On Saturday 26, at 21:00, Peña Amigos del Cante de Zamora program a night of singing with the figure of Joselito Mendez on guitar, accompanied by Alberto San Miguel, an old rocker in Zamora .
Who's who in this performance.
Carrying the weight of a surname as Mendez has been one of the greatest strengths of José Peña Méndez (23-11-1966), one the most complete singers has Jerez de la Frontera in recent decades. Nieto
mother's side of the Pili, and nephew of the very Paquera de Jerez, José soon discovered the taste of the stage. He was 10 years, a Festival in which they were Bulería Earthquake, Uncle Borrico, Deafness and Manolito Jero, and in which his grandfather made him do his first steps. At age 14 he undertook towards the capital of Spain for six months and becomes part of the flamenco in Los Canasteros. They coincide with top artists, names like Lola Flores, Pansequito, Aurora Vargas, Dolores de Cordoba Manuel Deafness, and he absorbs knowledge. Months later, this time from the hand of Albarizuela Ballet performed an extensive tour of Japan, four-year, one of the pioneers to cross the planet bring flamenco to the Land of the Rising.
From there, Jose Mendez is claimed as a singer. First through various dance companies and later as a soloist. In this first aspect, the sublime lament from Jerez will put his dancers serving as Cristina Hoyos, Matilde Coral, Mario Maya, Farruco, Carmen Cortes, Manuela Carrasco, Ana Parrilla and Juana Amaya. His attachment to sing 'Pa Bailar' professional curries you to the point of acquiring extensive knowledge in the different styles and clubs that make up the flamenco, hence the broad range of interpretation.
As a soloist, José Méndez has led his powerful voice to the most important festivals, whether inside or outside our country. Bienal de Sevilla, La Fiesta de la Buleria Flamenco Jerez and Friday, Thursday Flamencos of Cadiz, the Parpuja of Chiclana, the Mont de Marsan Festival, the Nimes Festival, Tokyo Film Festival and the Festival de Jerez has been some of the proscenium that have hosted the talented singer from The Square. A level of rock, has performed in places as eloquent as the Taranto Almeria Peña, Peña Antonio Mairena, Coat or Torre la Peña Macarena, not to mention an appearance by the many companies in its native Jerez, such illustrious institutions as the Rock The Kestrels, Antonio Chacón, the rock Good People ; or Peña La Buleria. His professional resume is also endowed with large presences in various tablaos that make up the English, highlighting the Canasteros, Los Gallos, Cordoba Tablao or the English town of Barcelona.
The success record came in 1993 when he recorded, in the hands of French label Mundi Harmony, their only album alone so far, 'Entre dos barrios, for which the guitars had Moraíto boy and Juan Carmona. Precisely for this work was awarded the Young Flamenco in Marseille a year later.
Jose has collaborated on various recordings, highlighting the album 'From Santiago to La Plaza' Pepe de Lucia in 1987, and its contribution to the hard way at Christmas Sing Our Land, published by the Caja de Ahorros de Jerez in 1989 under the direction Manuel Parrilla. In 2006 he collaborated on the album 'Christmas Flamenco José Méndez' produced by the Cadena Cope.
protruding from his varied repertoire soleá their bulerías and fandangos, two poles in which it operates with more ease. However, its clear stream been done on the Malaga or not, singing Jerez.
One of his mentors, the dancer Cristina Hoyos, describes Joseph as a person who "loves flamenco, studies and interprets it in a very personal way, he sings for dance, mastered all the sticks and add to his technique a deep feeling that makes you excel among young people of talent. "
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