Flamenco art among the youth is rewarded. María José Pérez, an outstanding cantaora.

She has finally received the recognition she deserves in the Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco (National Flamenco Art Competition) in Córdoba: the most important flamenco competition according to the opinion of both artists and those people who have just started being interested in flamenco..
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New flamenco- talented people burst into stageos.

María José Pérez, a cantaora from Almería -Spain-, won the Antonio Chacón Award. In the competition she performed many cantes, such as malagueñas, granaínas, cartageneras, tarantas, tarantos and mineras. She played the granaína brilliantly and her performance of the tarantas and the tarantos –which are typical from her homeland-, showed everybody her mastery. The decision to award her was unanimous.
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Almería becomes the major figurehead of flamenco in Madrid -the capital city of Spain- thanks to the tarantos.

Without any doubt María José Pérez is the cante sensation coming from Almería thanks to her command of the music, her great voice and her wider and wider knowledge of all the cantes.
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A flamenco performance in the ''El Morato'', Almería. The young cantaora María José Pérez offered an outstanding recital in the cueva –cave- of this peña.

The young woman María José Pérez was singing for all of us who already knew her we expected the best, but what we experienced was beyond all expectation. María José sang as well as the great flamenco stars, singing in a way that grips you to the extent that you want more and more.
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A cantaora possessed by the duende

María José Pérez is a very young woman. But despite her youth, her voice, her hearing, the respect of compás -musical meter- and the pleasure she shows while performing seem extraordinary.
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The cantaora María José Pérez and the guitarist Niño de las Cuevas offered an outstanding performance in the flamenco peña El Morato, in Almería -Spain-.

The performance of the seguiriyas was wonderful in the privileged voice of María José Pérez. Her cante achieved to transmitted many feelings which deeply touched the audience that packed the place.
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The poesía –poetry- of the cantaor El Cabrero and the art of the cantaoras succeed in the festival.

The audience was astonished at the voice of a young hope that is being consolidated. She is twenty years old. She began her performance singing cantes from Almería; then, she continued with some seguiriyas and she finished with a fandango full of emotion.
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La Voz de Almería(a News paper from Almería, Spain) - Published: March 12, 2004 - Written by José Luis Laínez

Just outside the temple, the cantaores make an effort and try to sing the penultimate saeta with their damaged throats. But a little girl is going to surprise everybody: she is thirteen years old.
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An important prize. The young cantaora María José Pérez has received the Melón de Oro Award. She won the Nacional de Jóvenes Flamencos (National Young Flamenco Artists Festival) of Calasparra –province of Murcia- last July