Chayanne passed through Seville, as if he needed more warmth
If there is an artist in the world capable of warming up the musical notes, with permission from Ricky Martin , it is Chayanne , one of those privileged voices and bodies, born to perform live, even if he sells millions of records around the world.
He was, and not by chance, one of the stars of this year's Icónica Santalucía Sevilla Fest lineup. Five years ago, someone came up with the idea that Seville could have a live music festival that could compete with any in the world. Five years later, Chayanne has made this festival his signature on his return to Spain. The world belongs to visionaries, after all.
A boy who was born to singThe one from San Lorenzo is like Tony Las Vegas, the 90s presenter who said in an interview with his colleagues at Heraldo that when he was born, the doctors told his mother that she had a singer. Mothers, those all-knowing beings, like that of Elmer Figueroa Arce, a woman named Irma Luz Arce , who gave her son the stage name ' Chayanne ' when he started singing, because she loved an American television series called 'Cheyenne'.
Irma Luz's son performed today as San Fernando , and conquered Seville . His concert is one of those where you know from the very beginning that they're on the right track. His impressive musical production is supported by three of his own screens plus the festival's two vertical screens, and when the opening music plays, he appears on a catwalk that ascends to the top of the stage.
The first notes of " Bailemos otra vez " begin to sound, and Chayanne begins to act like Chayanne . Perhaps it's because of that special connection Latin Americans have with Spain (and vice versa), perhaps it's because he handles the low and high notes of Chayanne 's voice with the ease of Juan Diego Flórez (with the Peruvian's permission), or perhaps it's because his hips seem to move 360 degrees like the head of an owl, but the Puerto Rican's performance is a separate debate in the world of live music.
"How beautiful, my people, what a great pleasure to be here in Seville ," he greeted from the stage, now stripped of the jacket he'd worn during the first three songs. It's true that the Sevillian night returned to spring-like this Sunday after a week of Andalusian Caribbean music, but that jacket wasn't a good companion "in this wonderful land, Andalusia, where you have everything." San Fernando won again.
A gear that works perfectlyAt the height of the show , there are more than 20 people on stage. Half of them are from the dance troupe , and they are joined by the singer, who makes his microphone "disappear" to dance, although in reality his black leather pants have a kind of holster on the left leg, where the microphone is placed for hands-free dancing.
Like Billy the Kid, who was left-handed, Chayanne quickly draws his shoe to continue singing. The show never pauses, and if the artist disappears from the stage for a minute to throw on a towel and put on a sleeveless jacket, the dance troupe takes over, filling the atmosphere with dance.
That happens when the half-hour mark of the concert has arrived, to return with 'And you leave', a moment he takes advantage of to give thanks: "It's a blessing to play in such a beautiful place as the Plaza de España in Seville ."
And life goes on at its own pace on the Iconica stage. The rhythm is set by a Caribbean native who will complete 58 trips around the sun on June 28th aboard the " Mother Earth ." The fact that more than 15,000 people have sung that song already justifies paying for a concert ticket these days.
The rest is up to each person's inner meaning for this concert . Every Spaniard carries within him or her a referee, a national coach, and a different way of enjoying Chayanne . A blind girl carried a banner tonight that read, "I can't see you, but I feel you." Need I add anything else?
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