BIOGRAPHY
Jimena González is an Argentine tango singer, actress, and creator. Her artistic career brings together two worlds that define her identity: the interpretive depth of musical theatre and the emotional intensity of tango.
Born in Buenos Aires and currently based in Europe, she has spent more than twenty years on stage, developing a distinctive artistic voice in which vocal excellence, expressive interpretation, and stage presence come together naturally.
Following a distinguished career in major Argentine musical theatre productions, she chose to dedicate her artistic path to tango, creating original shows and building an active international career as a solo artist and guest vocalist with various ensembles and orchestras.
Today, she writes, directs, and produces her own projects, performing at theatres, concert venues, and tango festivals across Europe and South America. Whether accompanied by a full orchestra, a chamber ensemble, or in an intimate setting, each performance is distinguished by elegance, interpretive sensitivity, and a profound connection with the audience.
More than simply performing songs, Jimena tells stories. Each concert invites audiences to discover tango through a contemporary, authentic, and deeply Argentine perspective.
Description
TANGO REEL
The following are her most recent tango performances and projects:
Work / Experience
"DUAL" SOLO ALBUM
Jimena released her first solo tango album, “Dual,” accompanied by nine outstanding and widely recognized musicians in the genre: Joaquín Benítez Kitegroski (bandoneon), Silvina Álvarez (viola), Sergio Menem (cello), Omar Acosta (flute), Pablo Hopenhayn (violin), Raúl Chiocchio (guitar), Lila Horovitz (double bass), Fernando Herrera (piano), and Néstor Díaz (guitar).
The album was presented live at Madrid’s legendary Café Berlín concert venue, featuring all the musicians who performed on the recording, along with special guest artists.
ARGENTA TÍPICA ORCHESTRA
Jimena is the lead vocalist of the tango orchestra “La Argenta Típica,” an Argentine ensemble made up of musicians based in Europe. Under the musical direction and arrangements of Fernando Herrera, the orchestra has a regular residency at Café Berlín in Madrid and also performs in cities across Europe. The orchestra released its debut album, “La Argenta,” featuring Jimena on vocals.
VALE 4 TANGO
Jimena is the vocalist of “Vale 4,” a quartet (or trio) she leads alongside pianist Fernando Herrera. The group performs and tours across Europe, appearing at various tango festivals.
Vale 4 Tango also serves as the production company behind the orchestra La Argenta Típica and various tango events produced by Jimena and Fernando.
TANGO ORCHESTRAS ON TOUR
Jimena also performs occasionally with other tango ensembles and orchestras, including Hyperion Ensemble, Tango en Vivo, and Solo Tango, among others, touring tango festivals around the world. Some of the festivals she has participated in include Tarbes en Tango, Mucho Más Tango Festival in St. Petersburg, Mallorca Tango Festival, Zaragoza Tango Festival, Tango to Rome, Torino Tango Festival, Oster Tango Festival, and El Calor Tango Festival in Baku, among others.
"LOCA" TANGO SHOW
Her most recent theatrical production is “LOCA,” a live-music performance that blends tango, theatre, and poetry. The official premiere took place at the 2025 Granada International Tango Festival, at Teatro Isabel La Católica. Further performances were presented at the Málaga International Tango Festival and in various theatres across Madrid.
TANGO IN BUENOS AIRES
In Buenos Aires, she performs as a solo tango singer at various music venues and concert halls. Her most recent performance was “A Cantarle a Gardel,” a tribute to Carlos Gardel at El Palacio Libertad, accompanied by bandoneon player Joaquín Benítez Kitegroski and pianist Adrián Enríquez.
In addition to her concerts, she has also worked as a singer at the legendary tango venue Señor Tango, located in the La Boca neighborhood.
NO ME VENGAN CON MILONGAS
In 2022, in Madrid, she formed the tango duo “No Me Vengan Con Milongas” with Fernando Herrera, touring France and Spain together.
CARDINAL
In 2021, she formed the duo “Cardinal” with pianist Juan Esteban Cuacci. The duo was known for blending tango with theatrical poetry, performing at various venues across Madrid, including Café Berlín.
Argentina Tango Trade
Jimena is part of this official cultural promotion program, “Argentina Tango Trade,” an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic aimed at promoting tango internationally.
The program brings together and showcases Argentine artists abroad, facilitating tours, performances, and the international distribution of artistic productions that combine music, interpretation, and the performing arts.
The following are previous works and projects:
Work / Experience
OTHER MUSICAL GENRES
In December 2018, Jimena had the opportunity to share the stage as a vocalist with renowned Argentine singer Valeria Lynch, performing in both concerts the artist gave at Teatro Gran Rex, one of Buenos Aires’s most prestigious venues.
She also spent a season as a backing vocalist for the acclaimed Argentine duo Pimpinela, formed by Lucía and Joaquín Galán, touring extensively throughout Argentina.
In 2016, she took part in “Entre Copas y Canciones,” a tribute to Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina, presented at Teatro Maipo Kabaret in Buenos Aires, alongside Pablo Citarella on piano and Rodrigo Segura as male vocalist.
Her most notable jazz performance took place in 2014 at Teatro Molière, in Buenos Aires’s San Telmo neighborhood, where she presented a live jazz concert accompanied by a band. The show, entitled Lovely Jazz Songs, was part of the Lado B music series, a project designed to showcase artists in a different light from their usual work.
In Argentina, she spent many years performing at private parties and events with the vocal group Seven, produced by Dixie Groups. She also took part in private productions, singing at events and performing excerpts from the musical Evita in the role of Eva Perón.
In Madrid, Jimena also performs as a singer at various dinner-show venues and live music spaces, including Monteverdi Art Club, Falling Leaves Restaurant, and Salvador Bachiller.
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS
These are the musical theatre productions she has been part of, working under the direction of renowned directors in major productions staged at theatres along Buenos Aires’s famous Corrientes Avenue in Argentina, as well as in theatres across Spain:
2020/2021 Kinky Boots — Anfiteatro Delicias, Madrid
Direction: Ricky Pashkus
Role: Swing and Nicola understudy
2019/2020 West Side Story — Tour of Spain
Direction: Federico Barrios
Role: Graziella and Anita understudy
2018 Sunset Boulevard — Teatro Maipo, Buenos Aires
Direction: Claudio Tolcachir / Starring Valeria Lynch
Role: Mery and Betty Schaefer understudy
2018 Aladdin — Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires
Direction: Ariel Del Mastro / Starring Fernando Dente and Julieta Nair Calvo
Role: Enchantress
2017 Disney Magic Moments — Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires
Direction: Peter McFarlane
Role: Rapunzel / Anna / Female vocalist
2017 Lord — Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires
Direction: Valeria Ambrosio / Starring Pepe Cibrián Campoy and Georgina Barbarossa
Role: Vera
2016 Franciscus — Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires
Direction: Norma Aleandro / Starring Leticia Brédice, Ana María Picchio, and Federico Salles Gribodo
Role: Elena and Clara of Assisi understudy
2015 Shrek the Musical — Teatro Maipo, Buenos Aires
Direction: Carla Calabrese
Role: Witch and Fiona understudy
2014 La Celia — Teatro Maipo Kabaret, Buenos Aires
Direction: Emilio Sagi
Role: Lola
2014 Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — Teatro Lola Membrives, Buenos Aires
Direction: Valeria Ambrosio / Starring Pepe Cibrián Campoy, Juan Gil Navarro, and Alejandro Paker
Role: Ensemble and Diva understudy
2013 Más de 100 mentiras — Teatro Liceo, Buenos Aires
Direction: David Serrano
Role: Ensemble and Magdalena understudy
2012 Nada es para siempre — Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires
Direction: Ariel Del Mastro
Role: Female solo vocalist
2011 Por amor a Sandro — Teatro Broadway, Buenos Aires
Direction: Ariel Del Mastro / Starring Fernando Samartin
Role: Adela and Hayde understudy
2010 Beauty and the Beast — Original Broadway production, Teatro Ópera, Buenos Aires
Role: Silly Girl
2009 Spider-Man: Action and Adventure — Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires, and tour at Teatro Caupolicán, Santiago, Chile
Direction: Leandro Panetta / Starring Gastón Ricau and Brenda Gandini
Role: Betty Grant and Aunt May understudy
2007/2008 Pingo Argentino — Teatro Maipo, Buenos Aires
Direction: Ricky Pashkus / Starring Enrique Pinti
Role: Ensemble
2005/2006 The Producers — Teatro Lola Membrives, Buenos Aires
Direction: Chet Walker and Ricky Pashkus / Starring Enrique Pinti and Guillermo Francella
Role: Ensemble
TEATRE OFF
Alongside her work in commercial theatre, Jimena regularly took part in independent theatre productions in Buenos Aires, performing leading and supporting roles that allowed her to explore new artistic avenues and further develop her craft.
2019 Piano Blanco — Teatro El Método Kairós, Buenos Aires
Direction: Marcelo Caballero
Role: Marilyn Monroe
2018 El Guardarropas — Microteatro Buenos Aires
Direction: Sofía González Gil
Role: Marcela
2017 La Metamorfosis — Teatro Border, Buenos Aires
Direction: Mariano Taccagni
Role: Gretel
2017 La Garbo Argentina — Centro Cultural Borges Theatre
Direction: Claudia Gutiérrez
Role: Zully Moreno
2017 Sádica — Teatro El Cubo, Buenos Aires
Direction: Nicolás Pérez Costa
Role: Nadine
2016 Zoomos Libres — Teatro Border, Buenos Aires
Direction: Mariano Taccagni
Role: Isadora
2016 No Entendés Qué es Amor — Teatro El Cubo, Buenos Aires
Direction: Ana Valli
Role: Dolores
2016 Edipo & Yocasta — Teatro Apolo
Direction: Mariano Taccagni
Role: Argía
2015 Sueño de Acuarela — Teatro La Verbena
Direction: Leo Tito
Role: Carolina
2015 La Amante — Teatro Chacarerean, Buenos Aires
Direction: Federico Fedele
Role: The Wife
2010 La Parka — Teatro El Cubo, Buenos Aires
Direction: Diego Corán Oria
2007 / 2008 / 2016 La Carnicería — Teatro El Cubo, Buenos Aires
Direction: Pedro Velázquez
Role: Gloria
2005 Blancanieves y los 8 enanitos — Teatro Larreta, Buenos Aires
Direction: Héctor Presa
Role: Snow White
2004 Romeo & Julieta, o qué tenemos que ver con el amor — Teatro La Galera, Buenos Aires
Direction: Héctor Presa
Role: Juliet
FILM AND TELEVISION
2022 Me he hecho viral — TV series
2019 La Calma del Agua — Short film selected for the BAFICI Festival in Buenos Aires, the Bogotá Short Film Festival (2018), and the Peace & Love Film Festival in Örebro, Sweden (2015)
2019 Bia — Disney Channel
2014 Violetta — Disney Channel
2014 Guapas — Canal 13, Argentina
2013 Bien de Familia — Feature film selected for the 30th Mar del Plata International Film Festival and the Guayaquil International Film Festival (2015).
2011 Supertorpe — Telefe, Argentina
2010 Susana Giménez — Telefe, Argentina
AS A PRODUCER
From the second stage of her career onward, Jimena began producing and starring in her own tango shows, concerts, and music-and-theatre productions.
Work / Experience
OWN TANGO PROJECTS
“LOCA” is her most recent show, a one-woman tango performance featuring live music that blends tango, theatre, and poetry written by Jimena herself. Jimena is the producer and director of the project, with musical arrangements by Fernando Herrera.
The show premiered at the Granada International Tango Festival at Teatro Isabel La Católica. Further performances took place at the Málaga International Tango Festival, at Teatro Echegaray, and at various cultural centers run by the Madrid City Council.
“No Me Vengan Con Milongas” and “Vale 4 Tango” are two tango projects Jimena shares with pianist, musical director, and composer Fernando Herrera. These ensembles perform at milongas and tango festivals throughout Spain and Europe.
“Cardinal” is a tango duo with pianist, arranger, and composer Juan Esteban Cuacci. The project was known for blending music with theatrical poetry. Featuring musical arrangements by Juan Esteban Cuacci, Jimena’s performances went beyond singing tango, incorporating staged readings of poems by renowned authors alongside texts of her own.
OWN THEATRE PROJECTS
“Piano Blanco” is the most significant and challenging musical theatre project Jimena has undertaken. This one-woman musical features Jimena as Marilyn Monroe, set six months before the actress’s death. Entirely produced by Jimena, the show features a book and direction by Marcelo Caballero and music by Juan Pablo Schapira.
The production premiered at Teatro El Método Kairós in Buenos Aires in 2019. After running for several months, it embarked on a tour, with engagements in various cities and appearances at theatre festivals, including:
Festival Singular, Narón, Galicia, Spain, 2023.
Teatro Sensación, Ciudad Real, Spain, 2023.
Teatro La Sala, Madrid, 2022.
FITA International Theatre Festival, Portugal, 2022.
Microteatro Madrid, 2020 (short version).
Teatro Alianza, Montevideo, 2019.
“Sueño de Acuarela” is a two-character autobiographical play in which Jimena tells her grandmother’s story, set in the 1940s, incorporating several musical numbers featuring tango songs. Jimena produced and starred in the show during a 2015 run at Teatro La Verbena. The production was directed and co-written by Leo Tito.
Her first production was a jazz show entitled Lovely Jazz Songs, presented at Teatro Molière in Buenos Aires. She performed alongside a jazz quartet featuring Hernán Matorra as pianist and musical director, Alejandro Ibarra in choreography, and guest artists Federico Salles Gribodo and Adrián Escaramella. The show was part of the Lado B music series, a project designed to showcase artists in a different light from their usual work. In this production, Jimena transformed herself into Jessica Rabbit and performed a concert featuring a variety of musical numbers.
Jimena received seven nominations for the Premios Hugo, Argentina’s Musical Theatre Awards, winning the award on two occasions:
AWARDS
HUGO AWARDS
Best Actress in a Children’s and/or Young Adult Musical, 2016, for Zoomos Libres
Best Female Ensemble Performer, 2014, for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
HUGO AWARD NOMINATIONS
Best Female Ensemble Performer, 2018, for Sunset Boulevard
Best Actress in an Off-Broadway Musical, 2017, for La Metamorfosis
Best Actress in an Off-Broadway Musical, 2016, for Edipo y Yocasta
Best Actress in an Off-Broadway Musical, 2015, for La Amante
Best Female Ensemble Performer, 2013, for Más de 100 Mentiras
LATINO AWARDS
Winner with La Argenta Típica, Tango Orchestra, for Best Tango Album 2026.
Jimena began her artistic training at a very young age, alongside her formal schooling, and after five years of study, graduated in 2006 from the Julio Bocca – Ricky Pashkus Musical Theatre School.
She subsequently continued to refine her skills for over fifteen years across various disciplines, studying with some of Buenos Aires’s most distinguished teachers. These included:
Education
VOCAL TECHNIQUE: Marcelo Velazco Vidal (approximately 10 years), Mariela Paseri (approximately 10 years), Mabel Veleris, Alisa Kaufman, Carlos Savignano, Silvia Meuli, Darío Levenson.
THEATRE / ACTING: Helena Tritek, Javier Daulte, Julio Chávez, Mariana Mazover, Rubén Viani, Lili Popovich, Gabriela Daniell, Claudio Rodrigo, Javier Lanús.
ON-CAMERA ACTING: Manuel Vicente, Florencia Limonoff, and Estela Cristiani.
JAZZ DANCE: Elizabeth De Chapeaurouge, Gustavo Carrizo, Gustavo Wons, Chet Walker, among others.
TAP DANCE: Bebe Labougle, Elizabeth De Chapeaurouge, Bárbara Bunge, Rodrigo Cristófaro.
TANGO DANCE: Natalia Puccioni and Claudio Cardona.