So was the video that revealed that the Basque director was suffering from the disease
Orchestra director Juanjo Mena, with more than two decades of international trajectory, explained his diagnosis in 2025 and said he would face the disease with "peace of mind and gratitude for music."
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Dolly Parton, the famous country music star, is dead
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ETS will make Bilbao dance today on the first night of concerts at Parque Europa
The appointment is at 00:00, in the framework of Aste Nagusia and by the hand of Gaztea Gaua, in addition to other musical proposals such as the performance of the Banda Municipal de Bilbao, together with Serafín Zubiri, at 23:30, in Abandoibarra.
Leire Martinez has gathered 13,000 people in Abandoibarra on an unforgettable night
The Donostiarra singer has presented in Aste Nagusia the first work of her solo career, Stories of that girl. It has been a concert full of emotion and spaces for nostalgia to start a new era.
Zea Mays crowds in Abandoibarra in rock tones
The song "Electricity" has made the audience jump and sing, in one of the most acclaimed moments of the night. In addition, the concert has had the participation of Francis DiEz, singer of Doctor Desire, and together they have sung "Heart of Tango".
ETS concert in Bilbao has been brought forward to 25 August on the occasion of the strike by entertainment technicians
The concert of En Tol Sarmiento, originally scheduled for August 26, will take place next Tuesday, after the band and the Bilbao City Council have agreed to the change.
Natxo de Felipe takes the stage again to retrieve unpublished songs with Oskorri
Veteran musician Natxo de Felipe has dusted these songs and given them a new life in the show "Abandonados", in the Sanctuary of Arantzazu. The quote has been included in the programming of the Musical Fortnight of San Sebastián and has been carried out with the participation and support of EITB. In the performance, these songs that never found a place in the band's records have been heard again in a renewed and electric format.
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Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez and nine shows to launch the San Sebastian Musical Fortnight
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