Erik van Goch -> RE: Flamenco today vs. Classical era concert music (Jan. 13 2013 19:39:15)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo Totally disagree. In fact I would say there is not enough of classics study by youngsters who tend to jump right in and make their own falsetas once they gets compas and some technique. THere is only a small handful of as you imply "classical" interpreters of flamenco. I second that...one of the very few super talents i know that seem to restrict to playing the classics alone is Javier Conde and that restriction even made me wonder if he could be a savant (a special kind of autism that makes someone excel in certain fields but often restricts that extraordinary talent to copying rather than creating). One of my former classmates (who played in the same program) didn't even bother to stay for Javier's concert because of that "i play the classics only" restriction. Personally i rather hear a well played classic than a badly composed original and it was nice to hear some of the classics played at that level (in fact a higher level than some of the original composers could reproduce on stage them self at that moment of time)....but i also wondered what this guy had to offer himself, because i still believe composing your own repertoire is part of the fun/fame/glory. Paco Peña can play the classics better than enyone alive (if Tomatio plays parts of that repertoire he looses the battle on all grounds,...technique, sound and vision) but still he is not widely appreciated by flamenco fans....i can understand that from a modern point of view, but back in the 70ties he produced 1 fabulous record after the other and i.m.o. he was the second best player of that period of time. Funny enough Paco Peña can perform/compose modern flamenco on the highest level if he wants, but he simply fails the time and interest to do so. My father was in need of nice tanguillos material once and was quite disappointed by the (lack of) material offered by the well known artists....so he asked Paco Peña to have a look....Paco instantly composed an excellent falseta that was very modern and way better in vision and composition than the ones offered by others....but he will not perform it because it's not his thing.
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