Mayte MartÃn
Mayte Martín ( born April 19, 1965 in Barcelona, Spain, as María Teresa Martín Cadierno ) is a Spanish flamenco and bolero singer - songwriter and. It is one of the most important flamenco singers of her generation and dedicated a portion of their career to the Spanish American genre of bolero.
Biography
As a child, she began with the family with the singing and won at the age of ten years, a singing competition, the supermarket had organized. After that, she appeared regularly as an amateur on the Peñas flamenco in Barcelona and the suburbs and was at the age of 16 years a professional musician. During this time she learned various flamenco Palo by listening to recordings by flamenco singers like Juan Valderrama, Manolo Caracol, Camarón de la Isla, Lole Montoya and Pastora Pavón, known as La Niña de los Peines. You got a professional vocal training and practiced their skills as cantaora de atrás ( singer for flamenco dance).
In 1987 she won the first prize Lámpara Minera at the Concurso Nacional de La Unión (Murcia ), also known as the Festival de las Minas. Two years later she received the Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba to Antonio Chacón Prize for the best Malagueña. At the same time, they launched an international career after she was invited by Peter Gabriel 's Womad festival for. In 1994, she recorded her first album Muy Frágil on with guitarist Chicuelo and arrangements by Joan Albert Amargós who participates also in known flamenco artists such as Paco de Lucía and Camarón de la Isla. In 2000, she released her second album Querencia, which was nominated for Best Flamenco Album Latin Grammy Award in 2001.
Although she was already well known as a singer, she went back on as cantaora de atrás, as in 1996 the dancer Belén Maya met with which they recognized internationally under the titles Mayte Martín Belén Maya ( since 1996) and Flamenco de Cámara (since 2003) toured the world.
In 1997 she was awarded the Prize of the city of Barcelona, which is awarded by the City Council, and the National Music Award as Best Flamenco composer.
In 1993, she began with the jazz pianist Tete Montoliu a professional collaboration that lasted until his death in 1997. Together, they played jazz-oriented 1996 album Free Boleros Boleros in a. In her second album Tiempo de Bolero Amar (2002) Omara Portuondo plays as a guest at some of the pieces.
In 2005 it celebrated its 30th anniversary as an artist at the Palau de la Música Catalana, with a concert under the title Mis 30 años de amor al arte. She then toured with it throughout Europe. This concert was released in 2006 on DVD and show it as flamenco and bolero singer. In 2009, she presented an album with songs whose lyrics Manuel Alcántara had written.
Discography
- Muy Frágil (1994 )
- Free Boleros Tete Montoliu with (1996 )
- Querencia (2000)
- Tiempo de amar (2002)
- De fuego y de agua with Katia and Marielle (2008)
- Cantar Manuel (2009)