EXPOSICIÓN * El flamenco en la dramática luna negra * Ateneo de Madrid

Exposición de la discografía flamenca a través de los fondos de la Colección Carlos Martín Ballester.

Do not miss this exceptional exhibition as part of the Suma Flamenca Festival at el Ateneo de Madrid the entire month of October. Flamenco discography through the funds of the Carlos Martín Ballester Collection.

“Anselma” exhibition hall at the Ateneo
Free admission until full capacity is reached.
From 1 to 29 October 2024. Open every day except Mondays | Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
https://www.madrid.org/sumaflamenca/2024/flamenco-dramatica-luna-negra.html

The exhibition “Flamenco in the dramatic black moon. Flamenco discography through the collections of the Carlos Martín Ballester Collection” is a journey through flamenco music recorded for the phonograph and gramophone, a fertile period in which many of the foundations of the genre were established.

From among the thousands of documents and works, more than a hundred have been selected, which will allow us to better understand the legacy of such leading figures as Antonia Mercé “La Argentina”, Manuel Vallejo, Ramón Montoya, Vicente Escudero, Antonio Mairena, etc.

The Carlos Martín Ballester Collection is the largest musical archive in Spain from the period 1890-1960, in which the quality and historical and phonographic importance of the flamenco section stands out, as well as that of Spanish recordings with political, cultural and scientific content. The musical archive is complemented by the documentary – which preserves manuscripts, concert programs, catalogues, contracts or posters – and the photographic collection.

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Zaida Hernández-Úrculo y Carlos Martín Ballester, comisarios de la exposición.

Zaida Hernández-Úrculo es licenciada en Historia del Arte y en Historia y Ciencias de la Música, máster en Música, Comunicación e Instituciones en la España contemporánea, y en la actualidad profesora e investigadora en paisaje sonoro y música en Cantabria de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primera del XX. Dentro de su actividad investigadora, participa en diversos grupos de investigación, realización de análisis musicológicos, así como en la divulgación a través de conferencias, artículos o libros..

Carlos Martín Ballester es especialista en patrimonio sonoro y digitalización, y restauración de discos de 78 rpm y cilindros de fonógrafo. Dirige la Colección Carlos Martín Ballester, el mayor archivo musical de España del periodo 1890-1960, fuente para la investigación y divulgación a través de las digitalizaciones, edición de libro-discos, artículos en el blog El Arqueólogo Musical y conferencias. Es presidente y fundador del Círculo Flamenco de Madrid, director del Foro Flamenco José Ángel Galán del Real Casino de Madrid y director del Ciclo Hondos Caminos del Flamenco de la Fundación Unicaja. Entre otras distinciones, ha recibido el trofeo Pencho Cros a la Discografía por el Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas.

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Zaida Hernández-Úrculo and Carlos Martín Ballester, curators of the exhibition.

Zaida Hernández-Úrculo has a degree in Art History and History and Music Sciences, a master’s degree in Music, Communication and Institutions in Contemporary Spain, and is currently a professor and researcher in soundscape and music in Cantabria from the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. As part of her research activity, she participates in various research groups, carrying out musicological analyses, as well as in dissemination through conferences, articles or books.
Carlos Martín Ballester is a specialist in sound heritage and digitization, and restoration of 78 rpm records and phonograph cylinders. He directs the

Carlos Martín Ballester Collection, the largest musical archive in Spain from the period 1890-1960, a source for research and dissemination through digitization, book-record publishing, articles on the blog El Arqueólogo Musical and conferences. He is the president and founder of the Círculo Flamenco de Madrid, director of the José Ángel Galán Flamenco Forum at the Real Casino de Madrid and director of the Hondos Caminos del Flamenco Cycle of the Unicaja Foundation. Among other distinctions, he has received the Pencho Cros trophy for Discography from the International Festival of Cante de las Minas.