Montse Cortés
{{Spanish married name|Cortés|Fernández}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Montse Cortes
| image = Montse Cortes en Malaga en Flamenco (23 de agosto de 2007).jpg
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| caption = Montse Cortes (Málaga, 2007)
| birth_name = Montserrat Cortés Fernández
| birth_date = 1972
| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
| genre = flamenco
| occupation = singer
| instrument = {{hlist|voice|palmas}}
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Montserrat Cortés Fernández (Barcelona, 1972) is a Spanish Roma flamenco singer, artistically known as Montse Cortés.{{cite web |title=Nuestro flamenco: Montse Cortés, más flamenca { |url=https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/nuestro-flamenco/nuestro-flamenco-montse-cortes-mas-flamenca-05-08-14/2697995/ |website=RTVE.es |access-date=11 June 2023 |language=es |date=5 August 2014}}{{cite news |author1=DeFlamenco |title=Montse Cortés |url=https://www.deflamenco.com/revista/cante/montse-cortes-3.html |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=Revista DeFlamenco.com |date=3 August 2012 |language=es}} Her discography includes, Alabanza (Sony, 2000), La rosa blanca (Sony BMG, 2004){{cite news |last1=Jurado |first1=Miquel |title=Montse Cortés dice que su tercer disco será "de flamenco de verdad" |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2005/12/31/espectaculos/1135983607_850215.html |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=El País |date=30 December 2005 |language=es}} and Flamencas en la sombra (Universal Music Group, 2014).
Biography
Montse Cortés grew up in the La Mina neighborhood of Sant Adrià de Besòs.{{cite web |title=Montse Cortes |url=https://nomadeskultur.com/artistes/montse-cortes-2/?lang=en |website=Nomades Kultur |access-date=11 June 2023 |language=en}} Her family had removed to Barcelona from Granada.{{cite web |title=Montse Cortés |url=http://pureflamencobarcelona.com/en/montse-cortes.php |website=pureflamencobarcelona.com |access-date=11 June 2023}}
She started singing in the Barcelona tablaos accompanying the flamenco dance. This is how the choreographer Antonio Canales discovered Cortés and incorporated her into his company, where she remained for five years before deciding to record her first solo album, Alabanza (2000), for which she was nominated at the 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Among others, she has shared the stage with La Paquera de Jerez. She has sung for dancers such as Sara Baras, Juan de Juan, and Joaquín Cortés, and has accompanied the guitarist Paco de Lucía.
Discography
Collaborations
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- Suena flamenco (1998) with Miguel Poveda
- De la zambra al duende (1999) with Habichuela
- Joaquín Cortés Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2003)
- Cositas buenas with Paco de Lucía (2004)
- Neruda en el corazón (2004)
- Casa Limón (2005)
- B.S.O. La leyenda del tiempo (2006)
- Tinta roja (2006) with Andrés Calamaro
- El tío Moncho. El arte del bolero (2007)
- Leyenda andaluza (2008) with Danza Fuego
- El Día Que Me Quieras with Andrés Calamaro
- Esencial Diego el Cigala (2016): Sol y Luna
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References
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Category:Spanish Romani people