Colombian singer Juan Fernando Fonseca said Tuesday that his concert this week at the National Auditorium in Mexico City will be a show starring tropical music and atmosphere, in the closing of his latest tour in which he has tried to capture the sound of this region of the planet.
At a press conference in the Mexican capital, the singer-songwriter said that what viewers will see in ‘Tropicalia’ is his “interpretation” of the tropical world through the genres that have influenced him and accompanied him throughout his life, among which he mentioned bolero and salsa.
“What I wanted from the beginning was to show my interpretation of what tropical music is for me. And I started by almost doubling the band. Initially we didn’t have winds or backing vocalists, but I wanted a look more like a classical orchestra,” explained the artist, known as Fonseca.
His concert will be this Wednesday at the Auditorio Nacional, one of the most emblematic venues in Mexico City, and in which he has managed to sell all available tickets, he said.
The idea of his show begins with a “tropical dawn”, a concept that he has been able to take to many countries in these years of touring, something that makes him feel “very excited” thanks to the “most important” album of his career.
“After two years we are going to close our ‘Tropicalia’ tour here in Mexico. So tomorrow is really very important for me,” he said before remembering the affection of the North American country and for “opening the doors”.
Looking back over his entire career, Fonseca emphasized that he has been “building my sound more and more”, in a process in which he has been able to “experiment and take risks” in musical creation.
“As a composer, over the years I have been sharpening and covering more and more that intuition that tells me where to go. And that’s what I mean, that I believe that as a composer one has to be selfish in the good sense of the word, in that a newly written song when I sing it has to really move me to decide to share”, added the singer, born 45 years ago in Bogota.
About his personality on stage with this album, he stated that it is a “criminal mix” that would include mezcal, aguardiente, lemon, “a little bit” of honey and mint.
“When this music is made with honesty, with heart and following intuition, it touches hearts and lasts forever in those who have connected with the songs,” he said, reported Agencia EFE.
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