IVÁN LOSADA
Iván Losada, flamenco guitar from the Los Losada dynasty
Iván Losada belongs to Los Losada, one of the Romani families most closely linked to Madrid flamenco. The guitar has been part of his life since childhood: he began playing at the age of nine and took his first professional steps at just sixteen at the tablao La Alcazaba. That early apprenticeship, tied to the stage and to direct contact with singers and dancers, shaped a style of playing built on accompaniment and a deep knowledge of compás.
His career has unfolded across tablaos, companies and major flamenco productions. Over the years he has worked with artists of different generations and has taken his guitar to stages in Spain and abroad, always maintaining a very close relationship with dance and cante.
A career linked to great companies
For seven years he was part of Antonio Canales’ company, taking part in shows such as Gitano, A cuerda y tacón, La Cenicienta, La casa de Bernarda Alba and Torero. That period allowed him to build a broad stage experience and to accompany dance that demands precision, attentive listening and the ability to react live.
He has also worked on projects and with companies of Carmen Cortés, Lola Greco, Juan de Juan and Sara Baras, as well as alongside names such as Enrique Morente, Merche Esmeralda, Juana Amaya, Eva Yerbabuena, Guadiana, Duquende, Potito, Diego El Cigala and Joaquín Cortés.
Iván Losada at Tablao La Carmela
At Tablao La Carmela, his guitar is part of a show in which the playing is not an isolated element, but part of a constant dialogue between guitar, cante and baile. This ability to accompany and to read what happens on stage is essential in a format where every performance can evolve differently.
His experience with companies and his knowledge of the tablao allow him to offer a solid guitar, attentive to the compás and to the response of the artists who share the stage with him.
A guitar built on accompaniment
Iván Losada’s career sums up an approach to flamenco guitar deeply tied to the stage. His playing has been shaped by accompanying, listening and sharing space with some of the most important figures in flamenco, an experience reflected in a way of playing designed to support, converse and drive the singing and the dance.
Live, that connection turns the guitar into an active part of the scene and keeps alive one of the essential traits of tablao flamenco: the immediate communication between artists.
