"Yerai Cortés" Concert
23 March 2027 · 20:30
Gran Teatre del Liceu, el Raval, Ciutat Vella
Yerai Cortés has become one of the most fascinating, innovative and indispensable figures in flamenco today. Gifted with a masterly guitar drive and overflowing sensitivity, he has managed to transcend traditional moulds to open a compelling dialogue between the living heritage of the genre and the boldest languages of the present. Driven by the impact of the acclaimed documentary La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés — directed by Antón Álvarez and winner of two Goya Awards — and backed by his Latin Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, Cortés does not merely play the guitar: he sculpts the compás, summons the duende in the silences and reclaims the popular soul of cante jondo with unmistakable lyrical maturity. In his project POPULAR, the Alicante-born artist expands his open, free vision of flamenco to turn the live show into an experience of striking poetic, visual and emotional force. On stage, his bare, virtuosic playing weaves hypnotically with six female voices, body percussion and handclapping, dispensing with any artifice to give the naked truth of the music back its leading role. After winning over auditoriums and festivals of international standing such as the…
Part of the programme: Festival "Guitar Bcn 2027". See the 28 activities in this programme in Barcelona, from January 15 to October 2.
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 2 November 2026