Chicago Flamenco Festival 2018 Closing Night: Pepe Habichuela y Kiki Morente

OPENING CHICAGO ARTISTS PERFORMANCE: ANDREA SALCEDO
Wednesday, March 21, 7 pm
$35 general admission; $25 students and members of Instituto Cervantes
Tickets at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3323142
Limited space. Parking is $12/12h with the Instituto Cervantes validation.

The great flamenco guitar master Pepe Habichuela is the patriarch of one of the most revered families in gypsy flamenco, Los Habichuela. Born in Granada, the mecca of flamenco, he celebrates 60 years of flamenco guitar rooted in tradition and innovation. Pepe is renowned for his historic collaborations with Enrique Morente and as a trailblazer of “nuevo flamenco” (new-age flamenco).

Pepe Habichuela and Kiki Morente come from two renowned families in flamenco and music. The Habichuela-Morente alliance reunites these two families, previously bound by care and respect, in an intimate and moving dialogue. Here Pepe Habichuela, the last living representative of the era of flamenco guitar with his 60 years of experience, will accompany Kiki Morente, the final link of her Granada-based family. Kiki’s skill and intuition has modernized flamenco without renouncing its roots, which is evident in her first album Albayzín.

ANDREA SALCEDO A native of Mexico, She is the first female flamenco guitarist from her home country. She took her first guitar lessons with her brother when she was 8. Andrea received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance on Classical Guitar from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, where she studied under famous guitarist Fareed Haque. She graduated Cum Laude. In the summer of 2015, she traveled to Spain to attended the Festival de la Guitarra de Cordoba (Cordoba Guitar Festival) where she studied with world known flamenco maestros such as: Manolo Sanlúcar, Jose Antonio Carmona “Pepe Habichuela”, and Jorge Pardo. She also underwent intensive studies at the Cristina Heeren Flamenco Foundation where she studied under renowned guitarists such as Eduardo Rebollar, Ismael Sierra, and Vahan Davtyan. Ms. Salcedo also studied at Amor de Dios flamenco academy with guitarist Joni Jimenez. She also studied with famous guitarist Antonio Sanchez.