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Konex Award

Konex Awards Premios Konex Awarded for Excellence in various cultural disciplines Country Argentina Presented by Konex Foundation First awarded November 6, 1980 Website Official website Konex Foundation Awards , or simply Konex Awards , are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation honouring Argentine cultural personalities. Contents 1 History and purpose 2 Selection and awards 3 List of winners 4 External links History and purpose Konex Awards are granted by the Konex Foundation, created in 1980 in Argentina. The purpose of the Foundation is to promote, stimulate, support and participate in any possible manner in cultural, educational, intellectual, artistic, social, philanthropic, scientific or sports initiatives, works and enterprises, in their most relevant aspects. To achieve its goals, the Foundation instituted the Konex Awards to be granted to personalities and institutions standing out for his, her or its achievements in ...

Montreux Jazz Festival

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Montreux Jazz Festival 1983 poster Genre Jazz, rock, pop Dates First fortnight of July Location(s) Montreux Convention Centre Grand-Rue 95 1820 Montreux Switzerland Years active 1967–present Website www.montreuxjazzfestival.com The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux ) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second largest annual jazz festival in the world after Canada's Montreal International Jazz Festival. [1] Contents 1 History 2 Venue 2.1 Venue history 3 Expansion 4 Competitions 5 Performances 6 Discography 7 References 8 External links History The Montreux Jazz Festival was founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, Géo Voumard and René Langel [2] with considerable help from Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegün of Atlantic Records. The festival was first held at Montreux C...

Juan Carlos Baglietto

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Lucho González

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For other people named Luis González, see Luis González (disambiguation). Lucho González González playing with Marseille in 2010 Personal information Full name Luis Óscar González Date of birth ( 1981-01-19 ) 19 January 1981 (age 38) Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current team Atlético Paranaense Number 3 Youth career 1995–1998 Huracán Senior career* Years Team Apps ( Gls ) 1998–2002 Huracán 110 (11) 2002–2005 River Plate 82 (18) 2005–2009 Porto 111 (32) 2009–2012 Marseille 87 (15) 2012–2014 Porto 57 (8) 2014–2015 Al Rayyan 26 (8) 2015–2016 River Plate 17 (1) 2016– Atlético Paranaense 61 (2) National team 2003–2011 Argentina 45 (6) Honours Men's Football Representing   Argentina Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team Competi...