Bulgarian choir grabs Grammy with flamenco

Al Este del Cante, a joint project of the Spanish singers Arcancheles and the New Bulgarian Voices, "Estrada", received the Latin American Grammy Award in one of the 49 categories – the best flamenco album – the Las Vegas ceremony, released by Universal Music Spain SLU, combines flamenco and Bulgarian folklore as well. original composers' compositions, including traditional lyrics such as Lale Lies, Kuzum Elenke, Murray, Rado and Dumbat. Some of the songs are written by Federico Garcia Lorca – Aurora de Nueva York, La leyenda del Tiempo, Baladilla de Très Ríos, as well as Isidro Munoz's poetry – Vieja blancura, 23 hardly, Galaxia Roseda, Al Este del Cante, La Capital, a al sol. "Combining Flamenco with folk music may be a strange idea, but retaining both styles in this arrangement is a challenge," said Georgi Petkov, associate professor at the new Bulgarian university, who is the organizer and conductor of human songs. Petkov – So the Bulgarian choir chooses brilliant Spanish music and "Are you a tulip, are you an anthem?" learn how to make a flamenco star There are also many other popular folk songs in Bulgaria and not so popular that I have been looking to adapt them to Flamenco so that everything sounds in one artistic image as if it had been over the years and at the same time to show new music. "
The choir "Estrada" is visited by 11 young Bulgarian women, guided by the understanding that the total between folklore and flamenco is sensuality. The project began 6 years ago, and the idea was to create a new style of music. The first meeting with the audience will take place in the Bulgarian Sofia Hall in 2013, after which musicians and singers will enter the stage at various festivals in Madrid, Granada, Sevilla, Cordoba, Huelva, Cartagena, Pamplona, ​​Barcelona, ​​Merida, La Union.