Salvador Fernando (1835 - 1908), Vista de Tlacotalpan, Siglo XIX, óleo sobre tela, Colección Kaluz
1. Mexican Landscape, Veracruz
Soliloquio Las Palmeras, by Ernesto García de León (1952, Jáltipan, Veracruz)
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Musicians:
Marisa Canales, Flute
Jaime Márquez, Guitar
Marisa Canales is an outstanding Mexican flautist who has had a remarkable international career. Latin Grammy nominee and founder of the music label Urtext Digital Classics, she has performed as a soloist with prestigious orchestras in Mexico, the United States and Europe. She recorded the Concierto Caribeño that Lalo Schifrin composed for her with the London Symphony. Committed to contemporary music, she has commissioned and premiered more than 50 works, 30 of which have been dedicated to her by composers from our continent.
Jaime Márquez is an outstanding Mexican classical guitarist. He has developed a remarkable career as an international concert performer, appearing in concert halls in the Americas, Europe and Asia. He has made recordings for labels such as Urtext Digital Classics and has premiered works by important contemporary composers. His deep knowledge of the repertoire, his musicality and excellent technique have made him one of the most renowned Mexican classical guitarists of his generation.
About the Composer:
Ernesto García de León is a prominent Mexican composer and guitarist born in Jáltipan, Veracruz, in 1952. He studied guitar at the Escuela Nacional de Música de la UNAM and has taken advanced courses with renowned teachers such as Alberto Salas, Oscar Ghiglia, Leo Brouwer and Manuel Barrueco. He has participated as a performer and composer in numerous festivals in Mexico, the United States, Cuba, Italy and Spain, and his music has been performed by leading guitarists from all over the world.
García de León has written more than 80 works and has more than 30 CDs of his music. He has been honoured at various festivals and has received recognition for his outstanding career in the composition, teaching and dissemination of guitar music. He is currently a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and teaches guitar and chamber music at the Escuela Superior de Música del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.
Musical Curatorship
Benjamín Juárez Echenique, Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston. Professor Emeritus, Boston University. Corresponding Member, Mexican Academy of History.
URTEXT DIGITAL CLASSICS. Record Label
With 29 years of experience in the national and international markets and a catalog of nearly 400 titles, Urtext Digital Classics is the leading Mexican record label in Latin America for the production of concert, jazz, and traditional music recordings. It was founded in response to the need to produce phonograms of these musical genres in Mexico, with the highest audio quality standards. The label has received five Latin Grammy nominations and numerous highly favorable reviews. In recent years, it has ventured into producing audiovisual content about significant figures in the Mexican music world. Since 2020, the Urtext Festival, which brings together more than 150 musicians in various forms of expression, has been organized. As of 2023, the Kaluz Museum is the main host of the festival.
Since 2020, the label has been organizing the Urtext Festival, which brings together more than 150 musicians in different manifestations for three days at the end of November. This year the festival will be held at the Kaluz Museum.
