María Cristina Soler Gago

First prize: Otros cantes de Málaga, Granada, Córdoba y Huelva

María Cristina Soler Gago
From Huelva
Aged 23
Cante: Minera, Cartagenera, Granaina, Guajira

Born 28th June 1989 in Huelva, she has studied in the Fundación Amparo Correa de Huelva (2003-2005), undertaken a summer course with the Fundación Cristina Heeren de Sevilla and also two annual courses in the same school between 2008-10 and 2011-12.
She has participated in numerous flamenco festivals, including the XXXI Festival Flamenco Juan talega, XXXIX Festival Flamenco de Ceuta, II Festival Flamenco de Mazagón in Huelva and others.

She has also collaborated in the recording, "nuevos valores del fandango de Huelva, " volumes 5 and 6, and in spectaculars and recitals in peñas flamencas across Spain.

She has achieved a good level of success in a number of flamenco competitions including: First prize in the ! Certamen Regional de Fandangos de Huelva, Villa de Paterna del Campo and first prize in the youth category of the X Certamen Nacional de Colombianas y Cante Flamenco Noches de Bajo Guía in Sanlucar de Barrameda and the First prize for Soleares in the XII Certamen de cante por Soleraes Naranjito de Triana.

In 2012 she won the prize for granainas at the Cante de la Minas 2012 in La Unión.
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