ABQOff-Sebastian Sanchez *Cante Technique/tangos/romance* 7 day Workshop

In this Class Sebastian Sanchez will be focusing on the palos of Cantiñas/Romance/Tangos

Focusing the attention on technique, and feeling of the palo.

Class: June 10-16 @ 12 noon

SEBASTIAN SANCHEZ

Flamenco singer Sebastian Sanchez was born in 1995 in Puerto de Santa María on the southern

coast of Spain in the province of Cádiz, birthplace of many legendary flamenco singers. Born

into a family of flamenco artists, his uncle is the well-known flamenco dancer Paco del Puerto, a

veteran of many international performances. When he was two years of age, Sebastian began

listening to and clapping out the complex rhythms of flamenco. His father Vicente Sanchez

accompanied him on the guitar, both in his practice sessions and early performances. It is from

this experience that he developed his life-long love for the flamenco guitar which he learned to

play to accompany himself in his studies of flamenco singing or, as it is called in Spain, "el

cante." At the age of 16 he began private classes with the flamenco singer Nazareth Cala,

herself a former student of the revered flamenco singers Naranjito de Triana and José de la

Tomasa. At the age of seventeen, he traveled to Seville to begin training in flamenco singing at

the Fundacion Flamenco Cristina Heeren. Upon graduation he began working in many flamenco

venues in Seville with some of Spain's most prestigious flamenco performers: among them

Carmen Ledesma and Juan Betanzos. His career continued with appearances in Madrid,

Germany and Poland. In 2017 he was a finalist in the competition Premio Nacional Bailes Por

Alegrias Peña La Perla de Cai.

Since then, Sebastian Sanchez has traveled the width and length of Spain, performing in venues

as diverse as flamenco peñas, flamenco clubs and large theatres. The following are some of the

major venues where he has appeared:

Peña Flamenca Paco Cepero in Puerto de Santa María

Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville with Carmen Ledesma and Pepe Torres

Teatro Quintero in Seville

Auditorio Municipal Granada with the flamenco gutarist Alberto López

Teatro Lope de Vega in Seville

Tablao Los Gallos in Seville

Tablao Flamenco Cortijo in Stuttgart, Germany

Festival Flamenco de Jerez with Juanillorro

Tertulia Flamenca Pepe Alconchel in Jerez with the guitarist Jesus Rodríguez

La Casa de la Memoria in Seville

Peña Flamenca Torres Macarena in Seville

Táculo "De Arte" with David Perez y su compañia

Peña Flamenca Amigos del Chuma with the guitarist Jesus Rodríguez

The production "Mi Clave" with Manuel de la Luz which recently premiered in Cerro de

Andevalo, Huelva

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