Fernanda de Utrera

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Fernanda de Utrera

Fernanda de Utrera , actually Fernanda Jiménez Peña (born February 9, 1923 in Utrera , province of Seville , † August 24, 2006 ibid) was a Spanish flamenco singer. She was considered the best interpreter of soleá , a form of flamenco.

Fernanda de Utrera, who comes from a Gitano family with numerous flamenco artists, learned to sing as a child. She made a name for herself in collaboration with her sister Bernarda de Utrera, who was four years her junior and who died in 2009 and who was also an excellent flamenco singer, and was supported by Antonio Mairena .

She made her film debut in the feature film Duende y misterio del flamenco (Flamenco) from 1952. The film received a Palme d'Or nomination at the 1953 Cannes International Film Festival .

She suffered from Alzheimer's disease in her final years and died of cardiac arrest .

Prizes and awards

  • 1957 National Flamenco Art Competition in Cordoba
  • 1966 competition in Mairena del Alcor
  • 1967 National Singing Prize for Flamenco Teachers
  • 1989 Cante Rhythm
  • 1998 Award for her life's work at the singing festival in Gazpacho de Morón

Discography

  • 1959 Seville, cuna del cante
  • 1966 El flamenco de Manuela Vargas
  • 1967 Festival de Cante Jondo Antonio Mairena
  • 1970 El cante de Fernanda y Bernarda de Utrera
  • 1973 Potaje Gitano en Utrera
  • 1974 Fiesta en Utrera

Filmography

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personal data
SURNAME Utrera, Fernanda de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jiménez Peña, Fernanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish flamenco singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrera , Province of Seville
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2006
Place of death Utrera , Province of Seville