Europe: exiled flamenco artists under the Franco-dictatorship

In this third talk we will discuss the developments of flamenco during the Franco-dictatorship (1939-1975), a period when important artists and intellectuals went into exile and when entire communities were forced to migrate to Northern Europe and other parts of the world. In this context, flamenco concerts in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam became important fora where those exiled communities could share their memories, experiences and political opinions through music. As such, flamenco gained crucial new meanings in this period: to bear witness to the violence and repression of the Franco-regime.