Finally the day arrived for delivery Konex Popular Music Awards 2025a ceremony that takes place every ten years and is one of the most prestigious awards, which is why artists who rarely appear in public attend to receive a diploma or a statuette.
This is how they were present at Ciudad Culture Konex Charlie Garcia To Divididos, Babasónico, David Lebón, Abel Pintos and great figures of folklore, tango and jazz.
In the case of García, who in recent months received an honorary doctorate from UBA and also awarded by the Buenos Aires legislature, here he won the award Konex de Brillante, today’s highest distinction. In previous decades numbers like Atahualpa Yupanqui, Mercedes Sosa, Horacio Salgan, Dino Saluzzi, Who won the award in previous decades.
Very excited, he just thanked them for the award and mentioned Mercedes Sosa, who had won the same award years ago.
The jury for this edition was chaired by Sandra Mihanović, Alejandro Lerner as General Secretary and Dino Saluzzi as Honorary President. Charlie Garcia was unanimously elected alongside 20 members of the jury composed of professional musicians and journalists.
The ceremony began with speeches by the President of the CONEX Foundation and the Chairman of the Jury, Luis Ovcevic and Sandra Mihanović.
Then the ceremony itself began, in the presence of most of the winners, with some thanking them via video (Pimpinella, Lali, Miranda!) and others with friends who came up to receive the statuette (Vito).
In the end, before the jackpot was won, there was a video retrospective and the host Silvina Shidek He was approached to sing some songs. Charlie appeared and the entire room stood up.
As usual, there was an informal and relaxed toast, with the musicians exchanging hugs and high-fives.
In addition to Connex from Brillante, The Foundation has awarded the Konex Platinum Award, Konex Honor Award and Special Commendation For distinguished artists in various disciplines of popular music during the period 2015-2024.
In the rocks area they won David LeBon As a soloist and divider As a whole.
Diego Arnedo said: “Last night, I was remembering those crazy personalities that existed at the end of the sixties with their notebooks and their violins brewing the movement and everything that came after. It is good to share this award with all the institutions that created a foundation for us to move forward. Thank you to the Argentine rock that was once born!”
In turn, Ricardo Molo stressed that the CONEX Award “is the most transparent award ever.”
In the pop category they won Laly Esposito As a soloist and Papasonix and Miranda! As groups.
In urban areas the award went to WhosWhile in “New/Replacement” they got it Ca7real and Paco Amoruso. Neither of them was present: for Wos, he was greeted by his mother, Maia Mónaco, and for the duo it was a friend called Gonzalo and known to fans as Beto.
They won too Vito Baez (author and composer), Abel Pintos (melodic/romantic), Hernan Cattaneo (DJ/Electronic), Delio Valdez (tropical pop), Soledad Pastorotti, Nahuel Penesi and Santiagoinius Manceros (folklore), Jose “Pepe” Colangelo and Buenos Aires Tango Orchestra (tango), Ricardo Liu and Sclandrome (jazz) and Leo Sugatowicz and Lito Vitale (organizers).
Liu stressed, “It is an important night for me. It is an award for excellence that goes beyond sales and industry.”
Other successful artists were Lyrical (children’s music), Pablo Agri (soloist) and Lito Vitale / Fabian “Tweety” Gonzalez (artistic producer) who thanked “those who allowed me to enter into the intimacy of songwriting.”
Konex de Honor was created, which honors figures who died during the decade Javier Martinez and Mariano Morris (His wife Dora and granddaughter rode Mariana Fabiani). Among the special mentions were Authentic Degenerates, Pimpinella, Trombonanza Festival And his own Charlie Garciais also recognized for his contribution to popular culture.
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