Cañizares Flamenco Quintet

SYNOPSIS

This Show is based on his flamenco album “El Mito de la Caverna” (which means “Allegory of the Cave”). This title from Platon accurately expresses his feelings and attitude about the writing of flamenco music. Since he was a child, he has always felt that his musical experiences lie across two pillars: flamenco tradition, on the one hand, and study-driven musical theory, on the other.

Following the Platonic metaphor, Flamenco tradition taught him the language of shadows in the cave: that tenuous light, those mysterious sounds, which reached him as they floated down the river of tradition. A very rich language, expressive and deep, which became an irreplaceable inspiration for him. Years later, with the academic discipline of the conservatoire, He learned musical theory, what we can call, in the terms of our metaphor, the light of the sun: an intellectual perception that allowed him to travel in to a different musical world. There is little doubt that the incomparable experience of transcribing and interpreting works by such masters as Albéniz, Falla, Granados and Scarlatti has broadened and enriched his musical vision.