Flamenco Bands

Duende Flamenco performs traditional flamenco staying true to the art, always entertaining and providing a memorable flamenco experience. Music is an important element for any event as it sets the tone for bringing people together. The audience is treated to the fire of the flamenco guitar, the excitement of the percussion and rhythms of the cajon, and the beauty and passion of the dance. Performances include the lost art of the Spanish castanets.

Every life is full of defining moments, of instances that kindle a desire, change the future, and bring paths together. Duende Flamenco is a combination of these fateful moments that brought these artists together. Flamenco puro, the pure essence of flamenco is what these creative performers strive to bring to their audiences. With the common goal to express and share the soulfulness of flamenco through creative interpretations and individual talents, they strive to bring you the pure essence, the emotion, the passion - the Duende of flamenco.

Duende Flamenco has been the selected entertainment for many prestigious venues including The Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel, The Center Club at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Marriott Dana Point, Mission San Juan Capistrano, and the Orange County Classical Guitar Society among others. Duende Flamenco consists of flamenco guitarists Kenji Bakuya and James Samimi, percussionist Ali Nourbakhsh, and flamenco dancers Suzanita, Michon and Aida. The group is representative of a new generation of flamenco performers who bring the appeal of flamenco to an international audience.

Among other cities, Duende Flamenco may serve the following areas: Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Southern California, Long Beach, Santa Clarita, Glendale, Irvine, Van Nuys, Anaheim, Santa Ana, North Hollywood, Orange, Orange County, Pasadena, Torrance, City of Industry, Inglewood, Whittier, Santa Monica, Lakewood, Newport Beach, Burbank, Laguna Beach, Garden Grove, Fullerton, Mission Viejo, Huntington Beach, San Juan Capistrano, Pomona, Hollywood, Woodland Hi