BIOGRAPHY
Miguel Ángel Poveda León
Born in Badalona (Barcelona) in 1973
In 2007, he received the National Prize of Music for his great quality as an interpreter. When he was fifteen years old, he started to sing in the “Peñas Flamencas” environment.
In 1993, after winning four prizes including the “Lámpara Minera” (one of the most prestigious prize in the Flamenco area) in the national contest of sing, “Cante de las Minas” in La Unión (Murcia-Spain), he started his professional career.
He has also participated in the most important national and international music festival and has sung in prestigious places as the Odéon Theatre (Paris), the Barcelona Liceo, the Teatro Real (Madrid), the Carnegie Hall (NY), the Lincoln Center (NY), the Rome Auditorio Parco della Música, the London Sadler’s Wells, etc…
His collaboration with many artists is important too as with Santiago Auserón, Enrique Morente, Israel Galván, Eva la Yerbabuena, Martirio, Rodolfo Mederos, Mariza, etc…
Miguel Poveda has also acted and sung in differents movies : “La Teta y la Luna” (Bigas Luna), “Fados” (Carlos Saura), “La question humaine” (Nicolas Klotz).
Until today, he has recorded six discs. The last one, Tierra Calma (2006) has won various prizes and has been nominated twice for the Latin Music Prize: the Latin Grammy.
PRIZES
1993 33 FESTIVAL NACIONAL DEL CANTE DE LAS MINAS DE LA UNIÓN (Murcia): Lámpara Minera, besides the Cartagenera, the Malagueña and The Soleá
2000 PRIZES LATIN GRAMMY 2000: Nomination to the Best Flamenco album for ‘Suena Flamenco’
2003 PRIZES CIUTAT OF BARCELONA OF MUSIC for ‘Qawwali Jondo’ and ‘Poemas del exilio’ of Rafael Alberti
2006 PRIZE ARC 2006 (Professional Association of Representatives, Promoters and Manager of Cataluña) in the category of World Music
2006 9º PRIZE PUIG-PORRET’S WINNER of the musical journalism of Cataluña for ‘Desglaç’
2006 BIENAL DE FLAMENCO DE SEVILLA
2 Giraldillos: Giraldillo to sings: MiGUEL Poveda and Giraldillo Magic Biennial Moment 2006: To the Sevillanas of the spectacle ‘Tierra de Calma’(Miguel Poveda, Eva la Yerbabuena, Dorantes, J.Carlos Romero)
2007 CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE CANTE FLAMENCO CIUDAD DE PUERTOLLANO – Recognition of Miguel Poveda, of the excellent youth in the spreading(publication) of the Flamenco art, inside and out of Spain
2007 PRIZES FLAMENCO HOY – ‘Tierra de Calma’: Better flamenco disc for the specializing critique – Magazine Flamenco Hoy
2007 PRIZES OF PUBLIC to Miguel Poveda for ‘Tierra de calma’- Canal Sur Radio
2007 4 º PRIZES FLAMENCO’S MAGAZINE – The best of 2006 (popular voting): Prize to the Best Flamenco disc for ‘Tierra de Calma’ and Prize for best spectacle of live ‘Tierra de Calma’
2007 11 PRIZES OF THE MUSIC – 2 nominations: Nomination to the Best Song for ‘Buenas intenciones’ and Nomination to the Flamenco’s Best Album for ‘Tierra de calma’
2007 PRIZES LATIN GRAMMY 2007: Nomination to the Best Flamenco album for ‘Tierra de Calma’
2007 NATIONAL PRIZE OF THE MUSIC – Interpretation (Department of Culture of Spain)
2008 PRIZE OF PUBLIC for ‘Sin Frontera’ in the Festival de Jerez
2008 NATIONAL PRIZE OF THE CHAIR OF STUDY OF FLAMENCO MUSIC AND DANCE OF SHERRY
2008 PRIZE “AL DUENDE” together with Matilde Coral, for his participation in Tórtola Valencia of Isabel Bayón in the edition XV of the Biennial of Seville
NEWS
24/04/2008 – publication of Miguel Poveda’s new web
29/06/2008 – Recognition granted by the city council of Valladolid by his dedicanción to the Flamenco art
21/07/2008 – They have granted the Castillete de Oro to him in the XXXXVIII Festival Inernacional de Cante de las Minas de La Unión that will be celebrated from August 7 to August 16
10/09/2008 – The Chair of Study of flamenco music and dance of Sherry has awarded the National Prize of Sing
18/10/2008 – Awardwinner with the Prize “al Duende” together with Matilde Coral for his participation in Tórtola Valencia of Isabel Bayón, in the edition XV of the Biennial of Seville