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26th December 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC… ‘EFRÉN LÓPEZ’ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Efrén Lopez really is a musical phenomenon. Born in a working-class barrio of Valencia in 1972, he left school with no qualifications due “to a less than perfect relationship with authority”. He got involved in music as a sound technician in studios and as a session musician, which involved a tour of Colombia and Peru […]
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16th December 2020 REVIEW OF ‘ROLLING STONE: LIFE AND DEATH OF BRIAN JONES’ DVD (Director DANNY GARCIA)
There have been a good few books on the legendary Brian Jones over the years. It’s a welcome surprise, therefore, to finally now have a quality documentary about this key figure of ‘The Rolling Stones’ and their murky past. Director Danny Garcia is clearly a real fan of his subject. This is his most recent […]
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15th December 2020 BEETHOVEN & BRUCKNER @’PALAU DE LES ARTS OF VALENCIA’ … CONDUCTED BY GUSTAVO GIMENO (DECEMBER 19th)
In his new visit to Les Arts, Gustavo Gimeno, at the head of the OCV, conducts an attractive programme formed by Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony and Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto, masterpieces of their respective composers and considered essential scores of the symphonic repertoire of all times. Without a doubt, the adagio of this Brucknerian symphony is […]
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Editorial 
5th December 2020 LEGENDARY FADO SINGER ‘MARIZA ‘ PLAYS PALAU DE LES ARTS (VALENCIA) ON DECEMBER 4th!
##MARIZA SINGS AMÁLIA Fado, the most beautiful and nostalgic expression of Portuguese music, arrives at Les Arts en la veu de Mariza, the herald of the classical tradition of this genre that Amália Rodrigues immortalized for posterity in her recordings. Just like the ‘Queen of Fado’, Mariza grew up in a popular neighbourhood of Lisbon, […]
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3rd December 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…JULIO BUSTAMENTE AWARDED ‘EL PREMIO DE HONOR DE LA MÚSICA VALENCIANA’
##Born in 1951, Julio Bustamante is a Spanish musician, writer and cartoonist from Valencia. His father, Antonio Balanzá Farinós was an amateur musician and jazz chronicler and instilled in him a love of music. In addition to jazz, Julio listened to flamenco and more types of Spanish music at home in his teens. Jazz was […]
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27th November 2020 FLAMENCO WITH ‘DUQUENDE’ @PALAU DE LES ARTS, VALENCIA (NOV 28th)
##Les Arts és Flamenco Duquende’s pure singing stars in the second session of the cycle ‘Les Arts és Flamenco.’ . The pure singing of Juan Cortés, ‘Duquende’, is the protagonist of the second session of the cycle ‘Les Arts és Flamenco’, which takes place this Saturday, November 28, at the Teatre Martín i Soler, at […]
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20th November 2020 VALENCIA MUSIC…. Mi and L’au (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)
24/7 VALENCIA: Where did you meet and what are your backgrounds? MI AND L’AU:: Paris. Mia was into art therapy and modelling, and I was working for a cinema production company. We then flew around, betting on the map, drinking one million bottles of wine, and finally woke up, half-dead, half-ecstatic, by a lake, butt […]
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Editorial 
17th November 2020 MAR D’AMURA IN 2020 (CABANYAL)
##Located in the famous Cabanyal district and just a 10 minute walk from the beach, you will find Mar d’Amura, a quaint Mediterranean and Spanish tapas restaurant which has weekly live music and local art exhibitions too. Run by local Maria de Miguel, Mar d’Amura boasts personality and character. I was invited to enjoy the […]
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17th November 2020 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LEGENDARY SINGER ‘SANDRA CARRASCO’ (TEATRE TALIA, VALENCIA NOV 17th)
##24/7 VALENCIA: Can you tell us about growing up in Huelva (Andalusia) and later moving to Madrid as a professional musician? SANDRA CARRASCO: Huelva is where I was born and grew up and I’m proud to be from there, I still have a great affection for the place and the people. There’s a warmth and […]
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11th November 2020 ‘PANORAMA FLAMENCO’ IN VALENCIA… SANDRA CARRASCO AT ‘TEATRE TALIA’ NOVEMBER 17th
24/7 VALENCIA: COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT SANDRA CARRASCO? TEATRE TALIA: “Sandra Carrasco offers a recital of very particular songs, looking for hidden jewels that are not common in flamenco and bringing them up-to-date for these special times. She gives the songs life… and a new vision and freedom. After years of a musical […]
