Who is Euge Quevedo, the cuarteto singer from Córdoba who sang the national anthem at the Monumental

Singer Eugenia Quevedo is the main figure of the week in Córdoba after having sung  the National Anthem before the Argentina vs. Venezuela match for the Qualifiersfor the World Cup, Lionel Messi's last with the national team.

She was born in San Luis 33 years ago, but she  considers herself "Cordobesa by adoption". 

She is called “la Muela” and is a member of La Banda de Carlitos (LBC).

In addition to singing cuarteto, she has performed folklore duets with La Sole and has also sung rock with other artists.

She has also collaborated with Ángela Leiva.

"As long as it's singing, I don't turn down any musical genre. Although my roots are in folklore and melodic music, cumbia also excites me because it has unbelievable adrenaline," she once said. 

She was selected to perform the National Anthem a cappella at the Monumental stadium and moved many people, in addition to receiving an ovation and applause from the audience present. 

"Our anthem is a work of art," she said after admitting that she was very nervous beforehand.

Who is Euge Quevedo

She has been singing since she was a child, when she accompanied her father, also a folklore and cuarteto singer.

"Music has been part of my life for as long as I can remember," she once said.

Before moving to Buenos Aires to pursue her dream of becoming a singer with national impact, while still a teenager  Quevedo took her first steps in various television programs that gave new artists the opportunity to showcase their talent.

On Talento Argentino in 2008, the then 16-year-old debuted singing melodic music. In that first opportunity, she reached the program's final, and in the second, in 2010, she was again among the last 12 participants.

That same year, she also appeared in the "30 segundos de fama" segment of ShowMatch, sang folklore, and was the winner.

Euge Quevedo with Tinelli

"Since I was very little, my dream was to sing for people. Although the festivals I participated in had large audiences, singing on Marcelo Tinelli's show was the best," she said in 2013.

"When I found out that there was a casting in La Falda for '30 segundos de fama, especial folklore,' I asked my dad to take me. Luckily, he listened to me and I ended up winning the contest. That marked a turning point in my career because, thanks to Tinelli, I haven't stopped working," she commented at that time.

Euge Quevedo on La Voz Argentina

In 2012, Quevedo had another television opportunity on La Voz Argentina, but she was eliminated in the battle round. "I wanted to die because I had a lot of faith in myself," she said months later, when she was already recording her first cumbia album.

At the end of 2012, at 20 years old,  Quevedo decided to leave Córdoba capital, where she lived and studied Social Communication, and moved to Buenos Aires to record her first album, Mi sueño, which would be released in 2014 through the historic cumbia label Leader Music.

"The idea was to sing cumbia santafesina. I traveled to a lot of places, at the time we released it the producer was very good, there was a lot of work," she recalled.

In 2015, after failing to reach an agreement to renew her contract with the record label, she set out to work on her own and recorded her first independent album.

Euge Quevedo and the Gardel Awards

In 2017, one of her albums was nominated in two categories at the Gardel Awards (Quevedo had already been nominated in 2015 for her first album) and she won the statuette for best new tropical artist album.

Still in Buenos Aires, Quevedo continued touring the Buenos Aires cumbia circuit and became a rising figure in the genre.

In 2018, the singer received an invitation from Rubén "Keso" Pavón, from La Banda de Carlitos (LBC), to record the song Supiste hacerme mal with the group.

"We were also testing the situation,  it's not like I just joined La Banda de Carlitos and that was it. It happened gradually. They invited me to an anniversary, or some important event," she commented.

About to become a mother, she had to put music aside and work in another field to guarantee an income: "I was pregnant, I was going to have the baby girl, I had nothing, we hadn't even bought a car. We dedicated ourselves to something else."

After the pandemic, Euge Quevedo resumed her connection with Córdoba and began performing as a soloist.

Until she received another call from Pavón, who invited her to join LBC.

"Between staying at home working or trying again one more time, I said, well, 'let's see'. After all, I have the possibility to go back home and keep working," she thought at that moment.

Since then, she hasn't stopped.