Gerardo Nuñez with Antonio Rey and Olga Pericet

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Flamenco Festival New York, we honor the man who brought flamenco guitar to the world stage and who first performed at the Town Hall in 1959. This is the Tribute to Maestro Sabicas, a musical celebration of the legendary Agustin Castellpon Campos, better known simply as Sabicas.

Background

Born in Pamplona in 1912, Sabicas arrived in New York in the early 1940s as an exile of the Spanish Civil War. The city would become his creative sanctuary for the next four decades. New York gave Sabicas the artistic freedom and global audience that Spain under dictatorship could not.

Contribution to Flamenco

For forty years, he was the welcoming face for flamenco artists arriving in the US, a friend, a host, and a protector to dancers, singers, and guitarists seeking a foothold in a foreign land.

Tribute Performance

This tribute brings together four exceptional artists: guitar players Gerardo Nunez, Antonio Rey, Alvaro Martinete, and Olga Pericetto, honoring the maestro who made New York Flamenco's second home.