El Chocolate

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El Chocolate is the stage name of the Spanish flamenco singer Antonio de La Santísima Trinidad Núñez Montoya (born May 4, 1930 in Jerez de la Frontera , † July 12, 2005 in Seville ). He has received numerous awards, including the Latin Grammy , the Premio Ondas , the Giraldillo del Cante , the Premio Pastora Pavón and the Medalla de Andalucía .

biography

The beginnings

Antonio Núñez Montoya was the child of a Roma family. The parents both sang but did not perform professionally. When Antonio was six years old, the family moved to Seville, in the El Porvenir district . Antonio loved singing even as a child. He made his first appearances in the street and in restaurants, where he sang to earn some money for a meal. Flamenco became popular in the late 1930s. In the bars and artist pubs near the Alameda de Hércules , artists and the public met to perform, listen to and exchange ideas about flamenco. There you met artists who had a decisive influence on the history of singing in Spain: Tomas and Pastora Pavón , Manuel Vallejo , Pepe Pinto , Niño Gloria , and Antonio Pérez Guerrero , known as El Sevillano . Antonio Núñez learned from them, and he strove to follow their style.

He made his first professional appearance at the Teatro Zorrilla in Melilla . He then signed a contract with the Casino de la Exposición in Seville, where he sang every day. His next stop was the Tablao Corral de la Morería in Madrid, where he performed together with his brother-in-law El Farruco . He then returned to Seville. There he joined various flamenco groups, with whom he toured Europe, America and Japan.

When the era of the flamenco festivals began in the early 1960s, El Chocolate began his career as a solo artist. In 1962 he took part in the III Llave de Oro del Cante , together with Fosforito Juan Varea and Antonio Mairena , who won this competition. In 1965 El Chocolate won the Premio Pastora Pavón at the IV Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco in Cordoba . In 1968 he won first prize at the VII Festival de Cante Jondo de Mairena and the following year the Premio Nacional de Cante at the Cátedra de Flamencología in Jerez. In 1970 he released a record with Fosforito called Cante Grande .

Appearances and awards 1980–1999

In 1985 he toured the European Union with El Farruco, Fernanda de Utrera , Pepe Habichuela , El Güito , Manuela Carrasco , Angelita Vargas and Adela la Chaqueta . Their show together was titled Flamenco Puro . The following year he took part in the IV Flamenco Biennial in Seville. There he won the Premio Giraldillo del Cante with the unanimous judgment of the judges . In 1992 he took part in the final concert of the VII Flamenco Biennale in Seville at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville. Among other things, El Farruco and Manuela Carrasco stood on stage with him. In the same year he appeared with Sonidos Negros in the event cycle Tribuna del Flamenco , and he released the record Cante Flamenco in France .

In 1993 he took part in the Antología de la Soleá record published by Odeon . In this Palo , the Soleá, El Chocolate distinguished himself in a very special way as an outstanding artist. In the 1995 film Flamenco by Carlos Saura , he sang in a Soleá to the dance of de El Farruco and Farruquito . With Evocación a Fernando Terremoto he took part in 1999 at the VII Flamenco de Caja Madrid Festival, alongside Inés Bacán , Fernando Terremoto and others. Also in 1999 he was awarded the Premio Nacional a la Maestría Flamenca de la Cátedra de Flamencología de Jerez .

The years from 2000

In 2000, on the occasion of the XI. Flamenco Biennial of Seville, El Chocolate performed in the Alcázar . Together with Mayte Martín and El Pele he was on stage in Esplendor . The following year, together with José Menese and José Mercé , he presented the audience at the Concurso de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba a homage to Fosforito . In the same year he was honored with the Premio Ondas Especial del Jurado for his services as a “great advocate of the purity of flamenco and the singing of the Roma”.

At the XII Flamenco Biennale he performed again in the Alcázar in 2002; together with Manuel Agujetas , Fernando Terremoto and El Guito in Jondura . With his record Mis Setenta Años con el Cante he won the 2003 Latin Grammy for the best flamenco production. In 2003 he received the Medalla de Andalucía and the Premio Compás del Cante for his “contribution to high-class flamenco and its great purity of singing” by unanimous decision of the jury chaired by Cristina Hoyos .

Antonio Nuñez El Chocolate died on June 12, 2005 in his Seville home of cancer that had been discovered a few months earlier. Shortly before his death, the city of Seville honored him with the Medalla de la ciudad de Sevilla. Cobre Viejo , a CD with his last recordings , was released posthumously in 2006 .

style

Antonio Nuñez was one of the most prominent singers in flamenco. His style was rooted in the conservative view of flamenco, striving for purity of singing. Knowledgeable audiences and critics used to speak of “sonidos negros”, black sounds, to characterize his singing. The singers of the Alameda de Hércules, Tomas Pavón and Pastora Pavón were his early role models. He enriched her style with his personal adaptations. He mastered a wide repertoire and stood out particularly in the Soleá , the Seguiriya and the Fandango .

Awards

  • Premio Pastora Pavón, IV Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba, 1965.
  • Distinción Honorífica ("Honorable Mention") Antonio Mairena, 1967.
  • Primer Premio VII Festival de Cante Jondo de Mairena, 1968.
  • Premio Nacional de Cante de la Cátedra de Flamencología de Jerez, 1969.
  • Yunque de Oro de la Tertulia Flamenca de Radio Sevilla, 1972.
  • II Giraldillo del Cante, 1986.
  • Trofeo Lucas López de Almería, 1991.
  • Premio Nacional a la Maestría Flamenca de la Cátedra de Flamencología de Jerez, 1999.
  • Taranto de Oro de la Ciudad de Almería, 1999.
  • Premio Ondas for his life's work, 2001.
  • XVII Palma de Plata Ciudad de Algeciras, 2001.
  • Grammy Latino for Best Flamenco CD, 2002.

References and comments

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  2. ^ Antonio Burgos: Habla Chocolate. In: ABC Seville. February 20, 1981. Retrieved November 17, 2013 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Manuel Barrios: Antonio Nuñez “Chocolate” y el enigma. In: ABC Seville. October 22, 1969, Retrieved September 6, 2015 (Spanish).
  4. ^ Concurso Nacional de Córdoba. Premios del IV concurso. (No longer available online.) In: nacionaldearteflamenco.es. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016 ; Retrieved June 9, 2015 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nacionaldearteflamenco.es
  5. ↑ a b Antonio Nuñez “El Chocolate” Discography. In: Discogs. Retrieved September 6, 2015 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ José Antonio Blázquez: El Giraldillo del Cante fue para Chocolate antes del epílogo dela Bienal. In: ABC Seville. October 5, 1986, Retrieved September 6, 2015 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Los últimos espectáculos de la EXPO. In: ABC Seville. January 19, 1992, accessed September 7, 2015 (Spanish, calendar of events).
  8. ↑ Cartelera. In: ABC Madrid. March 22, 1992, accessed September 7, 2015 (Spanish, calendar of events).
  9. ^ Joaquín Albaicín: Antología de la Soleá. In: ABC Madrid. September 10, 1993, Retrieved September 7, 2015 (Spanish).
  10. ↑ Facultad de Filología Hispánica de Poznań: “Flamenco” by Carlos Saura. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 29, 2015 ; Retrieved September 7, 2015 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.espati.republika.pl
  11. ↑ Cartelera. In: ABC Madrid. March 15, 1999, accessed September 7, 2015 (Spanish, calendar of events).
  12. ^ ABC Seville: JL Montoya, premiado por la Cátedra de Flamencología. October 17, 1999, accessed September 7, 2015 (Spanish).
  13. ^ Alberto García Reyes: El Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba supera el récord de inscripciones 230 con un total de 230. In: ABC Sevilla. April 7, 2001, Retrieved September 8, 2015 (Spanish).
  14. ↑ "Gran defensor de la pureza del flamenco y el cante gitano"
  15. ↑ Palmarés. In: Website of the Premio Ondas. Retrieved September 8, 2015 (Spanish).
  16. ^ Bienal: Desde la "Jondura" hoy se llega a la "Maestría". In: ABC Seville. September 5, 2002, accessed November 17, 2013 (Spanish).
  17. ^ Antonio Burgos: Después del Chocolate. In: El Red Cuadro, website by Antonio Burgos. March 1, 2003, accessed September 8, 2015 (Spanish).
  18. ↑ «aportación al flamenco más clásico y su gran pureza cantora»
  19. ^ A b Antonio Núñez Montoya, “El Chocolate”, maestro del flamenco. In: El Mundo . July 28, 2005, Retrieved September 8, 2015 (Spanish).
  20. ^ Antonio Nuñez "El Chocolate", Premio "Compás del Cante" 2003. In: ABC Sevilla. February 27, 2003, accessed November 17, 2013 (Spanish).
  21. ^ MJ Carmona: ABC recibe hoy la Medalla de la ciudad. In: ABC Seville. May 30, 2005, Retrieved September 8, 2015 (Spanish).
  22. ^ Chocolate-Cobre Viejo. In: Discogs. Retrieved September 8, 2015 (Spanish).
  23. ↑ José María Velázquez-Gastelu: Rito y Geografía del Cante. Ep. 41. In: TVE. Retrieved September 8, 2015 (Spanish).
  24. ^ José Manuel Gamboa: Guía Libre del Flamenco . Ed .: Fernando Olmesa. Fundación Autor / SGAE, Madrid 2001, ISBN 84-8048-432-2 , p. 156 (Spanish).

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personal data
SURNAME El Chocolate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Núñez Montoya, Antonio de La Santísima Trinidad (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish flamenco singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Jerez de la Frontera
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2005
Place of death Seville