Schirmherrschaft Videobotschaft von Herrn Tarek Al-Wazir, Hessischer Minister für Wirtschaft, Energie, Verkehr und Wohnen
MainWeltmusik Festival 2023
MainWeltmusik Festival 2023 – Songs without borders connect nations – a musical festival of solidarity and worldwide understanding.
The international „MainWeltmusik” Festival is bringing together numerous dance and music groups from different countries of the world for 8 years. It is intended to promote the coexistence of people in the Rhine-Main area by offering the diversity of their own culture a platform that is independent of language, religion and nationality. Music is the only common language in the world because, unlike spoken language, the world of music knows no barriers of understanding; anyone who listens to a melody with an open heart understands what is being transmitted and is immersed in the world of the singer… Be there! Also this year it will be amazing and a cultural highlight in Offenbach.
The international „MainWeltmusik” Festival is bringing together numerous dance and music groups from different countries of the world for 8 years. It is intended to promote the coexistence of people in the Rhine-Main area by offering the diversity of their own culture a platform that is independent of language, religion and nationality. Music is the only common language in the world because, unlike spoken language, the world of music knows no barriers of understanding; anyone who listens to a melody with an open heart understands what is being transmitted and is immersed in the world of the singer… Be there! Also this year it will be amazing and a cultural highlight in Offenbach.
LETTER FROM ISTANBUL & DILEK TÜRKAN (GRC & TUR)
„Letter from Istanbul Project“ is a sophisticated fusion of traditional Turkish and Greek folk music such as Zeybek and Sirtos. Derya Türkan and Socrates Sinopoulos, two friends who play the same instrument; have made it their goal to discover the music of these countries by using the great cultural treasure that has lived in Istanbul for centuries. This group, which initially performed as an instrumental group, has revealed the richness of its large song repertoire with soloist Dilek Türkan. The songs and instrumental pieces that Dilek Türkan will perform are compiled from Istanbul’s rich and multicultural repertoire from the 18th, 19th and 20th century…
ZAITSA (UKR)
ZAITSA is a Ukrainian-German folk-jazz-Balkan-pop band,
which made its UK debut in 2012 at the Mela Festival, to coincide with the opening of the London Olympics.
which made its UK debut in 2012 at the Mela Festival, to coincide with the opening of the London Olympics.
The band’s creative activity has won many awards and prizes; their album was nominated for the „Edmonton Music Prize 2018“.
The group’s programme consists of Ukrainian folk songs in modern arrangements and their own compositions. The focus is on human feelings, especially from the time of the great wave of European immigration to North America at the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century….
SYRIAB (SYR)
Exchange and communication are key to making music. Since their first encounter with ensemble reflektor in 2017, SYRIAB has been dedicated to sharing music with other musicians. Be it a symphony orchestra, a classical string trio or a big band, professional or amateur ensemble likewise, special musical moments, marvelous experiments and – most importantly – unforgettable encounters are created…
DIKANDA (POL)
DIKANDA is a music band of international renown, playing „world music“. They come from Szczecin, Poland. In their artistic work DIKANDA promotes the authenticity of style – searching for new trends therefore most of their works are original compositions. They draw their musical inspiration from traditional folk sounds of the broadly defined Orient – from the Balkans, through Israel, Kurdistan, Belarus to India.
Landesjugendjazzorchester Hessen Junior-Band (DEU)
The Junior Band of the Landesjugendjazzorchester (LJJO) Hessen, founded in 2007, unites the most talented young musicians aged 12 to 20. Dr. Holger Fröhlich, a former long-time member of the LJJO Hessen, has been recruited as the band leader. The saxophonist and music teacher, who has won prizes at national and state level as well as internationally, is firmly connected to the band and the Hessian jazz scene.He has written numerous arrangements for the junior band. As the state’s musical figurehead, the band regularly performs at official festivities, such as the summer festival of the Hessian State Representation in Berlin or on the occasion of „70 Years of the Proclamation of the State of Hesse“ in the Goethe University Casino in Frankfurt…
Die Grenzgänger (DEU)
Music from the world meets German folk song and chanson
Die Grenzgänger (The front-lineers) from Bremen gave guest performances throughout the Federal Republic, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Austria and Sweden with a stirring mix of chanson, folk song, jazz, blues and music cabaret. Deutschlandradio sent the group as a German contribution to the Festival of European Broadcasting in Norway…
Die Grenzgänger (The front-lineers) from Bremen gave guest performances throughout the Federal Republic, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Austria and Sweden with a stirring mix of chanson, folk song, jazz, blues and music cabaret. Deutschlandradio sent the group as a German contribution to the Festival of European Broadcasting in Norway…
OMIKRON (GRC)
Jannis Karis and Kostas Tsapakidis have been playing music together for more than forty years. They have performed on several performing stages and festivals in Germany, France, Hungary, Czech Republic, Greece, Austria, Switzerland and Turkey. At the concert at the Mainweltmusikfestival they will play Rembetiko and songs of famous composers like Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis, Stavros Xarhakos and others. They will be accompanied by two virtuosos, Dimitris Petridis on accordion and Ahmed Hattach on percussion.
Jannis Karis (GRC)
In 1990 Jannis Karis toured Europe with the old master of rembetiko, Michális Jenitsaris, and in the same year released his first live album „Saltadóros“, which was awarded the German Record Critics‘ Prize. The second album „Salto Orientale“ (Tanit Records) reached the top ten of the European world music charts in 1994. This year Jannis Karis will accompany our festival orchestra with his Greek folk songs and delight the audience with the most beautiful rebetiko songs.
Holger Fröhlich – (DEU)
Holger Fröhlich has worldwide experience as a musician on the biggest stages, at renowned festivals and important events, whether as a saxophonist, band leader or arranger. As leader of the Junior Band of the LJJO, Holger Fröhlich has had the privilege of promoting young jazz musicians in Hessen since 2007 and is also involved as a juror in competitions or within music foundations…
Hasan Yükselir (TUR)
Composer and soloist HASAN YÜKSELİR is considered one of the most outstanding and many-sided artists of his country. With his extraordinarily powerful voice, he will arrange traditional Anatolian folk songs in classical-western form and jazz versions, sometimes poetic-romantic, sometimes epic-epic, in his own unique musical style…
Vural Güler (TUR)
In his performances, Vural Güler adapts traditional Anatolian folk songs into an elegant and modern idiom. Rhythms and instruments are combined in new and innovative ways and harmonically complement his soft and resonant voice…
TRIO FADO (PRT)
Due to its uniqueness, fado was recognized as a cultural heritage of humanity in 2011 and included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Fado is a mixture of melancholy, sadness, longing, nostalgia, happiness and love as well as an expression of joy of life. The trio Fado, founded in Berlin, plays its music with enthusiasm. Thus, for the film „Night Train to Lisbon“ with Bruno Ganz and Jeremy Irons in the main characters, they performed the song „nunca é tarde“ written by Trio Fado soloist Maria Carvalho…
LUIKU (UKR)
Luiku is an exciting world beats band from Kyiv, Ukraine. Their passionate music is inspired by Mediterranean, Ukrainian and Balkan musical cultures, and features electronic and analog percussion, powerful brass, magical female voices, accordion and more. The band leader and songwriter is the well-known Ukrainian musician and producer Dmytro Tsyperdyuk.
Waldzitherpunk (DEU)
Each member of the band is a multi-instrumentalist. WALDZITHERPUNK is a folk music group that uses the language of music to touch the roots of German culture. They will perform romantic, rebellious, revolutionary and contemporary works that fit any musical epoch. They will perform together with the forest zither, one of the forgotten instruments of Germany, which is often used during nature walks, and other instruments.
Giora Feidman (ISR)
Giora Feidman: „I pick up the clarinet to share a message with mankind.“
Even the greatest careers start out small: Giora Feidmans humble beginnings date back more than 70 years to his youth in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. There he is born on the 25th of March 1936 as the son of Jewish immigrants from Bessarabia (Moldavia / southern Ukraine). Music runs in his blood…
Even the greatest careers start out small: Giora Feidmans humble beginnings date back more than 70 years to his youth in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. There he is born on the 25th of March 1936 as the son of Jewish immigrants from Bessarabia (Moldavia / southern Ukraine). Music runs in his blood…
Impressions of MainWeltmusik Festival 2014-2019
Ein musikalisches Fest in Offenbach | Mit der Kraft der Musik Grenzen überwinden. „Musik ohne Grenzen verbindet Nationen“ Das internationale Festival der Weltmusik möchte Menschen unterschiedlichster Herkunft zusammenführen, um das gemeinsame kulturelle und geistige Erbe miteinander zu feiern, zu teilen und weiterzuentwickeln. Dabei spielen die unterschiedlichen Nationalitäten, Religionen und Sprachen…
Jerusalem Duo (ISR)
. Jerusalem Duo was founded in 2012 by two young musicians from Israel – Hila Ofek (harp) and Andre Tsirlin (saxophone). The Duo is one of the most exciting and unique ensembles in the world of chamber music. Since their first performance together, Jerusalem Duo has performed concerts in numerous stages and has been invited to appear at major festivals throughout Europe and Israel..
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Streichquartett des Capitol Symphonie Orchesters (DEU)
The string Quartet of the Capitol Symphony Orchestra consists of the string section leaders of the renowned symphony orchestra based at the Capitol Theater Offenbach. Reformed in 2018, the orchestra is based on 20 years of experience with artists such as Peter Gabriel, José Carreras, Gregory Porter and many more.
Duo Walther & Treyz (DEU)
Gudrun Walther (fiddle, vocals, diatonic accordion) and Jürgen Treyz (guitar, vocals) are two of Germany’s most successful folk musicians. The duo project is a journey to the core of their musicianship, digging deep for the roots of their own traditional music and that of their adopted Irish/Celtic genre. It is a very liberating experience to be able to interact spontaneously and they make the most of it – captivating, moving and each time a little bit different…
Flamenco Vida y Sueños (ESP)
The artists of the flamenco group combine the view of the flamenco as a way of life and a lifelong dream. It enables them to be themselves and to realize themselves. They convey multifaceted feelings such as the joy of living, pain or love through this fascinating form of art, which arose from the connection between Andalusian music and the musical culture of the Roma…
Dijle (TUR)
Dijle, who is based in Canada, is a Turkish opera and song singer. Showing the diversity from East to West, the soprano plays folk songs with unique cultural richness from Anatolia on the piano and enchants the audience with her unique voice…
Rebetiko Trio (GRC)
Vasilis Skoutas (Bouzouki, Gesang), Dimitris Mitarakis (Gitarre, Gesang) und Giannis Zarias (Geige, Baglama) lernten sich vor vielen Jahren bei gemeinsamen Auftritten in verschiedenen Bands in Athener Musiklokalen kennen. Als Trio haben sie jede Menge Spaß daran, ihre Lieblingslieder aus Rebetika und Kleinasien aufzuführen, wobei sie versuchen, ihre instrumentalen und gesanglichen…
Giora Feidman Trio (ISR)
The trio with clarinet, guitar and double bass was Feidman’s “classic” cast. In this formation, starting in the United States, he injected decisive impulses into the renaissance of klezmer music and, with his trio, later caused the “Spirit of Klezmer” also to become very popular in Germany. Klezmer songs are much more than simple musical arrangements. Not only the melodies, but also the emotional manner, in which the interpretations emerge are what make this kind of music so unique. The very soul is brought to resonate – from the first through to the last second.
The well-rehearsed musicians fit perfectly to one another as they almost compete against each other, each encouraging the other, supplementing something that the other began, adding points, imitating, counteracting the sequences of the partnering instruments – often with concentrated earnestness and sometimes good for a light-hearted prank. Everyone, who is able to attend, is swept away.
Every concert is one-of-a-kind…
Kočani Orkestar (MKD)
Die mächtige mazedonische Blaskapelle überraschte 1997 mit ihrem Album „L’Orient est rouge“ die westliche Welt. Der charakteristische donnernde Stil der Band wurde bald sehr beliebt: Ihre kraftvolle Rhythmusgruppe (Schlagzeuger + vier Tuben), ihre leidenschaftlichen Solisten und die schiere Funkigkeit ihrer Beats ließen jedes Publikum in den Tanz einsteigen obwohl das…
GaMaNia (DEU)
„GaMaNia“is an imaginary country that Gabriela and Martin discovered; a country that has similarities with germany, and with everyone that speaks or sings in german.
Everyone that plays or sings along with them achieves thereby the citizenship of GaMaNia and is a GaManian. Multiple citizenships are welcome. It is a nice coincidence that Ga Ma & Ni are tone syllables in indian music, and correspond with the note names E F & B or with the syllables Mi Fa & Ti in Solfeggio…
Flamenco Sentío (ESP)
Sentío means „the feeling“ in Spanish. Flamenco consists of the individual feelings of single artists which intertwine the basic elements flamenco (song, guitar, dance). That allows for creativity and improvisation.
The artists Rubio Montero (song), Diego Rocha (guitar), Marie Estrada (dance) have been working together very successfully over the past years. Last year at MainWeltmusik festival 2016 was a very successful celebration. The group „Sentío“ is pleased to present flamenco with a lot sentío at the festival…
The artists Rubio Montero (song), Diego Rocha (guitar), Marie Estrada (dance) have been working together very successfully over the past years. Last year at MainWeltmusik festival 2016 was a very successful celebration. The group „Sentío“ is pleased to present flamenco with a lot sentío at the festival…
Quartett Anatolia (TUR)
Hasan Yükselirs master discipline is to embed the Anatolian song and poetry of famous Turkish mystics and poets in music and to let it sound artistically. Quartet Anatolia – under the direction of Hasan Yükselir – enables a journey through traditional Anatolian folk tunes, which are interpreted in classical, western music forms as well as in the mode of jazz.
ZARIZA GITARA (RUS)
Valeriya Shishkova – Gesang Oleg Matrosow – Gesang, Gitarre, Balalaika Sascha Skripka – Violine ZARIZA GITARA spielt Zigeunermusik aus Russland, dem Land, über das seit Jahrhunderten das fahrende Volk zieht. Mit den Zigeunern ziehen ihre Lieder und Tänze, in denen Liebe und Leid, Tanz und Überleben, wärmende Sonne und schneidende…
DUO FLORES / STEINHÄUSER (ARG)
RAÍCES (Música Argentina) In der Absicht, die Wurzeln der vielfältigen Kultur Argentiniens zu ergründen, widmen sich der argentinische Sänger Diego Valentín Flores und die Berliner Pianistin Katja Steinhäuser dem repräsentativsten Repertoire dieses Landes. Zambas, Tangos, Canciones, Tonadas und mehr. Schlicht und einfach. Intensiv und berührend. Eine Reise direkt ins Herz…
Ugarit (SYR)
Walid Khatba – Violine
Abdalhade Deb – UD & Soloist
Ugarit is an ancient port and Bronze Age trading city in northern Syria. Its people spoke a Semitic language written in a distinctive cuneiform alphabet. Abdalhade Deb & Walid Khatba, both graduate the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus and have been working together very successfully over the past years…
Erdem Şimşek (TUR)
Erdem Şimşek was born in Ankara, on 1984. He is one of the prominent baglama performers of younger generation. He started to play baglama when he was six with the influences of his grandfather Asık Suleyman Kocak. He graduated from METU, Geological Engineering Department in 2007. He completed his ethnomusicology master degree in ITU MIAM, where he worked as a research assistant until 2015. He continues his doctoral studies in ITU Musicology and Music Theory Program and works as a lecturer in ITU Turkish Music State Concervatory Instrument Department. Behind the concerts with Bengi Baglama Trio and Lal Baglama Trio he has been performing in many different international music projects such as the ones with Dresden Sinfoniker and Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. He performed in many music programs in national TV (TRT), like Bergüzar, Dem Bu Dem, Katre, Yediveren, Telli Turnam…
Proekt Iljada (MKD)
Proekt Iljada ist eine junge Ethno-Fusion Band aus Skopje. Unser Anliegen ist es, die Schönheit der mazedonischen Musik einzufangen und mit modernen Ausdrucksmitteln zu bereichern. Wir wollen unsere Zuhörer auf eine klangliche Reise durch die vielfältige musikalische Landschaft mitnehmen, die Mazedonien zu bieten hat. Wir präsentieren ein breites Repertoire von…
Mariachi “Dos Aguilas” (MEX)
The Mariachi Band „Dos Aguilas“ brings the authentic Mexican Mariachi sound to Germany and Europe. he name of the band „Dos Aguilas“ („Two Eagles“) indicates their connection to Germany and Mexico, …
Trio Hellas (GRC)
InceSaz (TUR)
İncesaz wurde 1997 von Murat Aydemir, Derya Türkan und Cengiz Onural gegründet. Istanbul lyra, tanbur und kanun sind die wichtigsten Solisten. Das Konzertrepertoire von InceSaz ist in der Regel eine Mischung aus traditioneller und klassischer türkischer Lieder. İncesaz interpretiert auch eigene Kompositionen von Cengiz Onural und Murat Aydemir. Ezgi Köker Aldemir…
Christophe Bourdoiseau (FRA)
Der Franzose Christophe Bourdoiseau präsentiert französische Chansons im traditionellen Sinne. Aber seine eigenen Lieder sind keine Erzählungen über die Bohème in Paris sondern spielen in Berlin nach der Wende im Stadtviertel Prenzlauer Berg. Immer wieder wird er dabei von wunderbaren Musikern begleitet, die seine romantischen Chansons durch slawische und swingende…
Sina Nossa (PRT)
Seven musicians from North Rhine-Westphalia shared their passion for fado. In 2005, five Portuguese, a Brazilian and a German founded Sina Nossa – or in English: our destiny. While fado is the driving force, anyone expecting Sina Nossa to be a classical fado ensemble is in for a surprise because the musicians fuse their musical roots with elements from classical music, jazz, pop and folklore and bring their different musical characters to bear, imbuing the music with their own, inimitable style. The melancholy and world-weariness of the fado are mingled with rhythm, carefree vivacity and joie de vivre, but without pathos…
Duo Doyna (DEU)
The Duo Doyna combines musical worlds in lively Frejlachs and fast Bulgarian dances from the traditional wedding and dance music of the Eastern European Jews, Sephardic sounds from the Mediterranean region and their own compositions: The touching and rousing Klezmer melodies, which have been associated for centuries with the farmer dances of the East and South-Eastern European countries, grow in the virtuoso improvisations of the duo beyond themselves and combine with hints of jazz, rock and funk…
Tolgahan Çoğulu (TUR)
Tolgahan Çoğulu (b. 1978 in Ankara, Turkey) began his classical guitar studies at the age of twelve. He studied with Ayhan Akkaya, Soner Egesel, Bekir Kucukay and Ricardo Moyano between 1996-2001. He has participated in Iserlohn, Lambesc, Esztregom and Westfalian guitar festivals and studied with guitarists such as Roland Dyens, Carlo Domeniconi, Dale Kavanagh, William Kanensiger and Jorge Cardoso.
He received both Master of Music and PhD degrees on classical guitar from Istanbul Technical University, Center for Advanced Studies in Music where he studied with Soner Egesel and Bekir Küçükay. His PhD thesis is entitled ‘The Adaptation of Baglama Techniques into Classical Guitar Performance’ and…
He received both Master of Music and PhD degrees on classical guitar from Istanbul Technical University, Center for Advanced Studies in Music where he studied with Soner Egesel and Bekir Küçükay. His PhD thesis is entitled ‘The Adaptation of Baglama Techniques into Classical Guitar Performance’ and…
KLEZMERS TECHTER
The ensemble KLEZMERS TECHTER is one of the very few professional female klezmer ensembles in Europe, if not in the entire world. Already at the beginning of their career they won a musical award at the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR ENSEMBLES in Privas, France. Since 15 years of existence they have participated hundreds of concerts not only in halls like THE OLD OPERA in Frankfurt during the days of jewish culture, but also in a lot of small synagogues especially in Germany
Vural Güler
The musician and instructor Vural Güler was born in 1971 in Ankara. For over 20 years he has performed all varieties of bağlama, tar and lute. He appears regularly at intercultural music and song recitals, concerts, and festivals in Germany, Turkey, and other European countries.
In his performances, Vural Güler adapts traditional Anatolian folk songs into an elegant and modern idiom. Rhythms and instruments are combined in new and innovative ways and harmonically complement his soft and resonant voice…
In his performances, Vural Güler adapts traditional Anatolian folk songs into an elegant and modern idiom. Rhythms and instruments are combined in new and innovative ways and harmonically complement his soft and resonant voice…
Kardeş Türküler
Music and Dances of Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Thrace
√ is a music and dance project from Turkey that performs the folk songs and dances of Anatolia, Thrace and Mesopotamia in their original languages, and pays special attention their own cultural contexts.
√ is an Istanbul based musical group, internationally known for their use of traditional Anatolian, Middle Eastern and Balkan instruments, drawing upon the rich, varied and conjoined cultural and musical traditions that are the band members‘ respective birthrights: Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Roma, and Armenian….
Trio Rosenrot
German folk songs of recent centuries in a new garment – old songs – listened new
trio Rosenrot interprets German folk songs in a new, unique way. A folk song is like a core, an essence, which here develops a dynamism that surprises. trio Rosenrot creates an living room atmosphere in the chamber music ensemble of soprano voice, guitar and drums, which in the next moment can change into an orchestral sound space of immense vastness. Current music that touches.
For more info www.triorosenrot.net
Razbar Ensemble
Razbar Ensemble was founded in 1997 in Bonn, Germany, and it’s primary goal is to present the sacred music of the Ahl-e Haqq, whose extraordinarily rich repertoire is derived from its deep roots in ancient spiritual and artistic traditions. From the outset of their artistic career, the Razbar Ensemble has drawn its motivation from the audience, who has been especially enthusiastic about discovering this previously unknown style of music.
The repertoire consists of a rich heritage of sacred texts and melodies that have been passed down from generation to generation. The compositions are varied, and there is no predetermined format for their performance. The texts and melodies are intuitively arranged, and even the number of musicians, singers, and members of the chorus may vary from one concert to the next…
Sedaa
Sedaa means „voice“ in Persian and connects traditional Mongolian music with the Orient which makes an extraordinary and fascinating sound.
Master singer Nasaa Nasanjargal and Naraa Naranbaatar who studied in their Mongolian homeland, abduct you together with the virtuosic Dulcimer player Ganzorig Davaakhuu and the Iranian Multi-instrumentalist Omid Bahadori into one genuinely exotic world between Orient and Mongolian steppe.
THE MAGICAL REBAB DUO
Larry Porter plays traditional Afghan music on the rebab, an instrument particularly characteristic of this music culture. He first encountered the rebab, a short-necked lute with 18 strings, on his journey through Asia in 1976, at which time he had the extraordinary opportunity to study with the renowned master, Ustad Mohammad Omar, in Kabul. Since then he has developed a unique style in which he combines folk music with elements of Indian classical improvisation…
Hasan Yükselir (TUR)
Hasan Yükselir ranks among the exceptional creative musical talents of his country. He composes and adapts traditional Turkish folk songs into both western classical musical forms as well as into jazz idioms and renders them in his classically trained voice. He performed in theatrical plays and musicals, published several CDs and composed film music for the Turkish and German television…
Vali Vasile Darnea (ROU)
Der 1975 in Rumänien geborene Geiger Vali Vasile Darnea bekam schon im Alter von vier Jahren seinen ersten Geigenunterricht. Seine außerordentliche Begabung verhalf ihm schon früh, einige Wettbewerbe auf nationaler Ebene zu gewinnen. 1993 kam der junge Geiger nach Deutschland und begann zunächst als Jungstudent und zwei Jahre später als…
Rembetiko - Aspasia Stratigou & Vasilis Korakakis
From Asia Minor through the ports of Greece .The Rembetiko is a Greek style of music that has emerged from the folk music traditions of Greece and at the beginning of the 20th century forming in the cities of Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki subcultures. Aspasia Stratigou & Vasilis Korakakis (son of Rembetiko icon Vaggelis Korakakis) will present with her band a tribute to „the Greek Blues“. Rembetiko pur!…
Jorge Palomo
His musical journey made him become acquainted with various music genres like Pop, Rock, Latin jazz, Cuban music, Brazilian Music and with new cultures which he endeavours to fuse with Flamenco. In his opinion, Music connects people independently of their origin. Music doesn’t need any particular language to be understood and felt. Jorge’s life aim is to be an ambassador of the Flamenco music throughout the world by nourishing and evolving it…