Paula Comitre / José del Tomate Après vous madame + Concert

Paula Comitre 

Born in Sevilla in 1994, Paula Comitre graduated in Flamenco Dance from the Conservatory of Dance in Sevilla in 2012 and earned a degree in Flamenco Dance Pedagogy from the Superior Conservatory of Málaga in 2019. She was a member of the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, she began her solo career, debuting at Tablao Flamenco Los Gallos. That same year, she joined David Coria’s and Rafaela Carrasco’s companies as a soloist and choreographer.
In February 2020, Paula premiered her first solo show, Cámara Abierta, at the XXIV Festival de Jerez, earning the festival’s Artist Revelation Award. She also worked as a rehearsal assistant and dancer in David Coria and David Lagos’s ¡Fandango!, co-produced by the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris. Later that year, she debuted Electroflamenco 3.0 by Artomático at the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, where she received the Giraldillo Revelation Award.
In 2021, she created Cuerpo Nombrado, a small-format show featured in festivals like Flamenco Festival London and the Festival de Arte Flamenco de Soustons. In 2022, she premiered Alegorías (El límite y sus mapas) at the Théâtre National de Chaillot, co-produced with the theater and contemporary dancer Lorena Nogal. This piece was presented at the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, Festival de Jerez, and festivals in Cannes and Nîmes.
In 2023, Paula developed her latest production, Après vous, Madame, as a resident artist at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. Premiering at the XXXIV Festival Flamenco de Nîmes, the show debuted in Spain at the 2024 Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. From October, she collaborates on Alfonso Losa’s Alter Ego while touring internationally with her own works.

José del Tomate

That a twenty-year-old, the son of a flamenco guitar master, ends up becoming a guitarist shouldn’t surprise us; that he has become a phenomenon is less common, but that he also truly knows how to compose is rather rare. 
This first album by José Fernández, ‘the child of Tomate,’ shows us that it’s not about being born into it, but about becoming it—carving your own path with determination, without rest, and staying committed to your own music. 
From good springs come good rivers. The goal is to design a repertoire and have a personal touch when composing. 
In a world where flamenco guitar is living a time of splendor, where guitarists are emerging everywhere, each pursuing their own truth, leaving their mark, their stamp, their personal brand—bringing something new is no easy task. It’s about being sincere and not being carried away by the trivial or the easy. You must create a personal repertoire that clearly reflects your talent.
Like father, like son. José has carefully thought through every measure; he doesn’t let himself be swayed by passing trends. He is inspired by what he has learned, by the road already traveled, long enough to project his own style and reflect it in different touches that clearly show how a young man from Almería today conceives flamenco through the guitar