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ANA ALCAIDE
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SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Ana Alcaide is a musician and composer from Toledo, Spain, who carries out
research on ancient traditions and cultures.
In June 2016 she is releasing "LEYENDA", her fifth CD. An album that digs into the strength of the Femininity through the presence of the woman in diverse cultures and mythologies from a modern view, and which represent an important step in presenting her music. She is currently on the Top 10 WMCE (World Music Charts Europe) as well as
Transglobal World Music Charts. “Leyenda” is also on the top of some of the
International radios around Australia, Canada, UK, USA or Europe. The album
has received reviews from professional critics around the world. Songlines
Magazine gave 'Leyenda' a 5 Star Review, Top of the World, and a track was on
their cover mount CD. (More detailed reviews on the Press section)
Ana Alcaide got international recognition with her third album, ‘La Cantiga del Fuego’ that remained 5 months at the WMCE -‘World Music Charts Europe’ and was considered one of the best 2012 albums for specialized criticism. Beginning as a self-production, was released worldwide by the English label ‘ARC Music’ in November 2012.
Ana has played a pioneering role in the introduction and popularization of the nyckelharpa in Spain. Rooted in ancient traditions yet resolutely modern, her compositions deftly blend musical styles from different cultures. From the inspirational backdrop of the city of Toledo, Ana writes and produces her songs, creates new arrangements and adapts the nyckelharpa to ancient melodies that originated in medieval Spain and have travelled throughout the Mediterranean region. But her personal and artistic evolution leads her to conquer new creative fields in the recent years.
In 2015 she starts the new recording series ‘Tales of Pangea’, in which she creates new music in collaboration with musicians from other parts of the world. The first release ‘Gotrasawala ensemble’, was recorded in Java island (Indonesia) after two years of musical and cultural exchange with local musicians and it was released by ARC in May 2015, being in the ‘WMCE’ from June to September 2015.
Alcaide has presented her music in some of the most important festivals, theatres and venues around Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, Morocco, Canada, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Switzerland, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Argentina & Uruguay.
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LATEST PRESS REVIEWS
‘GUTSY, WOMANLY, WILD and WONDERFUL’ Songlines Magazine – UK 2016/07
5 Review
‘CELEBRATES MOTHER EARTH IN SUITABLY MEDITATIVE MANNER’
The Australian – Australia 2016/06
‘GREAT EVOCATIVE AND VARIED ARRANGEMENTS, STUNNING ENVIRONMENTS… A TOUR OF ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL WORLD’. Le Canard Folk – Belgium 2016/06
‘A LADY WHO REALLY HAS NO NEED TO REPRESENT LEGENDS, BECAUSE SHE IS ONE’
Moors Magazine – The Netherlands –2016/07
‘BEAUTIFUL AND TIMELESS OVERALL IMPACT WHICH RESULTS IN A CONTEMPORARY WORK’
El Mundo – Spain 2016/06
‘AS ON HER PAST RELEASES, ALCAIDE MEETS THE GOALS SHE SETS FOR HERSELF WITH
EXQUISITE PLANNING AND PLAYING’ World Music Central – USA 2016/05
‘RAISING THE WORLD MUSIC BAR TO A NEW LEVEL’ Ascentor Music Blog – Russia 2016/07
‘THE ATMOSPHERE IS SIMPLY MAGICAL WITH PANORAMIC OUTFITS THAT EMPHASIZE THE
TIMELESS GRANDEUR OF MYTHOLOGY’ Passion Musique & Culture blog – Canada 2016/07
‘ANA ALCAIDE CREATED A BUBBLE OF MODERN, GLOBAL AND EXOTIC SOUND… EXPANSIVE,
CHALLENGING, INTERNATIONAL’
El Correo – Blog Bilbao en Vivo – Basque Country, Spain 2016/08
‘ANA ALCAIDE, A MUSICAL EXPLORER FROM ANOTHER ERA’ El País – Spain 2016/07
‘UNE FABULEUSE ALCHIMIE, AU TERME D’UN VOYAGE À TRAVERS LE TEMPS’
La Bible Urbaine – Canada 2016/07
MORE DETAILED PRESS: CLICK HERE
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SOME CONCERTS AROUND THE WORLD
ARGENTINA: CISSAB - Buenos Aires – 2013
BULGARIA: Festival Folk UER – Varna – 2013
CANADÁ: Festival Nuits d’Afrique – Montreal – 2016
Festival de Músiques Sacreés de Québec - 2009
Other venues: Québec, S. Alexandre de Kamouraska, Saint-Jean-Port- Joli - 2016
FRANCE: Festival ‘Un violon sur le sable’, Royan - 2012
GERMANY: Festival Folk im Park - Bad Wildungen (2014)
Other venues: Hamburg, Esse, Nürnberg, Gefrees, Sonthofen, Leipheim,
Neustadt a.d. Weinstrasse, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Kaiserhammer, Plauen,
Memmingen, Ingolstadt, Bad Hersfeld, Bielefeld, Kassel, Aachen,
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Wolfach, Buchen (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
INDONESIA: International Toraja Festival – Sulawesi - 2015
Gotrasawala Festival – West Java - 2013
Indonesian Music Expo, Nusa Dua, Bali - 2013
ITALY: Festival Lo Spirito del Pianeta – Chiuduno, Lombardia – 2016
Itinerary Folk – Trento - 2012
MAROC: Festival de las dos orillas – Rabat, Tánger, Casablanca - 2010
PORTUGAL: Festival Sete Sòis Sete Luas – Castro Verde, Alentejo - 2016
SOUTH KOREA: International Sori Festival – Jeonju - 2015
SWEDEN: Umea Folk Festival – Umea - 2014
SWITZERLAND: Folk Club Züri, Zürich - 2014
URUGUAY: Cultural Center – Montevideo - 2013
UZBEKISTÁN: Festival Sharq Taronalari – Samarkand – 2014, 2015
SPAIN
MORE THAN 500 CONCERTS
Ana Alcaide has performed in the main Spanish Folk and World Music
festivals such as: Festival Folk Segovia, Folk Plasencia, Bidasoa
Folk, Festival de las Tres Culturas, Madrid Folk, Xábia Folk,
Festival Folk de Getxo, Parapanda Folk, Etnohelmántica… From
Canary Islands to Pyrenees. From Andalucía to Cataluña, she has also
performed in some of the most important national theaters, city fairs
and festivities.
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DISCOGRAPHY
MANAGEMENT BOOKING
Natalia Talayero David Sierra +34 678 639 987 +34 651408174 [email protected] [email protected]
LINKS
LEYENDA 2016 - ARC MUSIC
Tales of Pangea– Gotrasawala Ensemble,
2015 - ARC MUSIC
La Cántiga del Fuego 2012 - ARC MUSIC
Como la Luna y el Sol, 2008 - ARC MUSIC
Viola de Teclas 2006
DVD Ana Alcaide en concierto. Sinagoga del Tránsito de Toledo
2009
www.ANAALCAIDE.com
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