Mayte Martin

Mayte Martín (2012)

Mayte Martín (* 19th April 1965 in Barcelona , Spain as María Teresa Martín Cadierno ) is a Spanish Flamenco - and Bolero - singer and - composer . She is one of the most important flamenco singers of her generation and dedicates part of her career to the Spanish-American genre of bolero.

biography

As a child she began singing in the family circle and at the age of ten she won a singing competition organized by a supermarket . She then performed regularly as an amateur at peñas flamencas in Barcelona and the suburbs and became a professional musician at the age of 16 . During this time she learned various flamenco palo by listening to recordings from flamenco singers such as Juan Valderrama , Manolo Caracol , Camarón de la Isla , Lole Montoya and Pastora Pavón, known as La Niña de los Peines . She received professional singing training and practiced her skills as a cantaora de atrás (singer for flamenco dance ).

In 1987 she won the first prize Lámpara Minera at the Festival del Cante de las Minas in La Unión . Two years later she received the Antonio Chacón Prize for the best Malagueña at the Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba . At the same time she started an international career after being invited by Peter Gabriel to the Womad Festival . In 1994 she recorded her first album Muy Frágil with the guitarist Chicuelo and arrangements by Joan Albert Amargós , who also works with well-known flamenco musicians such as Paco de Lucía and Camarón de la Isla . In 2000 she released her second album Querencia , which was nominated for the 2001 Latin Grammy Award for best flamenco album .

Although she was already well known as a singer, she appeared again as cantaora de atrás when she met the dancer Belén Maya in 1996 , with whom she was internationally recognized under the titles Mayte Martín + Belén Maya (since 1996) and Flamenco de Cámara (since 2003) toured the world.

In 1997 she received the City of Barcelona Prize , awarded by the City Council, and the National Music Prize for Best Flamenco Composer.

In 1993 she started jazz - pianist Tete Montoliu a professional collaboration that lasted until his death 1997th Together they recorded jazz-oriented boleros on the album Free Boleros in 1996 . In her second bolero album, Tiempo de Amar (2002), Omara Portuondo plays as a guest in several pieces.

In 2005 she celebrated her 30th anniversary as an artist at the Palau de la Música Catalana with a concert entitled Mis 30 años de amor al Arte . She then toured Europe with it . This concert was released on DVD in 2006 and shows her as a flamenco and bolero singer. In 2009 she presented an album of songs whose lyrics were written by Manuel Alcántara .

Discography

Muy Frágil (1994)
Free Boleros with Tete Montoliu (1996)
Querencia (2000)
Tiempo de amar (2002)
De fuego y de agua with Katia and Marielle Labèque (2008)
Al cantar a Manuel (2010)
Cosas de dos (2015)

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personal data
SURNAME	Martin, Mayte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Martín Cadierno, María Teresa (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish flamenco and bolero singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barcelona , Spain