Rigoberta Bandini surprises the Goya Awards with her cover of Tomeu Penya
The performance of 'De tot cor' at the Spanish film awards ceremony made the Mallorcan singer-songwriter the unexpected star of one of the most high-profile nights of the year.
MadridThe Balearic public experienced one of the most talked-about moments of the recent Goya Awards when Rigoberta Bandini performed With all my heart, one of the most emblematic songs of the Mallorcan Tomeu Penya, during the gala that took place in Barcelona.
What seemed like just another musical number quickly turned into a major surprise for the Balearic audience. Bandini chose to sing in Catalan and selected a piece deeply rooted in the collective memory of the Balearic Islands, bringing the voice and work of the singer-songwriter from Vilafranca to a stage with national reach.
The song sounded like a declaration of love for cinema, but also like an implicit tribute to a key figure in Mallorcan popular music, with decades of experience and a direct connection to several generations. The choice was neither obvious nor predictable, and precisely for that reason, it had a special impact on the Balearic audience, who experienced the moment with pride and amazement.
Bandini had already hinted that Catalan would be present at the gala, but few imagined that a composition by Tomeu Penya would end up being one of the central moments of the evening. Within minutes, the performance began circulating on social media, with numerous reactions from Balearic Islanders celebrating that a song "from home" was being played on such a prominent platform.
Without the need for grand speeches or explicit tributes, With all my heart He managed to place Tomeu Penya, even if only for a few moments, at the center of the national cultural scene, demonstrating that songs made in the Islands can also cross borders.