medal of Andalusia in 2013.

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