Flamenco Cante and Guitar Concert

Alfonso Cid was born and raised in Seville, Spain the heartland of Flamenco music. His mother, an amateur singer from Triana, a Flamenco enclave in Seville, and his grandfather, an aficionado of Flamenco were his earliest influences. Alfonso enrolled at the Seville Conservatory in 1990 to study flute and music theory. He received classical training for the next 5 years. He also attended the classes of the Cristina Heeren Foundation for Flamenco Art in July of 2007 in Sevilla, Spain with maestro Paco Taranto and new talent Rocio Márquez.

Since his arrival in New York in 1997, Alfonso has played with Flamenco artists, such as: Pilar Rioja, Andrea del Conte, Nelida Tirado, Sara Erde and La Conja to name a few. He has performed in the following venues: Town Hall with the World Music Institute, the Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sala Covarrubias in Mexico City, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Joyce Theater, the American Embassy in Madrid, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Symphony Space, Merkin Concert Hall, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, The Spanish Theatre Repertory, Thalia Spanish Theatre, The Theater for the New City, as well as touring in Spain, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico and many flamenco venues throughout the tri-state area.

Jose Javier Bravo was born in Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, in 1980.His introduction to flamenco music came at a very early age.He started playing the flamenco guitar at age12 with maestro Paco de Antequera, a master of the old school of flamenco guitar created by Niño Ricardo and the principal guitarist of Peña Flamenca El Aljarafe. There José Javier also had the opportunity of sharing the stage with great Flamenco singers like Jose Merce, Carmen Linares and Chato de la Isla, in his first recitals at Peña Flamenca El Aljarafe.Jose Javier spent the next five years polishing his technique with Oscar Herrero, a great Flamenco master in Spain. Moreover, he took private lessons with maters Victor Monge Serranito and Rafael Riqueni. He has also played alongside Flamenco guitarist Pepe Nuñez at Colmao Flamenco La Caña in Madrid accompanying such artists as Paco del Pozo, Marcelo Sousa or Fernando Montoro. Since 2002 he accompanied the up and coming young singer David Martin “Niño de Vicálvaro”. In 2004 he formed his own band with several Madrid based musicians called Proyecto 216 a fusion of Celtic music with Flamenco influences.

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