The Latin Grammy Awards, the awards granted by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, will be held in November of this year in Andalusia, the first time that the gala will be outside the United States since they began to be awarded in the year 2000 This has been announced by the president of the Board, Juan Manuel Moreno, of the PP, in an appearance before the press in which he has not revealed the city that will be the headquarters, although he has hinted that Seville is the one with the most options.
"Personally, I think that Seville meets the requirements for its links with the Latin world and for being very used to organizing large events," said Moreno, accompanied by the executive director of the academy, the Mexican Manuel Abud.
The president has stressed that it will be a "historical event for Andalusia and for culture".
Precisely, the mayor of Seville, Antonio Muñoz Martínez, of the PSOE, in a tweet, has immediately shown his willingness to be the place for the awards ceremony for the best musical productions in Spanish, Portuguese and Ibero-American languages, granted by the Latin Academy, based in Miami.
The Seville City Council has spent years working in conversations with the non-profit organization that organizes the awards so that they will stop in the Andalusian capital and, as Muñoz himself has pointed out, the city of Seville "is prepared to host major events at an international level".
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The Andalusian capital has become used to being the showcase for major national and international cultural and sporting events.
It was the first city to which the Goyas went, in 2019, setting a precedent, which was repeated in its last edition, on February 11.
In October 2019, the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in the capital (Fibes), the likely venue for the Grammys, was the setting for the European Music Award, organized by the MTV network.
The Plaza de España in Seville dominated the covers of fashion magazines and marquees in London or New York with the presentation of the Christian Dior cruise collection last year.
In recent months, the consistory's contacts with the academy had intensified, to the point that its representatives visited the Palace of Exhibitions and Congresses and attended the Goya ceremony, according to municipal sources.
In addition, the collaboration during this time between the City Council and the Junta, whose participation is also necessary, has been constant and close.
Once the framework agreement with the regional administration is signed, the specific agreement for Seville will have to be concluded, the same sources indicate.
After two editions of the @PremiosGoya, the MTV Europe Music Awards, the great @Dior fashion show... 🟡 We have shown that #Seville is ready to host major international events.
And we go on!
Next goal ▶️ The Latin Grammy Awards.
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— Antonio Muñoz (@antoniomunozsev) February 22, 2023
The sponsorship agreement signed for three years contemplates, in principle, that this year's award ceremony be held in Andalusia, but not the following ones, as the CEO of the academy has indicated.
"The gala will be this year, the others are likely to return to the US," he pointed out.
The sponsorship will include, however, a series of concerts and events related to the Andalusian cultural heritage, which will be organized in collaboration with the Grammy Foundation, has indicated the president of the Board, who did not want to detail more because "everything is It is planning and it will be revealed little by little ”.
In the last edition of the Latin Grammys, last November, the winner was the Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler, with seven gramophones, followed by Bad Bunny, with five, and the Spanish Rosalía (four), who won the best album for
Motomami
.