Emiliano
Dominguez, ZAPATA, songwriter; was born in Seville, Spain,
in 1980. At the age of just 8, he performs the song "Luz
de Luna" (Moonlight) in the acclaimed film of french
director Beatrice Soulé "El Cabrero: El Canto
de la Sierra", a documentary based on the life and work
of his own father, El Cabrero, one of the first voices and
most respected singers in the spanish music called Flamenco.
At
this time he starts playing piano and guitar and experiments
with many music genres, from flamenco and argentinian tango
to rock and pop; which later on will be the background of
his current music style. When he is 13 writes the music and
words of his first songs, and combines composing and writing
with school until in 2000 leaves university, deciding to dedicate
himself totally to music.
Zapata
is a versatile artist, as much in his facet of composer as
in the one of interpreter, where he puts music to the voices
of spanish poets such as Aleixandre, García Lorca,
Cernuda, Salinas, Leon Felipe, Agustín García
Calvo, etc...poems that alternate with the interpretation
of own subjects and versions where the flamenco roots are
present almost always. He begins performing live in the spring
of 2005 in "La Carbonería" of Seville and
in some concerts of his father, flamenco singer El Cabrero,
as the backing act. Currently is working in the studio on
his first record, which will be a reflection of his live performances
and will show influences of flamenco, pop and rock.
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