Nueva York Flamenco City & Elisabet Torras Presented by Terraza 7. Saturday, December 11th, 2021 at 07:00 pm.
$15: Cover at Mezzanine. $10: Cover First floor $20: Donation suggested.
Featuring:
Adriana Olivares / Bailaora. Raphael Brunn / Guitar. Alfonso Cid / Cantaor; Flute, and musical director.
About Adriana Olivares: Adriana Olivares is a New York city-based flamenco dancer. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Adriana grew up immersed in a cultural landscape rich in dance and music. She has studied with important flamenco artists such as Siudy Garrido, María Juncal, Alfonso Losa, Omayra Amaya and Sonia Olla. She was part of the Siudy flamenco company for more than 11 years. In this company she has performed with Antonio Canales, Juan Manuel Fernández “Farruquito”, and flamenco singer from Spain, Argentina. Other highlights include off-Broadway production entitled Entre Mundos (2011), performances of selections of Amor Brujo with the LA Philharmonic under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel (2014), the Aspen Chamber Orchestra (2016), and the Miami Symphony Orchestra (2017) and Hollywood Bowl LA Philharmonic (2019). Now she is a member of the Nélida Tirado Company and is also pursuing to develop her own solo career.
About Raphael Brunn: Raphael Brunn, Flamenco Guitarist and Composer, is from a well-known family of jugglers, dancers and trapeze artists. An American kid with lots of rhythm, Raphael started playing bass guitar at the age of ten. At fourteen, Raphael moved to Europe to join his father, a world-renowned juggler and acrobat who had been using live Flamenco music in his performances since seeing Antonio Ruiz and Carmen Amaya dance in the 1950’s. While working with his father, Raphael was exposed to some of Spain’s finest Flamenco artists including El Manzanita, El Recortao, Pepe Marquez and many more.
He made his public debut playing Flamenco guitar was in the opening festivities of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Since then, Raphael has performed with many of the artists who initially inspired his dedication to the Flamenco tradition. He worked with El Farruquito and El Torombo in the Flamenco production of Incognito, in Frankfurt, Germany. Now based in New York City, Raphael performs with various Flamenco artists and is currently working on his second CD.
About Alfonso Cid: Alfonso was born and raised in Sevilla, the heartland of flamenco music. He also had the opportunity of attending the activities of one of the most significant flamenco clubs in Andalusia, the Peña Flamenca Torres-Macarena in Seville. Alfonso has toured extensively throughout the USA, Latin America, Israel, and Europe, and has just toured Spain last February of 2018 with the Jazz/Flamenco band the New York Bojaira Project by pianist Jesús Hernández from Granada, Spain.