YERAI CORTÉS

A last-minute injury prevented Alicante guitarist Yerai Cortés from presenting his new and long-awaited project, Guitarra Coral, at the last Sónar. A project that Niño de Elche – cited by Luis Lles – defines as follows: «He understands flamenco as a creative space where he manages to blur the aesthetic conceptions of the classic, the traditional or the avant-garde.» An adventure, Lles now continues, "in which, accompanied by six palm trees with their voices and clapping, and with an absolutely innovative sound treatment, he will manage to expand the limits of flamenco to infinity and beyond. Music with heart and thirst for adventure. This November, the future of flamenco guitar, the favorite artist of Antón Álvarez (yes, C. Tangana in his musical aspect, who also acts as Yerai's producer), at the Paral·lel. Inescapable. Let's go!

Yerai Cortés, guitar