Extramusical Awards Flamenco On Fire Foundation

The Flamenco On Fire Foundation celebrates the third edition of awards that distinguish talents and long-standing careers. People and entities that enable art but do not express themselves scenically or musically. On this occasion will be awarded: Carlos Martín Ballester, a specialist in sound heritage and digitization and restoration of 78 rpm records and phonograph cylinders, who is also the director of the prestigious Carlos Martín Ballester Collection; Cristina Cruces Roldán, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Seville, a renowned researcher and teacher specialised in flamenco; and the Alalá Foundation, dedicated to social integration through education for children and young people at risk of exclusion, using flamenco as one of their motivational tools to achieve their goals. 

This award was born with the intention to recognise those who for decades have worked for the dignification and outreach of this culture beyond strictly musical aspects, through diffusion, research, training, and production. Thusly from the organisation were distinguished in 2022 José María Velázquez-Gaztelu, Pepe Lamarca and the tablao Corral de la Morería. In last year’s edition, The Flamenco Vive dance academy Amor de Dios and the researcher Norberto Torres received this award.

The award ceremony will be presented by journalist Juan Garrido and will end with a golden clasp: a recital by Jerónimo Maya, a guitarist who at five years old was already a child prodigy. His playing overflows with personality and character so that besides being a concert performer he has accompanied singing to most figures of contemporary flamenco.