Eugenia León

Eugenia León

Eugenia León (born June 7, 1956) is one of the most respected singers in Mexico's contemporary music scene. In 1985 she took first place at the prestigious OTI Festival in Seville, Spain with the theme "El Fandango Aquí" by Marcial Alejandro. A winner of the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, she has had a career spanning more than 35 years and 26 recorded albums, of which several million copies have been sold. She has performed with great success in the most important venues in the country, such as the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Auditorio Nacional, the Sala Nezahualcóyotl, the Teatro de la Ciudad, and the Cervantino Festival.In the international arena, Eugenia León has been acclaimed at the Royal Opera House in Oman, the Concert Center Hall in Shanghai, the opera houses of Cairo and Alexandria, the Palace of Marrakesh, the Universal Forum of Culture in Barcelona, the European Parliament in Brussels, the Teatro Colón of Bogotá, the Teatro Oriente in Santiago, the Lincoln Center's Mexico Now Festival, the Central Park Latin Festival, Joe's Pub and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center Jazz Club, The Harold M. Williams Auditorium of the Getty Museum and the Disney Hall in Los Angeles, the Coolidge Auditorium of The Library of Congress, Jackson Hall of the Mondavi Center in Davis, Millennium Park in Chicago, the Tucson Convention Center, the Discovery Green in Houston, and the Palacio de los Deportes in Bogotá. She is the only Mexican to have represented her country as a singer at four consecutive World Exhibitions: Seville, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; Hannover, Germany; and Aichi, Japan.In 2003 she made her debut as a presenter on the arts and culture program Acústico, broadcast on Canal 22. Eugenia León has shared the stage with personalities such as Rosario Flores, Pablo Milanés, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Lila Downs, Chavela Vargas, Sin Bandera, José Feliciano, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Armando Manzanero, Los de Abajo, Ramón Vargas, Tania Libertad, and Guadalupe Pineda. Over the years, several musical celebrities, such as Ramón Vargas, Fito Páez, Mercedes Sosa, Willie Colón, and Armando Manzanero have praised her qualities as a singer.In 2016, she received a gold record with Tania Libertad and Guadalupe Pineda for the high sales of their successful project Las Tres Grandes en Primera Fila, awarded by Sony Music. They went on a promotional tour with full concerts throughout Mexico, at venues such as the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City, the TelMex Auditorium in Guadalajara, and the Auditorio Banamex in Monterrey. This CD/DVD album received a nomination at the 17th Latin Grammy Awards, in the Best Long Version Music Video category.

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