Live Night Tuesday 7 February 2012 - A Spanish Flavour

Nathalie Moyano Gonzalez is a flamenco aficionado by heritage. She is co-founder and director of  Peña Flamenca El Indalo, which promotes flamenco in Ireland. The group runs the Dublin Flamenco School, and also organises the Dublin Flamenco Festival. The second edition of the festival will take place in October 2012.  
Nathalie will be joined by a Flamenco guitarist José de la María. José is originally from Málaga, moved to Dublin in 2011 and joined Peña Flamenca El Indalo.

http://www.flamencoindalo.com/

 

Leslie Dowdall is one of Ireland’s leading female vocalists and singer songwriters. She first came to prominence with In Tua Nua, who fused celtic tradition with rock. With Leslie as lead vocalist, In Tua Nua recorded four albums and, over a seven-year period, played and toured with bands including U2, Simple Minds, Bob Dylan, and The Pretenders.   

Leslie teaches performance and singing skills in her Education workshop project Songcraft. She will be joined on the night by a group of singer, Elle.

www.lesliedowdall.com

Eamon Sweeney was awarded the first musicology PhD to be accredited by DIT  Conservatory of Music and Drama. He has performed on stage, radio and TV both as a solo artist and with various ensembles including the National Symphony Orchestra and National Concert Orchestra. Eamon is also one half of the group Tonos  that specializes in a blend of Irish and European music from the 16^th to 18th centuries – mixing musical

flavours from the wider Traditional Irish, Celtic and Spanish Traditions. The Spanish word ‘tonos’ translates as ‘tone.’
http://www.tonos.ie/eamon-sweeney.html

Jane Clarke is a widely published poet who lives near Glenmalure in Co. Wicklow. She has won a number of prizes including Listowel Writers Week (2007) and the iYeats (2010). She writes contemplative, lyrical poems with evocative rural imagery and a strong sense of musicality and rhythm.

In keeping with our Spanish theme, Enrique Alda, a graduate in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Salamanca (Spain), will translate Jane’s poems into the wonderful Spanish language.   

www.janeclarkepoetry.ie