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Cuban Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba And Flamenco Singer Esperanza Fernandez at Bay Area Flamenco Festival at Herbst Theatre
Courtesy of David Warren | Posted on January 8, 2016
Where
Herbst Theatre
Bay Area Flamenco Festival
401 Van Ness Ave,
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 392-4400
When
Wed, March 9, 2016
8:00 pm
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Musicians
About
11th Annual Bay Area Flamenco Festival presents:
For the first time ever, extraordinary Spanish Gypsy singer Esperanza Fernández joins in a sizzling collaboration with a giant of Latin Jazz, Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Together they celebrate the inimitable Cuban singer Beny Moré (1919-1963) and his Spanish Gypsy counterpoint, the revered flamenco cantaor Manolo Caracol (1909-1973). Their reinterpretions of Moré's classics "Oh Vida" and "¿Cómo Fue?" and Caracol’s "Carcelero" and "La Salvadora" build new bridges between Spanish and Cuban song, turning the concept of ida y vuelta on its head....