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From 7 to 22 February 2014 the Competition I sing Flemish Murcia, Murcia organized by the Flemish Cultural Association, which takes over the initiative undertaken previously by the Peña Flamenca Birds will be held.

In the competition organizers collaborate the city of Murcia and flamenco Aula of the University of Murcia.

The competition was presented this afternoon in the building Convalescence a press conference in which participated the Vice President for University Extension and eGovernment, Mercedes Farias, the council of culture Rafael Gomez, Guillermo Castro, President of the Cultural Association Murcia Flamenca, and Manuel Tovar, Director of Flamenco Aula of the University of Murcia.

Manuel Tovar said in his speech that "flamenco is a way to convey feelings, which makes it a cultural event of the first order," adding that activities like this "we are trying to put on the map of events on flamenco to the city of Murcia. "

Meanwhile, Guillermo Castro, President of the Flemish Murcia Cultural Association offered the details of this contest, "We want to consolidate."

As in the previous edition of the contest, her artistic ability of the applicant in four songs in their qualifiers and four songs in the final phase will be awarded.

The qualifiers will take place on 7, 8, 14 and 15 February at the new location of the street Vittorio 16, Murcia.

The final will be held on Feb. 22 in the auditorium of the Alberca.

The contest will officially guitarist Antonio Fernández "El Torero" and the jury shall be composed of the flamencologist Gelardo Pepe Navarro, the dancer and dance teacher Lucia Albarran and the president of the association and researcher Guillermo Castro.

The Councillor for Culture, Rafael Gómez, referred to these activities as "we are highlighting an obligation: to promote cultural initiatives, especially if, as in the case of emerging scholars and specialists in the field, such as Classroom Case Flamenca Flamenco and Murcia Cultural Association ".

Closed the ceremony the Vice Chancellor Mercedes Farias, who congratulated the organizers and said "Flamenco is at the root of culture. Culture defines and differentiates a people, and education is the basis of culture", so asked not to let fall the basis of this commitment to culture.

In this edition involved 20 candidates from different regions of Spain: Miguel Angel Lara, Seville; Ana Vanessa Lopez Teba "The Grina" of Granada, Paco Serrano, Almeria, Remedios Castro, Cordoba, David Contreras "The Cardueli" Cartagena, Julio Fajardo, of Granada, Juanjo Garrido, Granada, Miguel Angel Tejero, of Granada; Filomena Auñón Proj, Madrid.

Amparo Ramos, Almodóvar del Río (Córdoba) Alconchel Pepe, Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz); Caracolillo Paterna, Cadiz, Antonio Romero Leon Ecija (Sevilla), Maria Portillo Plumpy, Seville, Quentin Zamora Camacho , Ciudad Real, José León Romero "José de la Mena," Mairena del Alcor (Sevilla), Jose "Petro" Paterna de Rivera (Cádiz), Antonio Ortega Jimenez, Mairena del Alcor (Sevilla), Manuel Lamb, Las Cabezas de San Juan (Sevilla) and Victor Palacios Malaga.

Source: UMU