Pepe Maya
Guitarist

Pepe Maya was born in the heart of an artistic family in the Albaycín neighbourhood of Granada. He is the son of Juan Maya “Marote” and nephew of Manolete and Mario Maya.

He learned to play guitar with his father Juan Maya “Marote” who also transferred his passion for flamenco singing and dance to him.

He moved to Madrid at an early age, making his debut as guitarist with the María Rosa Ballet with whom he remained for four years.

- He has worked at the tablaos of Las Brujas and Zambra, in the latter with the dancers Joaquín Cortés, Antonio Canales, Javier Latorre, Antonio Reyes and Cristóbal Reyes.
- He specialised in composing for accompanying flamenco dance and song, composing the music for the shows of Manuela Vargas,
“El Güito”, Manolete and Merche Esmeralda.
- First guitarist for El Güito’s work “Raíces Gitanas”
- First guitarist for Manolete’s work “Flamenco Soy”, performing at some of the world’s most important stages with this company, such as Rome’s Termas de Caracalla
- Appeared four times at the Bienal of Seville
- Three times at the Granada International Festival of Music and Dance
- Madrid’s Autumn festival
- Cumbre Flamenca
- Festivals of Lille, Geneva, Tokyo, London, Seminars Music of New York, Paris, Berlin, and the Middle East etc.
- Performed with El Güito in Madrid’s Royal Theatre, the first time flamenco dance was presented at this theatre
- Worked in the Granada flamenco tablaos Jardines Neptuno with Maite Galán and Reina Mora with Angustillas Ruiz
- Has accompanied the flamenco singers:
El Indio Gitano “El Moro”, Chocolate de Santa Fé, Juan Cantero, Enrique “El Extremeño”, Talegón de Córdoba etc.
- In 2000 he recorded a live CD in New York with the singers Sebastián Román and Jesús “El Almendro”.
- Composed the music for, and performed in the work presented by El Güito and
Manolete for Madrid’s Centro Cultural de la Villa
- Lope de Vega Theatre (Bienal of Seville)

- Juan Andrés Maya’s work in homage to Carmen Amaya in the Isabel la Católica theatre, Granada
- Performed with the María Rosa ballet company in Siberia touring from East to West where flamenco was performed live for the first time.
- Participated in the music for the works “Solo Flamenco”, “A Puerta Abierta” and “Apología de Carmen Amaya” by El Güito

In the year 2001:
- Performed with Mari Paz Lucena and Miguel Téllez flamenco group in Madrid’s Teatro Arlequín
- With Mª Paz Lucena in Osaka, Japan

In the year 2002
- Worked with
El Güito in the Bienal Flamenco of Seville appearing at the Reales Alcázares with Chocolate, Agujetas, Terremoto…
- Cumbre Flamenca with
Manolete and Mariquilla at Madrid’s teatro Alcalá Palace
- Toured Egypt, Syria and Iraq with Manolete and La Toleá
- With
Manuela Vargas “El Sur y la Petenera” in which he participated musically throughout France
- Accompanied the guitarist
Gerardo Nuñez in Granada and New York


In the year 2003
- Performed before
the king and queen of Spain at the Madrid tablao Casa Patas, with Mª Paz Lucena and Miguel Téllez in the work “Puro Gayardó”

 

 


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