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FLAMENCO IN THE UK

We would like to develop a list of all the main flamenco events that have taken place in the UK over the past few decades,. If you would like to add information or photos from your own records, then please contact us.

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1972

September: Paco Peña in Guitar Magazine

Interview with Paco Peña in Guitar Magazine September 1972 

12 September: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

          Zambra Mora by James Yohai

James Yohai Zambra Mora BMG October 1972

October: In Guitar Magazine

JUAN MARTIN, who played at Queen Elizabeth Hall on 12 September and who will be playing at the Westminster Theatre Arts Centre on Sunday 15 October (see Diary), learnt his Flamenco in the land of its origin, the province of Andalucía, Southern Spain. Still in his twenties, he is regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of Flamenco.

He was greatly honoured in being asked to give a Flamenco recital in commemoration of Picasso's 90th birthday at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

5 October: Flamenco Puro (flamenco guitar, dance & song) - Civic Hall, Guildford

11 October: Flamenco Puro (flamenco guitar, dance & song) - Theatre Royal, Tunbridge Wells

13 October: Flamenco Puro (flamenco guitar, dance & song) - Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

15 October: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Westminster Theatre Arts Centre

29 October: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Guildhall, Cambridge

          La Caña by James Yohai

James Yohai Zambra Mora BMG October 1972

November: in Guitar Magazine

Flamenco Duo Delphine y Domingo certainly get around the world. The well-known flamenco dancer and guitarist have been performing in Lusaka, Zambia. In January 1973 they are going to Granada. They have appeared in Holland, Hong Kong, Barbados, Nigeria, The Canary Islands, Malta and Gibraltar. At present they are appearing at the Excelsior Hotel, London Airport, and at Christmas they will be performing at the Metropole Hotel, Brighton. If you can't afford posh hotel prices, you might catch them on TV - they've already been on BBC Wales, Midland and Southern, to say nothing of many radio programmes.

November: in Guitar Magazine
QEH 12 September
Juan Martín
One of the remarkable things about solo flamenco guitar recitals is that they are so often exccllent. Yet surely no other solo instrumentalist has such a difficult task. Not only must the solo flamenco player display a formidable technique - exposed and vulnerable without the clatter of castanets and heels - but he must also present the various improvisatory aspects inherent in the form in a coherent way.

In short, he has to be his own composer in addition to everything else. That does not mean he can play what he likes. Everything must conform in style, content and spirit to the rules evolved during the past two hundred years. In spite of this, the framework is far from rigid, and allows plenty of scope for originality and invention.

Thus Flamenco is constantly on the move, never standing still long enough to be comprehensively defined, measured, analysed, classified and catalogued by what I like to call the antique dealers of music. It remains triumphantly alive.

Juan Martín is a flamenco guitarist in the great tradition. His technique is prodigious, without the smallest hint of exhibitionism, yet it is always put to good musical use. He is not perhaps always successful in everything he does. There was an odd holding back, it seemed, in one or two of the slower pieces such as the Tarantas and the Serranas, both of which are traditionally vehicles for the deepest emotions. And I felt that the Rondenas didn't quite hang together as it should have done.

These are small criticisms in a generally excellent and very substantial evening of music. The two Rumbas and the Cuban Guajiras, comparative newcomers to Flamenco (evidence of the form's ability to move with the times), were particularly good. Paradoxically, the lighter and faster pieces generally held more inner tension on this occasion. Technical difficulty seems to bring out the best in Juan Martín; his two Bulerías carne off superbly, a magnificent thumb giving rare prominence to the lean and hungry rhythm that lurks inside these outwardly joyous pieces.

I must compliment Juan Martín on the wealth of information contained in his programme notes. We were even told that his guitar was made by the nephews of Domingo Esteso. Other soloists please note! Guitarists in general do not regard information of this kind as superfluous. CC

4 November: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Library Theatre, Luton

5 November: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Balliol College, Oxford

22 November: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - Oxford Guitar Society, St Catherine's College

22 November: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Arts Centre (?)

25 November: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - Spanish Guitar Centre, Nottingham

2 December: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital), Acland Burghley School (theatre), London

1973

January: Pepe Martinez in Nottingham - BMG article by Graham Wade

Advertisement for Paco Peña's QEH Recital in BMG January 1973

8 January: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

13 January: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - George Square Theatre, Edinburgh

7 February: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Wigmore Hall, London

10 March: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Haywards Heath Music Society

12 March: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Dublin Arts Festival

15 March: Chris Bouic (flamenco guitar recital) - Camden Guitar Society

27 March: Philip John Lee (flamenco guitar recital) - Wigmore Hall, London

Maria Rocca

April in Guitar Magazine: It's not often that we hear about girl flamenco guitarists, so we were naturally delighted to discover Maria Rocca playing some quite gutsy flamenco with Los Chumbos at the Marbella Spanish Restaurant in Long Acre

13 October: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Fylde Festival, Blackpool

13 November: Philip John Lee (flamenco guitar recital) - Heslington Hall, York University Music Society

21 November: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - Sunley Theatre, St Catherine's College

4 December: Juan Martin (flamenco - including Fandangos, Seguidillas, Sevillanas, Farruca, Rondena, Rumba Flamenca and new works by Juan Martin) - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

16 December: Philip John Lee (flamenco, jazz, blues, etc) - Wigmore Hall, London

26/29 December: Paco Peña's Flamenco Puro - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

30 December: Paco Peña's Flamenco Puro - Theatre Royal, Windsor

1974

1/4/5 January: Paco Peña's Flamenco Puro - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

7 January: Paco Peña's Flamenco Puro - Cwmbran

9 January: Paco Peña's Flamenco Puro - Town Hall, Falkirk

10 January: Paco Peña's Flamenco Puro - Grand Hall, Kilmarnock

11 January: Paco Peña's Flamenco Puro - City Hall, Glasgow

12 January: Paco Peña's Flamenco Puro - Perth City Hall

19 January: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Classical Guitar Society, Van Mildert College, Durham University

22 January: Philip John Lee - Camden Guitar Society, Acland Burghley School, London

3 February: Pepe de la Matrona (flamenco singer), Pedro Soler (flamenco guitar) - Wigmore Hall, London

16 February: Philip John Lee - South Dorset Arts Centre, Weymouth

17 February: Philip John Lee - Bodmin Arts Society, Cornwall

18 February: Philip John Lee - Tavistock Arts Society

19 February: Philip John Lee - RN Navy College Manadon, Nr Plymouth

20 February: Philip John Lee - King's Arms Hotel, Kingsbridge

21 February: Philip John Lee - Beaford Centre, North Devon

22 February: Philip John Lee - Beaminster School, Dorset

9 March: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - "The Kettleyard", Cambridge

13 March: Philip John Lee - St Audrey's School, West Quantoxhead, Nr Taunton

21 March: Philip John Lee - Southampton Guitar Society

3 April: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Guildhall, Kings Lynn

13 April: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

27 April: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar) - St Pancras Town Hall, London

17 May: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Corn Exchange, Brighton

16 June: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, Cambridge

29 June: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Deal Castle, Kent

July: Juan Martin in BMG Magazine July 1974

          Read the cover artist review by Graham Wade

Front Cover

July: James Yohai's Flamenco Gallery in BMG Magazine

Alberto Velez, Raquel & Margarita, Margarita Restaurant, Paco Victory, Mario Escudero, Manolo Vargas, Vicente Escudero, Maruja de Cordoba, Rafael de Sevilla, Carlos & Ernesto Basilisco, Pepe Solsona, Acapulco Bar, Millo brothers, Guillermo, Tito, Lionel

Rogelio de Malaga described in BMG Magazine August 1974

Rogelio de Malaga (Singer) was born in Malaga, Andalucía, and is perhaps the best flamenco singer resident in England. He came here some 15 years ago, already well known, to begin an immediate engagement at The Acapulco, Hanway Street (famous for its Flamenco Restaurant Bar). With his extensive knowledge of the flamenco repertoire, Rogelio, from the first, delighted the packed audience; each night the atmosphere was charged with excitement, and the word quickly spread. Accompanied by the prominent guitarists Antonio Navarro and Enrique Bejerano, Rogelio became the idol of flamenco lovers in London and all over England, and remained at the Acapulco with continued success. When the Acapulco ceased to be a Spanish Restaurant, Rogelio formed a flamenco group of his own and began an association with the Casa Pepe Restaurant, Fulham Road, where he appeared for many years.

In addition to long-standing engagements at the restaurants I have mentioned, Rogelio made extensive tours of the best theatres in the major cities of England and Europe, before adding T.V., radio and films to his wide experience of presenting the flamenco art.

The demand for Rogelio's services as a flamenco singer became evident immediately; for singers of his great calibre are always called for by the best guitarists and dancers, and the demand increased to immense proportions. Rogelio has always kept abreast of the times by adding every new song to appear in the flamenco repertoire, despite his absence from Spain for so many years.

Aficionados can hear Rogelio on Friday and Saturday nights at the famous Spanish restaurant, El Sombrero, in Denham, where he is accompanied by the young guitar genius, Tito and the vivacious dancer Teresa de Sacromonte. Rogelio, Tito and Teresa form one of the best flamenco trios in the London area, where we hope they will entertain us for many years to come.

Guitar Magazine August
New home for the Bravery

Friends of flamenco player Leslie Bravery, whose sudden disappearance from his usual haunts caused the telephones to ring, will be glad to know that Leslie is alive and well . . . in New Zealand! The offer of the tour carne without warning and left the Bravery household 2¾ minutes to confer and decide that it was OK for Leslie to make the trip.

Leslie is very busy there. He says there's a tremendous amount of interest in the guitar, and that in addition to his commitments as a solo player he's also the regular guitarist with a flamenco group, 'El Niño León and Company'.

He is also booked for a lot of teaching, and expects to stay for at least 6 months. Mrs Bravery has been seen at least 12 times gazing into the window of the Emigration Department at New Zealand House.

August: James Yohai's Flamenco Gallery in BMG Magazine

Jose Greco, Pilar Lopez, Paco de Ronda, Roberto Ximenez, Manolo Vargas, Vicente Escudero, El Pili, Miguel Garcia, Ricardo Mondrego, Sammy Martin, Paco de Lucia, Camaron de la Isla, Sabicas, Rogelio de Malaga, Antonio Navarro, Enrique Bejerano, Tito, Teresa de Sacromonte, El Sombrero,  Acapulco, Casa Pepe Restaurant, Rafael Farina

September: James Yohai's Flamenco Gallery in BMG Magazine

Juan Gonzales ("Triguito"), Jose Martin ("Pepete"), Alejandro Martin, Conchita del Mar, Jose Luis Ponce, Nina los Peines, Pepe Pinto, Mauricio Eduardo, Royal Albert Hall

18 October: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - Wood Green Hall, Banbury

30 October: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - Parish Hall, Stratford-on-Avon

31 October: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - Holywell Music Room, Oxford

29 November: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - Commonwealth Theatre, London

1975

4 January: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Blackfriars Hall, Norwich

12 January: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Leisure Centre, Peterborough

19 January: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

25 January: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Leith Town Hall, Edinburgh

4 February: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Town Hall, Oxford

1 March: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Spanish Guitar Centre, Nottingham

15 May: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - New Hall, City University, London

29 May: Philip John Lee (flamenco guitar recital) - Purcell Room, London

15 June: Pedro Soler (flamenco guitar recital) - Pitlochry Theatre

19 June: Pedro Soler (flamenco guitar recital) - Holm Cultram Festival

23 June: Pedro Soler (flamenco guitar recital) - Nottingham Festival

27 June: Pedro Soler (flamenco guitar recital) - Old Hall, Lincoln Inn, London

30 June - 26 July: Antonio and The National Dance Company of Spain - London Colloseum

12 August: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Harrogate

18 August: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - South Hill Park, Bracknell

29 September: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

6 October: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - MacRobert Centre, Stirling University

16 October: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - County Rooms, Leicester

18 October: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - Lecture Theatre 1, Medical & Biological Building, Basset Crescent East, Southampton

25 October: Paul Hammond (flamenco guitar recital) - Havant Guitar Society, Southdowns College, Purbrook

21 November: Pepe Martinez (flamenco guitar recital) - The Gallery, Civic Centre, Leeds

1976

13 January: Paco Peña (flamenco guitar recital) - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

4 March: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Kildwick Hall, Keighley, Yorkshire

17 March: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Royal Fort House, Bristol University

22 March: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Fylde Arts Festival

30 April: Tomas Locri (flamenco guitar recital) - University Theatre Gulbenkian Studio, Newcastle upon Tyne

2 May: Tim Andrew (flamenco guitar recital) - Ealing Guitar Society, St Matthew's Church Hall, Ealing, London

8 May: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Wigmore Hall, London

14 May: Juan Martin (flamenco guitar recital) - Portsmouth Festival, Royal Beach Hotel, South Parade, Southsea

1 June: Philip John Lee (flamenco guitar recital) - Wallsend Public Library, Tyne & Wear

2 June: Juan Martin & Rafael Romero in concert - Wigmore Hall, London

6 June: Kevin Roche (flamenco guitar) - Ealing Guitar Society

10 June: Juan Martin & Rafael Romero in concert - Kildwick Hall, Nr Ilkley, Yorkshire

17 June: Tim Andrew (flamenco guitar recital) - Wigmore Hall, London

24 June: Philip John Lee (flamenco guitar recital) - Penzance Arts Centre

25 June: Philip John Lee (flamenco guitar recital) - Plymouth Arts Centre

26 June: Philip John Lee (flamenco guitar recital) - Frome College Theatre, Frome

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