Fosforito
Fosforito (actually Antonio Fernández Díaz ; * 1932 in Puente Genil , province of Córdoba , Spain ) is a Spanish Flamenco - singer .
Life
Before starting out as a professional musician, his stage name was Antonio de Puente Genil . The name Fosforito was also used by the flamenco singer Francisco Lema (1869-1940). The then still unknown Fosforito impressed in 1956 at the Concurso Nacional de Cante Jondo in Cordoba . After 1922 in Granada it was the second competition with this name. The model from 1922 was aligned by Manuel de Falla , Federico García Lorca and other representatives of Andalusian and Spanish culture. By 2010, Fosforito had released over 25 records.
Selected discography
- 1956: Grabaciones históricas , Vol. 34, Córdoba
- 1994: Misa flamenca
- 1999: Cante y guitarra (with Paco de Lucía )
- 2002: Cristal suelto
- 2002: Selección antológica del cante flamenco
- 2003: 50 años de flamenco (2ª época)
- 2003: Selección antológica Vol. 1
- 2003: Selección antológica Vol. 2
- 2003: Selección antológica Vol. 3
- 2003: Misa flamenca en Córdoba
- 2004: Antonio Fernández "Fosforito"
- 2005: Arte flamenco Vol.1 (Universo flamenco)
- 2005: Selección antológica Vol. 1 (Universo flamenco)
- 2005: Selección antológica Vol. 2 (Universo flamenco)
- 2005: Selección antológica Vol. 3 (Universo flamenco)
Prices
- Premio Nacional de Cante (1968) de la cátedra de flamencología de Jerez
- Premio Mercedes la Serneta (1977)
- Compas de Cante (1985)
- Premio Pastora Pavón (1999) of the Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Andalucía
- Hijo Predilecto and gold medal from Puente Genil
- Premio Ondas
- Llave de Oro del Cante
- Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes (2007)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fernando el de Triana : Arte y artistas flamencos . Madrid 1935, p. 22 .
Web links
- Fosforito: Male flamenco singer ( Memento from June 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fosforito |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fernández Díaz, Antonio (real name); Puente Genil, Antonio de (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish flamenco singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puente Genil , Province of Cordoba |