Mexico’s Platino Awards Reveal Roster of Performers

The vision for the ninth annual Platino Awards is coming into focus with the announcement of the night’s musical performers.

Ana Guerra, Ana Mena, Ángela Aguilar, David Bisbal, Diana Hoyos, Gerónimo Rauch, Májida Issa, Mariaca Semprún and Monsieur Periné are set to take the stage at the Gran Tlacho theater at Xcaret Park in Riviera Maya on April 20.

Per intel from event organizers, the ceremony will feature original compositions for the occasion like one performed by Hoyos and Rauch to a score by composer Lucas Vidal. The roster of talent is meant to spotlight the richness of Ibero-American stars and music. Guerra, Mena and Bisbal hail from Spain, Aguilar from Mexico, Hoyos, Issa and Monsieur Periné from Colombia, Rauch from Argentina, and Mariaca Semprún from Venezuela. Traditional Mexican music will have a prominent place in the ceremony thanks to Guerra, Issa and Semprún. Mena is on deck to pay tribute to Rocío Dúrcal, who would have turned 80 in 2024.

Some of the performers are also known for their onscreen work. In addition to a singing career, Hoyos is known for Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord, Sniper: Ultimate Kill and Never Back Down: Revolt. Musician Rauch is a versatile performer who played Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, which he continues to perform at the Teatro Albéniz in Madrid, among dozens of others.

Guerra released the four-song EP Érase una vez in 2023, ahead of a new album expected later this year. She’s presented the Si Me Quisieras tour and has collaborated with Tiziano Ferro, Tini, Greeicy, Mike Bahía and Lasso. Issa has charted a solo singing career since the 2017 release of Nocturna, an album that earned her a Latin Grammy nomination for best ranchera-mariachi album. She’s currently making rounds to promote her new film El Bolero De Rubén, the first Colombian musical movie sung live.

Semprún’s theater credits include Piaf, Voz y Delirio, La Lupe, la Reina del Desamor and The Sound of Music. In 2020, she won a Latin Grammy for Soy Puro Teatro (Homenaje a La Lupe). She starred in the movie La Noche de las dos Lunas, a gig that also landed her a Goya Award nomination for best original song. Mena, an urban pop star, won best artist in the Spain category at the LOS40 Music Awards 2023. She rose to fame thanks to the albums Index and Bellodrama, and singles like the viral “Madrid City.” She’s collaborated with artists like CNCO, Becky G, De La Ghetto, Maldita Nerea, Natalia Lacunza, Belinda, Abraham Mateo and Malú.

Bisbal, a big star, has won more than 80 national and international awards including Latin Grammys, Latin Billboard Awards and Ondas Awards. He’s traveled the world and performed at the Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena in London, Carnegie Hall, the Barclays Center in New York and the Olympia in Paris. He’s collaborated with Alejandro Sanz, Miley Cyrus, Rocío Jurado, Rihanna, Sebastián Yatra, Juan Luis Guerra, Luis Fonsi and more. He’s currently in the midst of his Volaré tour.

Monsieur Periné, a musical duo made up of Catalina García and Santiago Prieto, combines jazz, swing and pop with Latin American sounds like salsa, cumbia and bolero across four studio albums between 2012 and 2023. The pair won a Latin Grammy for best new artist in 2015.

Aguilar has released five albums featuring pop with mariachi and regional Mexican music. She’s been up for a Grammy and four Latin Grammy Awards, becoming one of the youngest artists nominated for both awards. Her latest collaboration is with Becky G on her song “Por lo contrario,” which also features her brother Leonardo Aguilar.

More information about the Platino Awards can be found here.