The noted flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía will give the opening concert in this year’s Nerja Caves Festival. Regarded as one of the greatest living guitarist in the world, Paco de Lucía was born in Algeciras in 1947, and made his first public performance, aged just 11. Since then, he has played at Carnegie Hall and other world class venues, sold thousands of recordings, and explored the relationship between flamenco and jazz alongside Chick Corea and John McLaughlin amongst others. He will perform on July 19, the first night of the 45th season of the Nerja Festival which annually attracts visitors from around the world, and will be accompanied by bassist Alain Pérez, percussionist Suárez Escobar, and choirs of singers.
The next day, July 20, the tenor José Bros will give a recital, while on July 21, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Málaga, under Jesús López Cobos, will play Mendelssohn, Prokoviev and Beethoven. María Joâo Pires from Brazil and Ricardo Castro from Portugal will play piano for four hands on July 22, ahead of the final two days of the Festival which are given over to stars and soloists from the Ballet of the National Opera of Bordeaux performing works by Handel, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Purcell. Performances will, as usual, be given to audiences of about 600 in the cavern known as La Sala de la Cascada, named after a formation of stalactites of great beauty, where the superb acoustics provide a natural concert hall. Tickets, as usual, will be like gold dust.
(Source: Costa del Sol News)
