The Jury for the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, composed of Claude Bussac, José María Cano de Andrés, Dionisio González Romero, Antonio Lucas Herrero, Joan Matabosch Grifoll, Carlos Mena Ostériz, Helena Pimenta Hernández, José María Pou Serra, Sandra Rotondo Urcola, Benedetta Tagliabue, Carlos Urroz Arancibia and Tadanori Yamaguchi, has met in Oviedo, Carlos Urroz Arancibia and Tadanori Yamaguchi, chaired by Ricardo Martí Fluxá and with Catalina Luca de Tena y García-Conde, Marchioness of Valle de Tena, acting as secretary, resolves to grant the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts to the flamenco singer Carmen Linares and the flamenco dancer and choreographer María Pagés.

The work of Carmen Linares and María Pagés is part of the genealogy of contemporary flamenco. Both, in their disciplines, have broadened singing and dancing from the respect for tradition, betting on expanding their expressive channels, thus promoting the universal character of an extraordinary cultural, popular and sensory heritage.

With a will of permanent exploration, their work provides flamenco with new tools while amplifying the language of a cultural manifestation that is experiencing a moment of splendor and a search for new horizons. Both creators display in their trajectory experiences that vindicate flamenco as one of the most suggestive musical genres of our time and a perennial and unique artistic event.

Oviedo, May 5, 2022

More information on the Princess of Asturias Foundation website.