Ana Bejerano, singer of Mocedades, dies at 60

Ana Bejerano, soloist of the group Mocedades, died this Sunday at the age of 60 at the Urdúliz Hospital (Vizcaya), after not having been able to overcome a serious problem in the digestive system for which she was admitted on Saturday, December 11.

As reported by the singer’s environment in a statement, Bejerano has died at 7:00 a.m. and the funeral is scheduled for Monday, January 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church of Santa Ana, in his hometown of Las Arenas de Getxo.

Mocedades loses a “key figure” in its half century of history. Ana Bejerano He joined as a soloist in 1984, when he was just 24 years old., replacing the “legendary” Amaya Uranga, after she announced her voluntary retirement in October 1983.

“Ana’s voice assured our continuity after Amaya’s departure, it was a must for Youth“, recalled its leader Javier Garay, the last of the so-called ‘historical six’ in the formation.

Garay has praised that “Ana Bejerano has been one of the most elegant Basque voices since the 80s“and has highlighted its” versatility and good taste. ” His voice in the soprano tessitura covered many registers, “he concluded.

Since Bejerano joined the group recorded three discs during his first stage: ‘Colores’ (1986), with the singer Donovan; ‘We will survive’ (1987) and ‘Intimately’ (1992). In 1993 he left it to undertake other projects and, among them, he founded the ‘Txarango’ quintet together with two ‘historic’ from Mocedades, Roberto Uranga and José Ipiña.

Later, In 2018, he rejoined the musical group at the request of Javier Garay. In 2021, they resumed their ’50th Anniversary Tour’ and they premiered their new song ‘Que no se acabe el mundo’ at the Nuevo Teatro Alcalá in Madrid during a tribute concert, accompanied by the singers Tamara, Lucrecia, Diana Navarro and Sole Giménez.

During the following months, Mocedades and Ana Bejerano have lived a “second youth”, in which they have sold out almost all the locations in the Riojafórum de Logroño, the Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Mérida, the Gran Teatro de Cáceres, the Auditorium La Pérgola de Manzanares, the Bimilenaria Cultural festivals of Calahorra and TerraCeo de Vigo, as well as La Vilavella and Vila-real in Castellón.

Also, on October 29 they collected the Special Radiolé Award 2021 to a whole trajectory at the Fibes Auditorium in Seville, where they sang ‘Eres tú’ and ‘Que no se acabe el mundo’, the last songs of Ana Bejerano on stage.

His manager, José Antonio Alonso, from ‘Talismán Management’, has anticipated that “the first Mocedades concert in 2022 it will be a tribute to Ana Bejerano“, while acknowledging that the group” will take time to recover “from the loss of their soloist.