Witness the most authentic Spanish flamenco show in the country by virtuoso flamenco guitarist Paco Lara.
Renowned for bringing the soul and spirit of Spanish flamenco to the stage, acclaimed Spanish guitarist Paco Lara will inspire and capture the imagination of Australian audiences once again this year. With the release and launch of his new album, Duende, a repertoire of original compositions Lara has produced, the virtuoso flamenco guitarist will deliver a stunning live performance of Flamenco with a fusion of music, song and dance with his talented ensemble this June.
Paco Lara will take to the Palais Geelong on Sunday 10 June 2023.
Paco Lara in Geelong 2023
- Paco Lara will be performing Duende – Spanish Flamenco at the Palais Geelong
- Sunday 10th June 2023, 7:30pm
- Tickets $50 adults $40 Concession
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Lara migrated to Australia in 2017 from his home in Jerez in Southern Spain – the heartland of flamenco. Flamenco also recognised internationally in 2010 with the status of Intangible Heritage for Humanity by UNESCO demonstrates its cultural significance in connecting people across the world.
Lara has a toured internationally alongside some of the best artists and maestro legends of flamenco in Spain and a vanguard and foremost musician of contemporary flamenco
fusion in Australia.
Lara’s increasing popularity in regional NSW and Australia has contributed to the growing interest and understanding of its traditions and contemporary Flamenco performance.
This live performance brings together a music collaboration with a unique international collaboration with music recordings with Spanish and Australian musicians.
Lara’s ongoing passion for presenting high quality flamenco music to Australia and sharing his music with global and cultural connections will ignite the musical senses.
The performance and launch of the new album will showcase Lara’s elegant musical curation of original compositions of traditional flamenco styles, rhythm and songs that are close to Paco’s heart and have played a significant meaning in his life.
With Lara’s recent successes at the Sydney Opera House and at Adelaide Guitar Festival in 2021 and his national tour with the Andalusian Guitar Show in 2022, Duende promises to be an entertaining and popular show with Lara’s flamenco guitar mastery showcasing his talent at the top of the Australian contemporary music and performance scene.
He will share this passion through his mesmerising masterful skills and techniques on the flamenco guitar and ‘with impressive and elegant articulation’, the music, beyond being exceptionally well played, is always pretty and eminently approachable – a quality compounded by the choice of repertoire.
This new show Duende will transport you to Southern Spain with virtuoso guitarist Lara accompanied by a multicultural and dynamic ensemble of performers with Deya Miranda Giner, – flamenco dancer, vocalist – Angela Rosero, percussionist and pianist Byron Mark and second guitarist, Carlito Akam.
With a record of packed – out concerts at the Sydney Opera House in 2021 this new upcoming tour in regional NSW and Australia, will continue to transport you to new heights of a musical sensations through the energy of Flamenco to draw in the hearts and spirits of Australian audiences.
Tickets available here.
