A Night of Flamenco
January 15, 2010
Friday | 8 pm
Blane Bostock and friends in a night of Flamenco Latin and Jazz.
Featuring Liliana Ruiz (who has appeared with Placido Domingo in Mexico and at the Kimmel Center with Peter Nero and Philly Pops), Christian Puig, and Blane Bostock with a special appearance by "Bostock" band members.
All sales general admission at the door. Cash only. $3 Students, $5 Adults.
About Cristian Puig
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, his mother was a flamenco singer and his father a flamenco guitarist.
Started classical and flamenco training at age 19, studied with Quique de Cordoba, also studying jazz and other forms of music with various teachers.
In 1990 formed flamenco group "Rabat" and toured throughout South America.
Cristian has worked with many artists, fusing flamenco with bossa-nova, jazz and tango. He composes his own music as well.
Artists he has worked with include: Chuscales (renowned guitarist with many CDs and DVDs), conducter Peter Nero, Gloria Monreal (established flamenco singer), and he is co-founder of De Luna a Lunares ensemble, and recorded with Chango Farias Gomez on their first CD in 1995.
Cristian is unusual in flamenco for the fact that he is a great guitarist-composer, and a marvelous singer—a rarity in that musical culture.
About Blane Bostock
Blane Bostock started playing guitar at age nine, began formal studies in jazz at 13 with Ed Flanagan (assistant Dean of Music at Temple University) and studied with Dennis Sandole (author of "Guitar Lore" and teacher of John Coltrane, George Benson).
Blane played for years in bands ranging from jazz to soul to big bands. He spent a number of years playing with Bob Malach (saxophonist for Stevie Wonder, Stanley Clark and Madonna).
He played for many years with his family, in both "Swirled Whale" and "Bostock," a group which has played many times at "World Cafe Live" in Philadelphia and for numerous weddings and in clubs around Philadelphia.
In 2003 he appeared with founder of Fania records Johnny Pacheco in a "Night of Latin Classics" at both Allentown Symphony and the Annenberg Center at the University of Pennsylvania as a soloist in an orchestra featuring arrangements created especially for this show by artists such as Reuben Gonzales (pianist with "Buena Vista Social Club"), trombone master Papo Vasquez and other well known composers of Latin music.
He has also played a number of small shows with "Pasion y Arte," a Philadelphia based flamenco group.
In mid '90s Blane began studying flamenco with Elba y Vaca, Tito and Anna Rubio, and did workshops with members of "Noche Flamenco" and performed with La China in workshop at AMLA in Philadelphia.
Blane writes his own music and is currently continuing his studies of flamenco, teaching music and performing as well.
About Liliana Ruiz
Liliana Ruiz was born in Mexico City where she started to study ballet when she was six years-old. Shortly thereafter, she began her study of Spanish and Flamenco dance,inspired by her family's deep-rooted passion for the arts. She has studied Spanish dances and Flamenco with Juana Amaya, Chiqui de Jerez, Antonio Hidalgo, Isabel Bayón, Angel Atienzo, Pilar Ortega, Manuela Rios, Inmaculada Ortega, Chunny Amaya, Winny Amaya, Cristobal Reyes, Mario Maya, La Tati, La China, Milagros Rioja, Pilar Rioja among others.
Liliana has many notable dancing credits which include performances in the play Carmen with the opera singer Placido Domingo at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, in the Premier Club with Julio Iglesias and, in the show Noches Españolas (Spanish Nights) with El Poeta de Granada Manuel Benitez Carrasco.
Liliana moved to the United States in 2000 and lived in New Jersey for a year where she became part of the company New York Express. With this company, she performed throughout the New York Metropolitan area.
Liliana has performed Clasical Spanish dances with the two-time Grammy Award-winning pianist Peter Nero and The Philly POP’s at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. She has continued her study of dance in the U.S.A She expanded her dancing locales with different companies which have taken her to dance in theatres such as “The Cashama Theatre on NYC’s Broadway, at the Fringe Festival and The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia and events such as the “Feria de Sevilla in Philadelphia.”
Liliana also dances with the band La Revancha. With them, she has danced in a number of festivals, including NY’s Central Park shows during the 2004 and 2005 marathon festivities.