This fantastic show will include two sets of great flamenco guitar, singing and dance by these two talented artists.

Carlos Cesareo was born in Zalamea la Real (Huelva, Spain) within a family with a deep rooted flamenco tradition. When he was 9, he started to show an interest in flamenco and his father taught him to sing ‘fandanguillos'. At 15, he became interested in learning Spanish guitar and taught himself to play.

At the age of 20, he moved to Moron de la Frontera (Seville) where he took guitar lessons from the great Francisco Gomez Amaya, a gypsy guitar player better known as "Paco del Gastor".

His first opportunity to perform as a singer came with the ‘Monte Gil’ group, at a ‘peña’ (flamenco aficionado association) from Moron de la Frontera. With that group, he appeared on several other ‘peñas' around the Seville province. Since then, he has worked extensively on stages all over Spain (Guadalajara, Badajoz, Huelva, Seville, etc).

 Despite considering himself an amateur, he has shared the stage with well-renowned flamenco singers such as Jesus Mendez, Antonio Reyes and El Cabrero, among others.

He has also taken part in numerous flamenco shows and works by his hometown and neighbouring musical bands, including the Javier Perianes Professional Conservatory of Huelva symphonic orchestra.

It is noteworthy too his appearance as a flamenco singer in the masterpiece "Sueño Andaluz", written and composed by the brilliant musician from Huelva Jose Raul Llanes.

He is passionate about flamenco and he is constantly learning from the great masters such as Antonio Mairena, Manolo Caracol, Rafael Farina and the maximum exponent of flamenco singing in Huelva, Paco Toronjo, to name but a few. Besides, he has always listened to, admired and learnt from the singing of Jose Monge Cruz, "Camaron de la Isla".

Currently, he is strongly connected to Extremadura, where he lived for work and got to perform too.

Carlos is a creative flamenco singer, with a clear and melodic voice, which provides a very personal and valuable testimony of his understanding of the art of flamenco.

Isabel de Graná was born in Granada (Spain) and began to dance at the age of 8 with María Guardia, ‘La Mariquilla’. She attended her school for 4 years, and later she studied for a year under La Mariquilla’s daughter, Tatiana Garrido.

Isabel moved to the UK at the end of 2001, aged 25, where she started taking regular flamenco dance lessons. She has attended workshops with Felipe de Algeciras, Carmela Romero, Manuel Liñan, Pepa Molina, Antonio Canales, Olga Pericet and Rafael Amargo among others. In Spain, she has taken courses at El Carmen de las Cuevas and studied with Carmen Cortés, Ivan Vargas, Chua Alba and Javier Martos.

In the past, she has taught both workshops and regular classes in schools and Dance centres in the UK.

As a performer, she has worked with several UK guitarists and artists and has been part of various flamenco groups which have performed at numerous Festivals throughout the UK. These include the Vamos Festival in Newcastle and the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. A different type of project allowed her to be a backing singer during the aforementioned Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2009.

Isabel was a permanent member and regular performer of Alba Flamenca, an acclaimed Edinburgh based flamenco troupe, for 4 years. As a group, they have earned 5 star reviews for their shows at the Edinburgh Fringe festival (‘Astounding and very alive, with explosive, vivacious dancing and a rich musical display, part of Three Weeks review 2009’; ‘Very alive, with explosive, vivacious dancing, and very intense’, part of Three Weeks review 2010).

Together they will make us feel and understand the deep emotions of the complex art of flamenco.

For any questions, please call 07538 437155.