Marina Heredia: 'De lo Jondo a Lorca'

World Music Institute and Flamenco Festival NY Present Marina Heredia, one the world’s foremost cantaoras of the new generation. The daughter and granddaughter of exceptional flamenco singers she was raised in Granada surrounded by flamenco debuting as a singer in 1992 at the age of 12. She has won awards for best recording in 2010 and 2013 from the Nation Flamenco Critics association and was recently awarded the Giraldillo Prize the most important award for a singer at the Flamenco Biennale of Seville.

‘De lo Jondo a Lorca’ presents a curated collection of poems and songs that Federico García Lorca beautifully captured in his works merging the passionate essence of flamenco’s cante jondo (deep song) with the lyrical artistry of the poet. Together with her devoted guitarist José Quevedo “El Bolita” Heredia invites the audience to explore the profound depths of Andalusian culture bringing the legacy of the Granadino poet to life with each note and verse.

Host or Publisher Ramy Essam