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Flamenco Latino hosts an afternoon of flamenco singing and guitar featuring Alfonso Cid, (Cante) and Javier Bravo, (Guitar)

Flamenco Latino Studio Theater
244 W 54th Street, 4th floor (bet. Broadway and 8th Ave.)

Tickets $15, Credit/debit cards accepted.

Call 212-399-8519 for more info and to reserve.


Alfonso Cid was born and raised in Seville, the heartland of Flamenco music. His mother, an amateur singer from Triana, a Flamenco enclave in Seville, and his grandfather, an aficionado of Flamenco were his earliest influences. He also had the opportunity of attending the activities of one the most significant Flamenco clubs in Andalusia, the Peña Flamenca Torres-Macarena since 1987. Alfonso enrolled at the Seville Conservatory in 1990 to study flute and music theory. For the following 5 years he received classical training. He also attended the classes of the Cristina Heeren Foundation for Flamenco Art in July of 2007 in Sevilla, Spain with maestro Paco Taranto and new talent Rocio Márquez. Since his arrival in New York in 1997, Alfonso has played with Flamenco artists, such as: Pilar Rioja, Andrea del Conte, Nelida Tirado, Sara Erde and La Conja to name a few. He has performed in the following venues: Town Hall with the World Music Institute, the Proms at London’s Royal  Albert Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sala Covarrubias in Mexico City, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Joyce Theater, the American Embassy in Madrid, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Symphony Space, Merkin Concert Hall, La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, The Spanish Theatre Repertory, Thalia Spanish Theatre, The Theater for the New City, as well as touring in Spain, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico and many flamenco venues throughout the tri-state area.


Javier Bravo was born in Buenos Aires Argentina and has been developing his activity as a composer and classical guitar player since 1986. He graduated with a gold medal from the Conservatory Manuel de Falla (Buenos Aires, Argentina) where he studied with Vicente Elías (Guitar) and Rodolfo Daluisio (Composition). He was awarded several times in both disciplines. He gave numerous recitals in South and North America and Europe as a guitar player. As a composer he wrote pieces for several instruments including symphonic and electro-acoustic music and he did arrangements of popular music. He is currently a guitar teacher at the main conservatories in Buenos Aires.