La Mona Jiménez, before her performance on Sunday at the Obelisk: “My heart is happy”

Mona Jimenez celebrates 55 years of experience. The famous singer from Córdoba, the most iconic figure of the quartet, will be honored by the City of Buenos Aires with a free show in front of the Obelisk this Sunday, May 29.

The recital will begin at 5:00 pm with an opening band selected from an online contest with groups from around the country. At 7:00 pm, at the emblematic monument of the people of Buenos Aires, a two-sided mapping will be displayed with photos of Juan Carlos Jiménez Rufino, who turned 71 years old in January.

Then, the leader of the quartet will go on stage and give a show that, according to the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture, will last approximately 90 minutes.

The quartetist is expected to review his long list of achievements, of which his classics will not be lacking. kiss to kiss, bouquet of violets, The Federal and the stainless Who drank all the wine.

A happy and grateful Mona

A few days before the show, “La Mona” spoke about this tribute recital that will surely be massive and that will be the first of several tribute shows in other locations in the interior of the country.

“I have more than 1200 recorded songs and 200 hits. Of those we have chosen, 22, which I will sing to celebrate my 55 years of career in this party that is worthy of the whole country ”, he advanced.

Regarding the wardrobe, her daughter Natalia will be in charge of dressing Mona as she has done in the last ten years of her career: “She already knows the size and everything I want. She always brings me different proposals that are colorful, light and very fun. it would be sensational”, He hopes.

“I am happy, my heart is happy, jumping for joy. Many years ago I sang at the Obelisk when Julio Bocca said goodbye, I sang Ballad for a madman, but this time I’ll be with my quartet group, we’re 13, and we’re going to make a quartet. On Sunday, people will give me so much joy that I might cry, ”Jiménez reflected.

And he added: “I want to thank the City of Buenos Aires for this tribute to the life they give me at the Obelisk, and also the people, with all my heart. The thought of enjoying being in an emblematic place with all the people is very exciting. Also, someone will always see me for the first time to expand the audience because I am an old man ”.

More tributes across the country

Mona’s son and producer, “Carli” Jiménez, clarified a few days ago that this show will not be the third edition of the Bum Bum Festival, the popular and urban music event that had its second installment in Córdoba in April , but it will be the beginning of a nationwide tribute tour.

“This is not the Bum Bum. They will honor my old man all over the country. In many cities they will give him the keys. We have Buenos Aires and then we will move on to the capitals of other provinces,” said Si Carli, as she is known. brush.

It should be remembered that Jiménez celebrated his 71st birthday in January, during the first edition of Bum Bum, in which he was the protagonist. That was on January 15 and 16.

In those days, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta he visited Córdoba and met Mona. After the meeting there was a photo and now subsequently they ended up closing this tribute show at CABA there.

Live broadcast

The show “La Mona” at the Obelisk It will be broadcast live and for the whole country through the Vivamos Cultura platform.. It will also be available live on the City Channel starting at 6:30 pm

The mapping, which will be on display at the Obelisk on the Sunday before the recital, will air from Saturday 28, one day before the show, from 7 to 10 p.m.

As for the support band, as already mentioned, it was selected through a federal online call that is open from May 16 to 23 and will be announced on social networks this Thursday, May 26.

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