ESTRELLA MORENTE
Estrella Morente (Estrella de la Aurora Morente Carbonell) is a Spanish flamenco singer. She was born on 14 August 1980 in Las Gabias, Granada in southern Spain. She is the daughter of flamenco singer Enrique Morente and dancer Aurora Carbonell.
She has performed with her father since age seven and recorded her first album in 2001, Mi Cante Y Un Poema (My Songs and A Poem). This was followed the same year by Calle del Aire, which was well received by critics and flamenco fans. She released her third album, Mujeres (Women) in 2006, which her father produced. On 14 December 2001 she married bullfighter Javier Conde in Nuestra Señora de las Angustias basilica in Granada. They have two children, Curro (2002) and Estrella (2005).
Fanatical about flamenco singers such as La Niña de los Peines, Camarón de la Isla, Pepe Marchena and Manuel Vallejo, she sang folk songs at the age of 4. She sang a taranta (traditional sailor’s songs) accompanied by maestro Sabicas’ guitar at age 7. Her art has dazzled not only the most demanding flamencologists but also rockers like Lenny Kravitz.
Estrella’s debut as a singer took place at the presentation gala of the Alpine Ski Championships in Sierra Nevada, being only 16 years old. Estrella participated in Omega, Enrique Morente’s album. Carmen Linares sponsored her at the Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville in a tribute to La Argentinita, a Spanish-Argentinian dancer and singer.
Her first album, “Mi cante y un poema” (My folk song and a poem) composed of flamenco songs was platinum and the second, “Calle del aire” (Air Street) composed of popular and Christmas songs, was gold. Thanks to the success of her albums, the singer has participated in numerous festivals, such as the Seville Biennial, the Barcelona Guitar Festival and the Granada International Music and Dance Festival in Granada.
In the summer of 2004 she presented, in Granada, the concert “Estrella 1922” a tribute to the Sevillian singer Pastora Pavón, la Niña de los Peines, recorded live for its later edition. In 2005 she made her debut at the Barbican Center in London and started a series of shared concerts with her father Enrique, commissioned by the International Festival of the Guitar of Córdoba. In addition, the show “Estrella 1922” premiered also at the Teatro Español in Madrid that same year.
Discography:
Mi cante y un poema (2001)
Calle del Aire (2001)
Mujeres (2006), Mute Records
Casacueva y escenario (2007) (DVD)
Autorretrato (2012)
Amar En Paz (con la guitarra de Niño Josele) (2014)
Falla & Lorca: Encuentro with Javier Perianes (2016)[4]
15 Años con Estrella (2016) (Compilation)
Copla (2019)
Leo (2021)