Basic studies in Music and Art at the conservatory "Gimnasium St. Xavier" in Germany.
Studies of Fine Arts at the
"Academia Bellas Artes" in Granada, Spain.
Graphic Design in Dortmund, Germany.
José Toral is an autodidactic musician who discovered flamenco at the age of seven.
Later he studied ethnic percussion from Indian, Latin America, North Africa and the Balkan countries.
At present he is living in Spain as a
musician, composer, illustrator and artist,
actualizing several projects with the
following artists :
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Flamenco artists :
Chano Lobato, Merengue de Cordoba, Javier Baron, Carmen Ledesma, Maria Serrano,
La Carbonera,
Rafael Cortés, Miguel Vargas, Yoni Cortés, Julián Martín, Francisco Mato,
Michele Iacarino, El Picuo de Cadiz, Pedro Sanz-Madrid
International artists :
Guo Yue, Joji Hirota, René Garcia Fons, Michel Bisceglia, Prova Symfonica, Catherine Delasalle, Ivo Vucelia, Orchestra Prima la Musica, Stefan Bracaval, Alexis Devevre
Dancers and choreographers :
90-92 : Spontaneous Combustion with dancers of Pina Bausch and Schindovski
92-93 : Rubem Rodriguez (Primo Ballerino of the National Ballet of Cuba)
96-97 : The Alhama Company with Maria Serrano
99-02 : Mismorigen project of the Fuelpabar Company with the brothers Fernando and Julián Martín
02-03 : Compañía Caterina Lucía Costa
03-04 : El Junco (Cadiz, Cristina Hoyos), El Lebri (Sevilla, Cristina Hoyos) and Felipe Mato (Sevilla) |
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José Toral in Lybia |
Theatre and Musicals :
2000 : "Karel, Man en Paard" : tour in Belgium
2001 : "Ik vlieg" by the Transparant Company, Antwerp.
2003 : Carmen Balet, Rome
2005 : Fashion presentation Dries van Noten, Paris, with Prova Symfonica conducted by Michel Bisceglia
Music for television :
"Dissidents", report on Angola for Portuguese, French and Belgian Television.
Festivals :
90 : Festival of Contemporary Art in Frankfurt.
91 : Festival of Afro-Cuban dance in Cologne.
91 : Competition of flamenco singing in Berlin.
95 : International Festival of Flamenco Art in Antwerp.
96 : Biennial of Flamenco Art in Poland.
96 : Festival of World Music in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
97 : Dranouter, Belgium.
97 : Bruges, Belgium.
98 : Jazz à Liège, Belgium
98 : Festival of Gipsy Music in Essen, Germany.
99 : "Guitarra Internacional", Mexico City.
00 : "Madrid en Danza" with "Mismorigen".
00 : Millenium Festival in the Sahara, Libya.
00 : Biennial of Flamenco, Milano.
01 : World Music Festival, Taiwan.
02 : Danza Mundial, Roma.
03 : Tour La Mancha con la compañia Mismorigen.
03 : Tour Italy with compañia Lucía Costa
05 : Tour Benelux with the production "Aguas - Lorca trilogy" |
Discography :
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Catherine Delasalle : "Entre Sable et Neige", 96 SOKU
Catherine Delasalle : "Trio", 97 SOKU
Lee Buddha : "Regenkind", 97 Muba Records
José Toral, Miguel Flores, José Ligero : "Quemando voy", 2000 EPO
Tano Escudero : "Hueles a Romero", 2000
Didier François, José Toral, Peter Verhaegen : "Locuras de Vanelo", 2001 Artrichok
Didier François, Bert Bernaerts, Jan van Outryve,
José Toral : "Ik Vlieg", 01 Expliziet Records
José Toral : "Almas en Exilio", 2002 Mani Music
Myrddin De Cauter : "Novar", 2005 Munich Records |
At present José Toral is involved in all the projects documented on this website.
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