The appointment of Felipe VI and Letizia with Víctor Manuel, Santiago Auserón and the posthumous medal to María Jiménez

Two days after concluding the Easter holidays, the Kings travel to Cádiz. Philip VI y Joy They will move next Wednesday, April 3, and there they will preside over the delivery of the Gold Medals for Merit in Fine Arts 2022. The event will take place at the Cádiz Congress Palace. The most anticipated moment, the posthumous medal for the actress, singer and dancer Maria Jimenez.

The great artist from Triana María Jiménez, who died on September 7, 2023, will be one of the winners and will also be one of the protagonists of the exciting event. The Sevillian, who posthumously championed the feminist wave It’s overas she sang, was one of the women who denounced the mistreatment she suffered at the hands of her then husband, Pepe Sancho.

María died at the age of 73 in her neighborhood of Seville and it was her son, Alejandro Sancho, son of the actor, who reported her death. In all likelihood, Alejandro will be in charge of receiving the Gold Medal of Arts on behalf of his mother.

The singer Víctor Manuel, the musician, singer and composer Santiago Auserón/Juan Perro and the former leader of Radio Futura, the flamenco artist Lole, Luis Pastor, will also be honored with this award granted by the Ministry of Culture and presented by the Kings. singer-songwriter and music promoter Gay Mercader. In the theater category, the winner is the actor and director Mario Gas.