Remedios Amaya
María Dolores Amaya Vega (born 1 May 1962 in Seville), better known by her stage name Remedios Amaya, is a Spanish flamenco singer. She represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983. Popular with international audiences since the debut of her first self-titled album in '78.
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Remedios Amaya
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- Name
- Remedios Amaya
- Birth Name
- María Dolores Amaya Vega
- Birthplace
- Seville, Spain
- Occupation
- Singer
- Born
- 1962 · Seville.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Fields
- flamenco
- Languages
- Spanish
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María Dolores Amaya Vega (born 1 May 1962 in Seville), better known by her stage name Remedios Amaya, is a Spanish flamenco singer. She represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983. Popular with international audiences since the debut of her first self-titled album in '78.
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Her first album, the self-titled Remedios Amaya, was published in 1978. In 1983 she was internally selected by Televisión Española to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in Munich. She scored nul points with the song "¿Quién maneja mi barca?". Amaya's first works, Luna nueva (1983) and Seda en mi piel (1984), were an example of flamenco-rock. In 1997 she released the album Me voy contigo (1997), produced by Vicente Amigo; the album sold more than 150,000 copies. It included her biggest hit, "Turu Turai". The following albums were Gitana soy (2001) and Sonsonete (2002), and in 2004 she released a Greatest Hits compilation. In 2016, she released a new album, Rompiendo el silencio.
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• Name — Remedios Amaya • Birth Name — María Dolores Amaya Vega • Birthplace — Seville, Spain • Genre — Flamenco • Occupation — Singer
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- 1.In den informellen Biografien wird Sevilla als Geburtsort genannt, nach einer eigenen Aussage kam Remedios Amaya hingegen noch vor dem Umzug der Eltern nach Sevilla in Badajoz zur Welt. Vergleiche hierzu das Interview von Paco Ordóñez: Remedios Amaya, representante de España en el Eurofestival. In: Pronto. Revista de actualidad. Nr. 570 vom 11. April 1983, S. 26 (spanisch).
- 2.Paco Ordóñez: Remedios Amaya, representante de España en el Eurofestival. Interview in: Pronto. Revista de actualidad. Nr. 570 vom 11. April 1983, S. 26 (spanisch).
- 3.Rito y Geografía del Cante Flamenco - Niños Cantaores. 15. 2024-12-01.
- 4.Als cantes festeros werden die zum Tanz animierenden und daher insbesondere bei den informellen Zusammenkünften (juergas) von Flamencokünstlern und privaten fiestas beliebten Flamencostile im Rhythmus der Bulerías, der Tangos gitanos und der Rumbas flamencas bezeichnet.
- 5.Luis Clemente: Filigranas. Una historia de fusiones flamencas. La Máscara, Valencia 1995, ISBN 84-7974-107-4, S. 75 (spanisch).
- 6.Beispielsweise beruht der Erfolgstitel Abre la puerta (1975) der Gruppe Triana auf dem Rhythmus der Bulería.
- 7.Vergleiche hierzu die Analyse der frühen Diskografie von Remedios Amaya in: Luis Clemente: Filigranas. Una historia de fusiones flamencas. La Máscara, Valencia 1995, ISBN 84-7974-107-4, S. 75 (spanisch).
- 8.Liedhafte Kompositionen auf der rhythmischen bzw. harmonischen Grundlage der Bulería und des Tango flamenco.
- 9.Laura Ortiz Montero: El festival de eurovisión: más allá de la canción. In: Fonseca, Journal of Communication Nr. 15. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2017, S. 159 PDF (864 KB); abgerufen am 1. Dezember 2024 (spanisch).
- 10.Paco Ordóñez: Remedios Amaya, representante de España en el Eurofestival. Interview in: Pronto. Revista de actualidad. Nr. 570 vom 11. April 1983, S. 30 (spanisch).
- 11.Remedios Amaya - ¿Quién maneja mi barca? - Spain - Eurovision Song Contest 1983 (preview video). 2024-12-01.
- 12.Remedios Amaya - ¿Quién maneja mi barca? - Spain - Eurovision Song Contest 1983. 2024-12-01.
- 13.Ausführlich hierzu: Lidia Merás: A Romani woman in Eurovision: ethnic and gender stereotypes in the reception of Remedios Amaya (1983). In: Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies. 2024, Band 25 Nr. 2, S. 243–259 (englisch).
- 14.Remedios Amaya – Retorno por la puerta grande. In: ABC, Tiempo libre – Guía de Sevilla. Titelstory vom 11. September 1998 (spanisch).
- 15.Biografía Juan de Juan; abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2014 (spanisch/englisch).
- 16.Entrevista a Remedios Amaya para su gira japonesa con Juan de Juan del 2013. 2024-12-13. Interview mit Remedios Amaya mit japanischen Untertiteln.
- 17.Latin Recording Academy: Remedios Amaya; abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2024 (spanisch/englisch).
- 18.Enriqueta de la Santísima Trinidad de los Reyes Porras; * 15. August 1937 in Málaga † 6. Mai 1959 (ebd.).
- 19.ABC Cultura: Remedios Amaya cancela la gira de su nuevo disco por un cáncer de pecho. Artikel vom 25. April 2016; abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2024 (spanisch).
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