The musicians Mariza and Tomatito and the director Carlos Saura are the big names in another edition of the Festival de Lucía, which will take place on August 18th and 19th in Castro Marim. The Portuguese fado singer, who sponsored the zero edition of the festival in 2016 and returns this year, is joined by one of the great flamenco guitarists of today and a director and photographer who directed a film in which Paco de Lucía, a Spanish musician with a mother castro, took part. -marinense that inspires the event.
This year, the festival will reach new spaces in the village of Castro Marim and will feature two days of celebration.
On the 18th of August, a Friday, Tomatito takes to the stage of the Revelim de Santo António, at 22 pm, to show the art of the flamenco guitar. The day before, August 00th, the guitarist will visit Monte Francisco, the village where the mother of the one honored by the festival was born, to star in “Uma Serenata a Lucía”.
According to the Chamber of Castro Marim, the musician "was discovered by Camarón de la Isla, whom he accompanied for the last 18 years of his life", and is currently "one of the most renowned flamenco musicians, having already performed alongside names as important as Paco de Lucía, Elton John and Chick Corea». He also participated in the film “The Devil's Lawyer”, which had Al Pacino as the main actor.
The concert by this flamenco guitar master is free for residents in the municipality of Castro Marim, who only have to pick up their ticket at one of the ticket sales points, except for the virtual BOL ticket office (see list below).
On August 19th, Mariza, godmother and ambassador of this festival that remembers «the eternal genius of the guitar and absolute master of contemporary flamenco», performs at the Castro Marim football stadium, at 22 pm, where she will present her album “Mundo”.
The Festival de Lucía program also includes performances from the “Amar Guitarra” project in Vila Real de Santo António and the “Academia Gracia Diaz” in Altura.
In 2017, in its second edition (the first “on full throttle), the Festival de Lucía will also embrace other arts, in addition to music.
The exhibition “Memória de Paco de Lucía” will be on display at Casa do Sal, a virtual exhibition dedicated to the guitarist's life and work. Painting and photography will be represented by Carlos Saura, who will perform, during the two days of the event, an artistic interpretation of the Festival.
There will also be space for musical training, with two masterclasses~, on August 19th, from 19pm.
The first will be directed by journalist and music critic Nuno Galopim – who writes regularly for Expresso, Blitz magazine, Time Out and Metropolis – and will have the theme “Eurovision: The artist and the promotion of his geography”. This is followed by the workshop on “Guitarras do Mundo”, by Henrique Vieira, guitarist and teacher of Music Education, Show and Multimedia, «which will explore acoustic guitars, opening a wide range of possibilities through the use and fusion of techniques that, they are usually not related to certain musical genres'.
The Lucía Festival is supported by PO CRESC Alagarve 2020, with 60% co-financing from FEDER funds, for two years.
Ticket sales points:
– Municipal Support Office, through contacts: 281 510 778 | [email protected]
– BOL Ticket
– Local market of Castro Marim | Open every day from 9am to 13pm and 15pm to 18pm
– Municipal High Market
– High Parish Council
– Heritage Kiosks placed on the municipality's beaches – Alagoa/Altura, Praia Verde and Cabeço.
About the honoree:
«Paco de Lucía (born in neighboring Andalucia – Algeciras), recognized as one of the best composers and guitarists in the world, had his roots in Castro Marim, specifically in Monte Francisco, the land where his mother, Lucía, was born.
It is in this umbilical connection that the “Festival de Lucía” is based, honoring a guitar of various languages, crossings and hues, like the one that Paço de Lucía inhabited its audience, but also honoring women, through the memory of his mother, whose joy and a Portuguese face has always inspired him. This is Paco Português, who dedicated a record to this land “Castro Marin” and his mother».
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