World Flamenco Congress

José Fernández “José del Tomate” was born in Almería in a family of artists. His father, Tomatito, and his great-grandfather, Miguel Fernández Cortés “El Tomate”, nickname that his grandfather also inherited before him, have been an artistic inspiration for him.

Recognizes as influences to Sabicas and Paco de Lucía, but above all who has marked him most has been his uncle “El Niño” Miguel”. “Since I was very small in my house I have lived in a flamenco environment and guitars have always been around me” says José, who at the age of 13 decided to follow the family trail.

With only 19 years old he has participated professionally in important such as the International Festival of Cante de las Minas, Suma Flamenca de Madrid or the International Festival of Music and Dance of Granada and accompanied his father on tours internationals that have led him to play in New York, Miami, Puerto Rico, Boston or Washington.

He has just presented his first album “Plaza Vieja” by Universal Music.

In collaboration with Flamenco de Leeds as part of the Leeds Flamenco Festival 2023.

This programme is carried out with the support of the Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Music and Performing Arts, co-organised by the Instituto Cervantes and the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical, INAEM, Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport, in the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan - funded by the European Union - Nextgeneration.eu.