Quevedo will receive the Gold Medal of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.- Singer Pedro Luis Domínguez Quevedo, better known as Quevedo, will receive the Gold Medal of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on June 23, among other personalities and entities, on the occasion of the 548th anniversary of the city's founding. Although he was born in Madrid 24 years ago, Quevedo grew up from childhood in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, from where he became known in 2020 and 2021 to the rest of Spain as the most outstanding member of the burgeoning urban music scene in the islands, with viral hits on the internet, such as 'Ahora y siempre' and 'Cayó la noche remix'. Quevedo not only claims his Canarian identity wherever he can - his latest album, 'El Baifo', is the greatest example of this - but also closes many of his songs with a peculiar 'rapper signature' linked to his city: 'LPGC, you know' ('You know, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria'). The plenary session of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council agreed this Friday in an extraordinary session on the 16 personalities and institutions to be distinguished with the Gold Medal and the titles of Favorite Sons and Adopted Sons in 2026 for their connection with the city.

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Thus, at the institutional ceremony for the presentation of Honors and Distinctions to be held on June 23rd at the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, the Gold Medal of the Gran Canaria capital will be awarded to Quevedo, the San José Hospital of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the Bientratar Association, the Cantata Choir of the Real Club Victoria, the Federation of Folklore Groups of Gran Canaria (FAFGC), Clipper soft drinks, Astilleros Canarios (Astican) and the Artemi Cultural and Folklore Association. In addition, on the eve of San Juan, composer and director of Barrios Orquestados, José Brito López; footballer Jonathan Viera Ramos; dancer and choreographer Dácil González Ruiz and, posthumously, the multidisciplinary artist Roberta Marrero Gutiérrez, will become Favorite Sons of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will also add four Adopted Sons, recognitions that will be for the physicist, engineer and scientific disseminator Javier Santaolalla Camino; the head of the Pneumology Service of the Doctor Negrín University Hospital and professor at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, José Antonio Caminero Luna; the vice president of UNICEF in the Canary Islands, Nereida Castro Martín; and the professor of Physical Education at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Cecilia Dorado García. EFE