Juan Rafael Cortés Santiago, known as Duquende (born 1965 in Sabadell, Spain), is a Spanish Romani people, Romani flamenco singer (cantaor). He is considered one of the successors to influential Flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla. Since 1997, Duquende has been a member of the Paco de Lucía Sextet in addition to working as a solo artist. In 1995, Duquende was the first cantaor to be invited to perform at the Champs Elysées theatre in Paris.

Discography

*''Soy el duende'' (1988) (Divucsa). *''A mi aire'' (1989) (Divucsa). *''Duquende con Manzanita'' (1990) (Divucsa). * ''Duquende y la guitarra de Tomatito'' (1993) (Nuevos Medios). *''Samaruco'' (2000) (Universal), guitars of Paco de Lucía and Juan Manuel Cañizares, the drumm Tino di Geraldo, the bass Carles Benavent. *''Mi forma de vivir'' (2005) (K-Industria), con Chicuelo y Niño Josele the guitars. *''Qawwali Flamenco'' (CD+DVD, 2006) (Accords Croisés), starts in 2003 together Miguel Poveda and Faiz Ali Faiz, with the guitar of Chicuelo. *''Mi forma de vivir'' (2006) *''Live in Cirque d´Hiver - París'' (2007) (Flamenco Producción), direct to París. Disc on direct with de player guitar Juan Gómez "Chicuelo" and the box bye Isaac el Rubio. *''Rompecabezas (2012). ;Contributing artist * ''The Rough Guide to Flamenco (1997 album), The Rough Guide to Flamenco'' (1997, World Music Network) * ''Unwired: Acoustic Music from Around the World'' (1999, World Music Network) *''Juan Carmona'' (Borboreo, 1996 y Caminos nuevos, 2000) *''Juan Gómez "Chicuelo"'' (Cómplices, 2000) *''Paco de Lucía'' (Luzia, 1998; EnVivo, 2011). *''Jabier Muguruza'' (Konplizeak, 2007). *''Vicente Amigo'' (Vivencias imaginadas,1995).

References

External links

Official site
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