Vicente Soto Sordera (born in 1954 in Santiago,

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, Spain) is a

flamenco Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...

cantaor The cante flamenco (), meaning "flamenco singing", is one of the three main components of flamenco, along with ''toque'' (playing the guitar) and ''baile'' (dance). Because the dancer is front and center in a flamenco performance, foreigners ofte ...

'' (singer) who belongs to one of the most important Flamenco families in history, "Los Sordera".

Family

He's owner of one of the most significant legates from the Flamenco planet, as he's the great-grandson of Niño Gloria and nineteenth-century

seguiriya ''Siguiriyas'' (; also ''seguiriyas'', ''siguerillas'', ''siguirillas'', ''seguidilla gitana'', etc.) are a form of flamenco music in the cante jondo category. This deep, expressive style is among the most important in flamenco. Unlike other pal ...

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Paco la Luz. He is also son of Manuel Soto Sordera, the patriarch of Jerez flamenco, and cousin of

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Career

Vicente Soto is considered one of the artists with the most complete knowledge of Flamenco, a performer who has interpreted almost every

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(the different flamenco styles), and is also considered a living example of "pure" flamenco tradition. He's got many distinctions and Flamenco awards (Premio Nacional de Cordoba, Premio Pastora Pavon, Premio Mairena del Alcor...). At the same time the work of Vicente Soto "Sordera" has always been innovative as he has demonstrated with his musical adaptations of the lyrics of some of the big names of hispanic poetry:

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. Vicente Soto has performed at many Flamenco and Latin Festivals in the world and big world stages as: La Scala di Milan, Theatre National de Paris, Teatro Avenida de Buenos Aires, Teatro Comunale di Roma, Theatre Albeniz de Madrid, Theatre Sao Luiz de Lisboa... and all over USA, Japan, South America, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, Austria, Hungary, Holland, etc.

Discography

Vicente Soto has recorded 13 CDs with guitarists such as

Vicente Amigo Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist, born in Guadalcanal near Seville. He has played as an accompanying guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers Camarón de la Isla, and Luis de Córdoba, an ...

Tomatito José Fernández Torres, known as Tomatito (born Fondón, 1958), is a Spanish roma flamenco guitarist and composer. Having started his career accompanying famed flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla (with Paco de Lucía), he has made a number of ...

, Paco Cepero, Enrique de Melchor, Moraito, José María Molero,

Pepe Habichuela Pepe Habichuela (born 1944 as José Antonio Carmona Carmona) is a Spanish flamenco guitarist, cited as one of the great flamenco masters and one of Spain's finest contemporary guitarists. He was born in Granada and belongs to a flamenco dynasty of ...

Gerardo Núñez Gerardo Núñez Díaz (born 29 June 1961) is a Spanish guitarist and composer. His roots are in flamenco but he has played fusion and jazz. Career Núñez was born in Jerez de la Frontera ( province of Cádiz) in 1961. His first teacher was Ra ...

, Manuel Parrilla, Diego del Morao, Manuel Valencia, Miguel Salado, etc. * Pessoa Flamenco (

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, 1986) * Cuando canta el pasado (

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, 1987) * El ritmo de la sangre (

, 1988) * Jondo espejo gitano (Discos Senador, 1990) * Tríptico Flamenco Cádiz (

, 1994) * Tríptico Flamenco Jerez (

, 1995) * Tríptico Flamenco Sevilla (

,1996) * Verea del Camino (Sonifolk, 1997) * Entre dos mundos (Dro East West, 2000) * Latin Essentials (

, 2003) * Estar Alegre (Galileo-MC, 2005) * Colores Distintos (Romanó Sonor, 2012) * Coplas del desagravio (2018)Vicente Soto
at elflamencovive.com

References

External links

Official Vicente Soto website
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