User:Munfarid1/Sandra Carrasco
Sandra Carrasco | |
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| Born | Sandra Carrasco Tavira December 13, 1981 |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
| Movement | Flamenco and Latin American songs |
| Website | www.sandracarrascomusic.com |
Sandra Carrasco Tavira (* 13 December 1981), better known as Sandra Carrasco, is a Spanish Flamenco singer, also active in other musical genres, including Bossa nova, Jazz and World Music. Among others, she has collaborated with notable Spanish and international artists such as Javier Limón, Carlos Saura, Anoushka Shankar, Richard Bona and the Ballet Nacional de España.
Biography
[edit]Born in Almonte, Huelva, in 1981, Carrasco developed her interest in Flamenco while studying music in her native Huelva. She continued to attend masterclasses in Flamenco singing, led by renowned artists like Manolo Sanlúcar and Arcangel.[1]
In 2007, she went to Madrid and became part of the musical Enamorados Anónimos, created by José María Cámara and Javier Limón with Blanca Li as choreographer. This show ran for several weeks on the Gran Vía during 2008.[2][3]
With the help of musician and producer Javier Limón, she recorded her first album titled Sandra Carrasco. As a result of that recording, she met Anoushka Shankar, daughter of Ravi Shankar and sister of Norah Jones, with whom she toured the world for three years.[2]
In 2013, she recorded her second album Océano, in which she interpreted Latin American songs, accompanied by the musicians Chuchito Valdés, Javier Colina and Jerry González among others.[4][5]
In 2014 she collaborated with Jazz bassist Richard Bona in the show Flamenco Project, performed in Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona and Paris.[6] In 2017, she played the title role in the muscical show Electra with the Ballet Nacional de España.[7]
A finales de 2017 el disco Travesía fue considerado uno de los mejores 100 discos de España, según el portal de internet 100x100 música.[8]
In December 2020 she presented her own show with a full house at the Suma Flamenca Festival in Madrid, with Paco Cruz on guitar and Anabel Moreno and Tamar González on palmas hand clapping.[9]
After collaborating in the premiere of D'Maduga with Flamenco dancer Eva Yerbabuena at the Suma Flamenca 2020, she was also part of Yerbabuena's show Al igual que tú at the Festival de Jerez in 2021.[10][11]
Selected discography
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sandra Carrasco - RTVE.es" (in European Spanish). RTVE.es. 5 de octubre de 2011. Retrieved 8 de junio de 2017.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ a b "Javier Limón apadrina a Sandra Carrasco, una voz que enamora". www.publico.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-26. Cite error: The named reference ":0" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Sande, José Ramón Díaz. "Enamorados Anónimos. el musical de lacopla". www.madridteatro.net (in European Spanish). Retrieved 8 de junio de 2017.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ Román, Manuel (2014-04-06). "La promesa de Sandra Carrasco". www.libertaddigital.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Sandra Carrasco cambia el flamenco por los sonidos latinos en 'Océano' -- Qué.es --" (in Spanish). Qué.es. Retrieved 8 de junio de 2017.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ "Richard Bona estrena "The Flamenco Project" en Barcelona". www.lossonidosdelplanetaazul.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "'ELECTRA' nuevo proyecto de Antonio Ruz para el Ballet Nacional de España" (in European Spanish). Antonio Ruz. Retrieved 8 de junio de 2017.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ "Los mejores discos de 2017 en español según 100x100 Música" (in European Spanish). 100x100 Música. 8 de diciembre de 2017. Retrieved 3 de marzo de 2018.
{{cite news}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help); Check date values in:|access-date=,|date=, and|archive-date=(help) - ^ "Sandra Carrasco "Abrir el melón o volverte calabaza"". Revista DeFlamenco.com (in Spanish). 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ "SUMA FLAMENCA 2020 - 15º Festival Flamenco de la Comunidad de Madrid". www.madrid.org. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Eva Yerbabuena". Festival de Jerez (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
External links
[edit][[Category:Spanish-language singers]] [[Category:Spanish women singers]] [[Category:Pages with unreviewed translations]]