THE MUSIC OF MIRRORS

 

Good looking and well-built. She has a wonderful voice: round, full, incredibly pleasant and very suitable for flamenco. These are just some of the words of praise that one of our country's great flamenco critics has dedicated to María Toledo. This lawyer, pianist and cantaora (flamenco singer), is the new face of current-day flamenco.

He is a bullfighting and theater critic and poet. He has never been part of any group or let himself get carried away by any team or slogan. He follows the dictates of his own inner voice. For Javier Villán, a poem's ethical content would make no sense without an aesthetic task to back it up and sustain it.

Here we have put a poet who enjoys aesthetic beauty together with a flamenco beauty who has a lovely voice. Aren't we lucky?