Eugenia Leon is considered one of the best female singers in Latin America.… Read Full Bio ↴Eugenia Leon is considered one of the best female singers in Latin America. Called by the critics "The Voice of Mexico", she has delighted international audiences all over the world. Proudly Mexican, Eugenia Leon is the voice of a passionate nation deeply in love with its roots.
Born in the "City of Palaces" (Mexico City), Eugenia Leon discovers her musical calling at the College of Sciences and Humanities in Naucalpan, where she lent her voice for the compositions of her schoolmates.
During the turbulent 70's, young people started to identify with the musical movement known as La Trova, singing about Latin American life, liberty, and soul.
Those influences defined her style and her future path, and she never looked back.
When she turned 18, she decided to study at the National School of Music. Those were hard times, constantly switching jobs, and learning from life's blows and surprises.
Encouraged by her sister, Eugenia Leon formed a musical group called "Victor Jara", with a totally Latin American folk style. Afterwards, she forms the group Sanampay, with the same roots. She left Sanampay in 1982 to pursue a solo career, based on a repertoire of songs from contemporary Mexican composers, and including also boleros and music from Brazil.
She releases her first recording in 1983, "Asi te quiero", and traveled all over Mexico with a small group of musicians playing in various gigs.
Eugenia Leon's career took a definite turn in 1985, when she entered the OTI International Festival at Seville (Spain) representing Mexico, with Marcial Alejandro's song "El Fandango Aqui". As a devastating earthquake hits Mexico City on September 19th, right while she's competing at the Festival, Eugenia transformed the pain of her people into strength, and turned her voice into the utmost expression of courage and hope. She was awarded First Place in the competition.
Since then, she has recorded more than 20 albums, all diverse and unique. Among the composers that have given her songs are Fito Paez, David Haro, Joan Manuel Serrat, Marcial Alejandro, Armando Manzanero, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Francisco Gabilondo Soler and Maria Grever. She has also explored diverse styles such as mariachi, bolero and tango. In 1998, the government of the Mexican state of Veracruz granted her the Agustin Lara award, as homage for her excellent interpretation of the songs of the famous composers.
Commemorating her 30 years as singer, Eugenia Leon staged a concert at the National Auditorium in Mexico City (the largest venue in the country) on November 1st, 2003, selling it out completely. The concert was a spectacular show with Mariachi Vargas and the Orquesta Sinfonica de las Americas, enthralling the audience with samples covering Eugenia's entire career and musical repertoire.
Eugenia Leon is the best Mexican singer according to many, while others also consider Eugenia's concerts and recordings to be a guarantee of high quality. In any case, Eugenia helps to make sure that the musical spirit of Mexico will remain alive and well.
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Eugenia León got her start in the New Song Movement, Latin America's equivalent to the rise of Bob Dylan and company in North America and Europe. With a repertoire that pairs contemporary composers with the creators of the traditional music of Latin America and Mexico, Ms. León is not locked in to any one genre. Rather she seeks to nurture her music with elements of theater, cabaret, and opera. Her association with actors, poets, painters, and writers imparts a distinct and rich dimension to the production and staging of her music.
In 1985, her rich voice and assured stage presence guaranteed her the top prize at the OTI International Song Festival in Spain. Since then she has participated in other prestigious events such as the Pan Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the Kennedy Center’s AmericArtes Festival in Washington, DC, the Latin Festival in New York City, Expo Seville in Spain, and the Americas Summit in Cartagena, Colombia. Ms. León was also invited to entertain the thousands of women gathered for their global summit in Beijing, China.
Back home in Mexico, audiences know that Eugenia León's musical style transcends the trendy ups and downs of the world of commercial music, and she regularly packs the top venues of the nation meeting demands of fans expectant of quality songs passionately delivered. This performer/audience relationship, she believes, leads to ever higher levels of musical culture in a country fairly bursting with song. The end of an Eugenia León concert often finds the entire crowd on it's feet applauding, at once, the Mexican popular music culture, and the artist who has given it a new voice.
With her roots deep in Mexican culture, she has also taken on the task of reaffirming the ties with other Latin American cultures. Her recent live recording of Tangos has renewed Mexico's love affair with this genre.
Along these lines, she paid homage to Mexico's most dearly loved children's song composer, Francisco Gabilondo Soler’s Cri Cri (Mister Cricket) with a shimmering recording of many of his most frolicsome melodies. Accompanied by the Baja California Symphony Orchestra, Eugenia León has gifted a new generation of Mexican children with the imagination and identity of this joyfully playful tunesmith.
Born in the "City of Palaces" (Mexico City), Eugenia Leon discovers her musical calling at the College of Sciences and Humanities in Naucalpan, where she lent her voice for the compositions of her schoolmates.
During the turbulent 70's, young people started to identify with the musical movement known as La Trova, singing about Latin American life, liberty, and soul.
Those influences defined her style and her future path, and she never looked back.
When she turned 18, she decided to study at the National School of Music. Those were hard times, constantly switching jobs, and learning from life's blows and surprises.
Encouraged by her sister, Eugenia Leon formed a musical group called "Victor Jara", with a totally Latin American folk style. Afterwards, she forms the group Sanampay, with the same roots. She left Sanampay in 1982 to pursue a solo career, based on a repertoire of songs from contemporary Mexican composers, and including also boleros and music from Brazil.
She releases her first recording in 1983, "Asi te quiero", and traveled all over Mexico with a small group of musicians playing in various gigs.
Eugenia Leon's career took a definite turn in 1985, when she entered the OTI International Festival at Seville (Spain) representing Mexico, with Marcial Alejandro's song "El Fandango Aqui". As a devastating earthquake hits Mexico City on September 19th, right while she's competing at the Festival, Eugenia transformed the pain of her people into strength, and turned her voice into the utmost expression of courage and hope. She was awarded First Place in the competition.
Since then, she has recorded more than 20 albums, all diverse and unique. Among the composers that have given her songs are Fito Paez, David Haro, Joan Manuel Serrat, Marcial Alejandro, Armando Manzanero, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Francisco Gabilondo Soler and Maria Grever. She has also explored diverse styles such as mariachi, bolero and tango. In 1998, the government of the Mexican state of Veracruz granted her the Agustin Lara award, as homage for her excellent interpretation of the songs of the famous composers.
Commemorating her 30 years as singer, Eugenia Leon staged a concert at the National Auditorium in Mexico City (the largest venue in the country) on November 1st, 2003, selling it out completely. The concert was a spectacular show with Mariachi Vargas and the Orquesta Sinfonica de las Americas, enthralling the audience with samples covering Eugenia's entire career and musical repertoire.
Eugenia Leon is the best Mexican singer according to many, while others also consider Eugenia's concerts and recordings to be a guarantee of high quality. In any case, Eugenia helps to make sure that the musical spirit of Mexico will remain alive and well.
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Eugenia León got her start in the New Song Movement, Latin America's equivalent to the rise of Bob Dylan and company in North America and Europe. With a repertoire that pairs contemporary composers with the creators of the traditional music of Latin America and Mexico, Ms. León is not locked in to any one genre. Rather she seeks to nurture her music with elements of theater, cabaret, and opera. Her association with actors, poets, painters, and writers imparts a distinct and rich dimension to the production and staging of her music.
In 1985, her rich voice and assured stage presence guaranteed her the top prize at the OTI International Song Festival in Spain. Since then she has participated in other prestigious events such as the Pan Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the Kennedy Center’s AmericArtes Festival in Washington, DC, the Latin Festival in New York City, Expo Seville in Spain, and the Americas Summit in Cartagena, Colombia. Ms. León was also invited to entertain the thousands of women gathered for their global summit in Beijing, China.
Back home in Mexico, audiences know that Eugenia León's musical style transcends the trendy ups and downs of the world of commercial music, and she regularly packs the top venues of the nation meeting demands of fans expectant of quality songs passionately delivered. This performer/audience relationship, she believes, leads to ever higher levels of musical culture in a country fairly bursting with song. The end of an Eugenia León concert often finds the entire crowd on it's feet applauding, at once, the Mexican popular music culture, and the artist who has given it a new voice.
With her roots deep in Mexican culture, she has also taken on the task of reaffirming the ties with other Latin American cultures. Her recent live recording of Tangos has renewed Mexico's love affair with this genre.
Along these lines, she paid homage to Mexico's most dearly loved children's song composer, Francisco Gabilondo Soler’s Cri Cri (Mister Cricket) with a shimmering recording of many of his most frolicsome melodies. Accompanied by the Baja California Symphony Orchestra, Eugenia León has gifted a new generation of Mexican children with the imagination and identity of this joyfully playful tunesmith.
Que Me Lleve La Tristeza
Eugenia León Lyrics
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Que me lleve la tristeza
Antes que sentir rencor
Que el rencor no me oscurezca
El recuerdo de tu amor
Soportable es el dolor
Poco a poco, trago a trago
Pero no ver en el fango
La nobleza de una flor
Que me lleve la tristeza
Pero que la rabia no
Me daría mucha vergüenza
Ver que el odio me ganó
Que el amor se nos ahogó
En el pozo del coraje
Y que es causa de mis males
El veneno del rencor
Antes que sentir rencor
Que el rencor no me oscurezca
El recuerdo de tu amor
Poco a poco, trago a trago
Pero no ver en el fango
La nobleza de una flor
Que me lleve la tristeza
Pero que la rabia no
Me daría mucha vergüenza
Ver que el odio me ganó
Que el amor se nos ahogó
En el pozo del coraje
Y que es causa de mis males
El veneno del rencor
The lyrics of Eugenia Leon's song Que Me Lleve La Tristeza convey a powerful message about the importance of choosing sadness over anger and bitterness. The singer states that she would rather feel sadness than hold onto grudges, as the latter can tarnish the memory of love. She points out that pain is bearable, but it is important not to let it consume us and blind us to the beauty in life, like a flower blooming amidst dirt. She emphasizes that while it is okay to feel sadness and pain, holding onto rage and hatred would only bring shame and cause more harm than good. The song thus encourages listeners to choose forgiveness and healing over resentment and bitterness.
Line by Line Meaning
Que me lleve la tristeza
I would rather be taken away by sadness
Antes que sentir rencor
than to feel resentment
Que el rencor no me oscurezca
Because in being consumed by anger
El recuerdo de tu amor
I would lose sight of the memories of our love
Soportable es el dolor
Although pain is bearable
Poco a poco, trago a trago
little by little, sip by sip,
Pero no ver en el fango
I do not want to see
La nobleza de una flor
the nobility of a flower get soiled
Que me lleve la tristeza
So let sadness take me
Pero que la rabia no
But let anger not take over
Me daría mucha vergüenza
I would be ashamed
Ver que el odio me ganó
To see that hatred won me over
Que el amor se nos ahogó
That love drowned us
En el pozo del coraje
in the well of cowardice
Y que es causa de mis males
And that it is the cause of my troubles
El veneno del rencor
The poison of resentment
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Marcial Alejandro
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ENRIQUE LOPEZ
Excelente interpretación de esta excelente canción. Gracias Señora Eugenia y al Sr. Rascón por regalarnos esta joya musical. Felicidades!
Vittoria A. M. O.
Definitivamente un gran acierto el haber hecho está versión acompañada de Eugenio, se acoplan perfecto ambas voces, la voz de Eugenio tiene un timbre, una tesitura, una calidad, un sentimiento, no se exacto que sea o si todos los anteriores signifiquen lo mismo, pero ciertamente es heredado una voz única, deseo todo el éxito para ésta canción así como tambien deseo que Eugenio nos de la sorpresa de incursionar por el mundo de la música con tan especial voz enhorabuena a ambos por ésta canción felicidades 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
🥂🍾 ☺️
María Concepción Salazar Mondragón
Bravo por esta versión con Eugenio 💗
Y excelente composición de Marcial Alejandro, para desahogar los sinsabores de la vida, con un buen consejo y sentir de Marcial.
Pero a la vida buna cara que la vida siempre ofrece una solución a cada problema y un alivio para cada pena. Así que a pintarse una sonrisa en el rostro. 😃😘
Carolina García
Qué bonita canción!!! Les quedó maravillosa.... Felicidades
Luis Ramón Pérez Aguilera
Querida Eugenia:
Permitame decirle con este breve saludo, he seguido su discografía y su trabajo. Es usted un ejemplo para los músicos actuales. Esta interpretación que nos ha deleitado tiene una melancolía que raya en un romanticismo del cual pocos han llegado en la época actual. ¿Sería mucho pedir que realice este tipo de regalos para sus oyentes? Solicito que reediten sus discos o que realicen una caja especial con su trabajo y con las canciones que ha hecho en su canal, son únicas y maravillosas. ¿Habrá posibilidad de tener un homenaje de nuevo a Crí Crí o de tener a nuestra querida Amparo Ochoa? Agradezco como todos los que estamos aquí por su voz y de Eugenio por esta pieza.
Maximiliano Sanchez
Hermoso despertar con su voz Eugenia León , desde Los Angeles ,agosto 18 del 2021 a las 6:35am gracias....
amezcarl
Cuando Marcial (pedísimo) cantaba esta canción el dolor se le podía sentir en la voz, a mi pocas veces un músico me pudo llegar a conmover de este modo. Su grave voz, su bohemia tan fiestera y sus ganas por cantar dejaban a todos atónitos. Recuerdo que lo vi por primera vez en "Los íntimos", yo tenía quizás unos 15 años (ahora tengo 34) y verlo cantar junto con Rafael Mendoza y David Haro me cambió la vida. Para mi, esos tres, son los mejores trovadores de México. Me siento tan afortunado de que mi madre me haya llevado a verlos. Ahora escucho sus canciones seguido y me recuerdan a mi madre, quien también se fue por fechas muy cercanas a cuando se fue Marcial. Esta canción es un himno al divorcio y a los sentimientos que genera una terrible separación. Que composición y que tremenda forma de cantar la de Eugenia, siempre tan amiga de ellos.
Adalberto Durán-Vázquez
Ayyy ayyy, excelente interpretación; qué bonita letra nos dejó el pinche Marcial, se le extraña mucho
Enrique Saavedra
¡Qué hermosura de dúo y de arreglo! Qué significativo que sea una canción de Marcial.
Lau Marmol
Tanto tiempo sin escuchar esta estupenda canción del maravilloso Marcial Alejandro. Excelente Eugenia León 👏🏻👏🏻