Aniya la Gitana

Aniya la Gitana (Aniya the Gypsy) was the stage name used by Ana Amaya Molina also known as Anilla la de Ronda (1855–1933). She was a Spanish flamenco guitarist, singer and dancer.

Biography Molina was born in 1855 in Ronda, in southern Spain. She began her artistic career playing in cafes in her home region of southern Spain, where she used to sing and accompany herself with her guitar.

She met the singer Antonio Chacón and the singer Paca Aguilera, another gypsy from Ronda, Spain, with whom she performed in 1890 at Café Chinitas in Málaga, Spain, which at that time was a hot spot for flamenco.

Anecdotes testify to her notoriety.

The Sevillian flamenco dancer Pastora Imperio insisted on meeting her and on doing so, offered her a flounced flamenco dance costume; Queen Victoria Eugenia, on the occasion of an intimate party for the royal family, gave her a Manila shawl;

Death She died in 1933 in Barcelona at about 78 years of age. In her memory, the City of Ronda dedicates an annual flamenco song contest to her.