Vicente Soto “Sordera”
Vicente Soto Sordera (born in 1954 in Santiago, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain) is a flamenco cantaor (singer) who belongs to one of the most important Flamenco families in history, "Los Sordera".
Also recorded as Vicente Soto Barea · Vicente Soto Sordera
Vicente Soto “Sordera”
El Pantera · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Vicente Soto "Sordera"
- Birth Name
- Vicente Soto Barea
- Born
- 1 April 1954
- Occupation
- Singer, composer
- Full name
- Vicente Soto Barea.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Fields
- flamenco
- Languages
- Spanish
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Vicente Soto Sordera (born in 1954 in Santiago, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain) is a flamenco cantaor (singer) who belongs to one of the most important Flamenco families in history, "Los Sordera".
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Vicente Soto “Sordera”. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- unresolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikipedia · Vicente Soto Sordera
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Vicente Soto "Sordera" • Birth Name — Vicente Soto Barea • Born — 1 April 1954 • Origin — Barrio de Santiago, Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain • Genre — Flamenco • Occupation — Singer, composer • Years Active — 1966–present • Website — http: www.vicentesoto.com/
Family
Family
He's owner of one of the most significant legates from the Flamenco planet, as he's the great-grandson of Niño Gloria and nineteenth-century seguiriya maestro Paco la Luz. He is also son of Manuel Soto Sordera, the patriarch of Jerez flamenco, and cousin of José Mercé.
Career
Career
Vicente Soto is considered one of the artists with the most complete knowledge of Flamenco, a performer who has interpreted almost every palo (the different flamenco styles), and is also considered a living example of "pure" flamenco tradition. He's got many distinctions and Flamenco awards (Premio Nacional de Cordoba, Premio Pastora Pavon, Premio Mairena del Alcor...). At the same time the work of Vicente Soto "Sordera" has always been innovative as he has demonstrated with his musical adaptations of the lyrics of some of the big names of hispanic poetry: Antonio Machado, Miguel de Cervantes, Miguel de Unamuno, Federico García Lorca or Rubén Darío. Vicente Soto has performed at many Flamenco and Latin Festivals in the world and big world stages as: La Scala di Milan, Theatre National de Paris, Teatro Avenida de Buenos Aires, Teatro Comunale di Roma, Theatre Albeniz de Madrid, Theatre Sao Luiz de Lisboa... and all over USA, Japan, South America, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada, Austria, Hungary, Holland, etc.
Discography
Vicente Soto has recorded 13 CDs with guitarists such as Vicente Amigo, Tomatito, Paco Cepero, Enrique de Melchor, Moraito, José María Molero, Pepe Habichuela, Gerardo Núñez, Manuel Parrilla, Diego del Morao, Manuel Valencia, Miguel Salado, etc. • Pessoa Flamenco (RTVE, 1986) • Cuando canta el pasado (Warner Music, 1987) • El ritmo de la sangre (Warner Music, 1988) • Jondo espejo gitano (Discos Senador, 1990) • Tríptico Flamenco Cádiz (RTVE, 1994) • Tríptico Flamenco Jerez (RTVE, 1995) • Tríptico Flamenco Sevilla (RTVE,1996) • Verea del Camino (Sonifolk, 1997) • Entre dos mundos (Dro East West, 2000) • Latin Essentials (Warner Music, 2003) • Estar Alegre (Galileo-MC, 2005) • Colores Distintos (Romanó Sonor, 2012) • Coplas del desagravio (2018)
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 September 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
42,731 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Vicente GrecoPerson
- Vicente LusitanoPerson
- Vicente Martín y SolerPerson
- Vicente SaliasPerson
- VicenticoPerson
- Vicious Kitten RecordsOrganisation
- Vicki BaumPerson
- Vicki BenckertPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Vicente Soto “Sordera”?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.