Now that winter is finally here, escape the cold and come to Spain for a night with Australia’s most authentic Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco Lara.
Joined onstage by acclaimed flamenco dancer Deya Miranda, Lara performs music from his latest album ‘DUENDE’ as part of a Spanish Flamenco show featuring some of the finest music from Spain and Australia.
Duende, or ‘tener duende’ (‘having duende’) can be translated in Spanish language as having soul, a heightened sense of emotion, expression, and heart.
‘DUENDE’ is a dream project of Lara’s, bringing to life his original music compositions and the fusion of cultures together inspired by his hometown, Jerez in the South of Spain – the heartland of the tradition of flamenco. Embodying the unmistakeable Jerez style of flamenco guitar playing, Lara presents flamenco guitar in all its authenticity, culture and imagination.
Following their sell-out season at the Sydney Opera House, the maestro and his talented ensemble will inspire passion and soul in the hearts of their audience. Forget winter for an evening and bask in the Andalusian sunshine as the Palais comes to life for a world class musical and cultural experience not to be missed.
We all remember where we were when we first heard Elton John’s iconic ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ album in 1973. Now, 50 years later as part of a golden anniversary tour, take yourself back to that time and enjoy the remarkable talent of the single most recognised Elton John performer in the world, Greg Andrew.
In 2017 Andrew was hand-picked by Sir Elton with a personal invitation as the only global Elton John tribute, to perform on the world’s biggest tribute music festival stage in the UK, TRIBFEST. This set the wheels in motion for a very rich and enduring career, performing to well over half a million enthusiastic patrons in over thirty countries, who have aptly described Andrews’ performance as “fantastic”, “brilliant”, and “the real deal”.
No one embodies the charm, the versatility, the dynamic charisma, and can recreate the flamboyant stage show of Sir Elton John, quite like Andrew. With blindingly accurate and faithful recreations of Elton’s greatest hits, combined with his effortless melodic skills and his reputation as a virtuosic pianist, Andrew’s uncanny likeness to the Rocketman himself will have you second guessing that you’ve not seen the real Elton.
See you at Palais Geelong this June for a trip to Spain and then down the Yellow Brick Road.
