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Tradition and avant- garde join together in singing and dancing of this artist from Seville.

Elena Andujar was born in Seville, where she grew up in an environment that flamenco was a way of life. First she studied and performed as a dancer, working with Antonio Canales on a tour of Japan in 1990 together with flamenco-pop band Ketama.

But it soon became known as a singer after Joaquín Cortés invite her to sing in his shows Cibayi (1993) and Pasión Gitana (1994). Since then she showed us her special ability to combine traditional singing with leading-edge projects.

She has also experimented with jazz, collaborating with Jorge Pardo-Carles Benavent Flamenco All Stars, with the blues of Vargas Blues Band, with the zarzuela in the Gala de Reyes at Madrid's Teatro Real, or as a soloist with the Metropolitan Orchestra in Utrecht (Netherlands ) and the Kymi Sinfonietta in Helsinki (Finland).

Elena combines intensive lyrics with a strong sense of rhythm as a dancer. She began studying dance at age ten and graduated in Classical Spanish dance in Matilde Coral's and Rafael El Negro's schools in Seville, in her twenties. Her singing, genuine spontaneous, has been appreciated in many flamenco venues. Due to her different collaborations, has been known to the public.

She contributed with vocals on the album of Pata Negra, El Blues de la Frontera, and since then has collaborated with artists such as Romero San Juan, Arrajatabla, Diego Carrasco, Dulce Venganza, Cantores de Híspalis, Niña Pastori, Familia Fernandez, Antonio Reyes, Manuel Reyes, etc.

Elena Andújar en Suristán

Elena Andújar en el Barbican Center de Londres

After her collaborations with Joaquín Cortés, her solo career began to unfold in Spain and abroad. She has worked in the most important Flamenco venues such as La Trocha (Sevilla), Cafe de Chinitas (Madrid), Casa Patas (Madrid), Tablao del Carmen (Barcelona), Zambra (Alicante) or Suristánn (Madrid).

In front of different groups, she has performed in different U.S. and European cities, occasionally combining singing with dancing.

She has also appeared in films like The Devil's Advocate, by Taylor Hackford, dancing with Al Pacino or as a singer in the documentary Flamenco Women by film's director Mike Figgs, (VPRO, Netherlands and Channel 4, UK).

Her face is familiar to fans of the world of image for the portrait of her, the famous photographer Richard Avedon included in his book An Autobiography. In Ghana participated in the concert Music on the Line, a project that culminated in London collaborating with African musicians like Sibongile Khumalo, Amadou & Marian, Rex Omar or Josephine Oniyama and British Steve Lodder. They played together with this project at London's Barbican Center in July 2001.

Elena has continued working deeply in her roots, her technique and her power as a singer. Her live concerts include traditional songs, demonstrating a deep knowledge of the Flamenco repertory with personal sympathy and her special Flamenco feeling, incorporating rhythms of jazz, dance or rap.

Álvarez Caballero, Flamenco critic, wrote in El Pais: "One of the young figures to be more firmly established in the singing."

Her first album, produced by Paco Ortega, has been recorded in Milan and Madrid, with arrangements by keyboardist Walter Tesoriere and includes collaborations such as singer Diego "El Cigala" or Paco Ortega himself, among others.

Elena Andújar - baile

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