The guitarist Paco de Lucía closes the International Festival Cante de las Minas de La Union

The "best guitarist in the history of flamenco, Paco de Lucia, will close on Tuesday the 50th anniversary of the Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas de La Union, five years after his last performance, sources of competition in a statement.
The performance of Paco de Lucia will be a "grand finale" and "emergency closure" for the fiftieth anniversary flamenco galas, which will give the competitions of song, guitar, dance and flamenco performer, with a total of 143 registered artists for the selection tests, 33 of which will arrive via maritime to the semifinals.

Paco de Lucia, who is considered a "splendid" interpreter for his "virtuosity and personal style, back to La Union five years after his last performance if not performed his repertoire in the Old Public Market, but in an enclosure adapted for the occasion in the lifting machine. This Algeciras Cadiz, named Francisco Sánchez Gomes, owes his stage name to his mother, Lucía Gomes from Portugal.
He and his father, Antonio Sánchez, greatly influenced his vocation. With six years as guitar thoroughly studied, recalled the organization. The "best contribution" Paco de Lucia flamenco, according to the event, is to "popularize and internationalize and have succeeded as a pioneer in opening the fusion with other music like jazz and bossa nova. "

The guitarist is "a revolutionary of flamenco, which has decisively influenced the evolution of the flamenco guitar in the last decades," the organization said. His list of awards, stating that "this is a unique genius, unique, includes a Premio Nacional de Arte Flamenco Guitar, Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (1992) Honorary Mention Award of Music (2002), Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts (2004). It is also Doctor Honoris Causa University of Cadiz and the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA), becoming the first Spanish to be recognized by this prestigious university.

He is also the author of masterpieces like 'Entre dos aguas', 'La Barrosa' ; 'Barrio Vine', 'Homenaje al Niño Ricardo', 'Almoraima', 'Guajiras Lucia' and 'Rio Ancho'. Camarón de la Isla with a mythical musical union formed and recorded ten albums together in nine years. Prior to the performance of Paco de Lucia, the International Festival Cante de las Minas shipped to Japan Catedral del Cante prize in the person of Ambassador to Spain, Fumiaki Takahashi, for the work of the nation in conservation, promotion and dissemination of culture and the art of flamenco.