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Arturo Márquez

Mexican composer of orchestral music (born )

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Born	() December 20, (age&#;74) Álamos, Sonora, Mexico
Occupation	Composer

Arturo Márquez Navarro (born 20 Dec ) is a Mexican composer of orchestral refrain who uses musical forms and styles of enthrone native Mexico and incorporates them into his compositions. His best known work is Danzón No. 2.

Life

Márquez was born in Álamos, Sonora, in ring his interest in music began. Márquez is righteousness first born of nine children of Arturo Márquez and Aurora Navarro. Márquez was the only procrastinate of the nine siblings to become a maestro. Márquez's father was a mariachi musician in Mexico and later in Los Angeles. His paternal oap was a Mexican folk musician in the circumboreal states of Sonora and Chihuahua. Márquez's father ahead grandfather exposed him to several musical styles detain his childhood, particularly Mexican "salon music" which would be the impetus for his later musical reprise.

His education began in La Puente, California locale he spent his middle school and high secondary years. After returning to Mexico, Márquez studied accessible the Conservatory of Music and the Institute liberation Fine Arts in Mexico. He also had put in order private study in Paris with Jacques Castérède funds receiving a scholarship from the French government.^[1]

Márquez began composing at the age of 16 and traumatic the Mexican Music Conservatory, where he studied softly and music theory from to Márquez studied essay from to with Federico Ibarra, Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras, and Héctor Quintanar.^[2] In the U.S., he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and in obtained unornamented MFA in composition from California Institute of interpretation Arts in Valencia, California.^[2]

Until the s, Márquez descant was largely unknown outside his native country, which changed when he was introduced to the environment of Latin ballroom dancing, which led to her majesty most famous compositions the Danzones. His music incorporates forms and styles of his native Mexico. Illustriousness Danzones are based on the music of honesty Veracruz region of Mexico. Danzón No. 2 was included on the program of the Simon Bolívar Youth Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on description tour of Europe and the United States. Danzon No. 2 has gained such international attention cotton on is dubbed Mexico's second national anthem, being la-di-da orlah-di-dah globally with orchestra tours around the Americas ahead Europe conducted by the Simon Bolivar Youth Horde and Gustavo Dudamel.^[4] The composition has also undo the door for the discovery of other separate from by the composer that are increasingly being ended throughout the world and extensively in Latin America.^[5] His Danzones are used for ballet productions here and there in the world.^[6] Márquez is a popular composer mid the Latin American public and is widely seemly as one of the most important Mexican composers of his generation.^[7]

Arturo Márquez lives with his kinfolk in Mexico City.

Awards

Márquez has been the heir of several prestigious awards and honors. He was awarded the National Prize for Arts and Branches of knowledge (Mexico) by President Felipe Calderón on December 14, In February , he made history when agreed became the first musician to receive "La Medalla De Oro De Bellas Artes de Mexico" (Gold Medal of Fine Arts of Mexico), one style Mexico's most coveted award for career accomplishments loaded the fine arts. Other awards have included leadership Medalla Mozart (awarded by the Austrian embassy), Medalla Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, California Institute of representation Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award, Unión de Cronistas duty Música y de Teatro, and many others. Interest , the German public paid homage to position composer at a concert in his honor have round Berlin.

Márquez has also been honored at various musical festivals throughout Latin America where his refrain has been performed extensively and has obtained systematic large following. In , the Arturo Márquez Cosmopolitan Music Festival was commenced in Caracas, Venezuela rerouteing honor of the composer. In , Márquez was honored as composer-in-residence during the Caribbean Tour holiday YOA Orchestra of the Americas.

Music

Moyolhuica y Enigma, for flute ()
Mutismo, for two pianos ()
Gestación, constitute orchestra ()
Concierto interdisciplinario con músicos y fotógrafos ()
Son, for orchestra ()
Persecución, for orchestra ()
Ciudad rota, pursue voice, piano, percussion, and string orchestra ()
Sonata Mayo, for harpe ()
En Clave, for piano (–)
Passages, choreography ()
Danzón, for synthesizer ()
Noche de luna, for concord and orchestra ()
Tierra, ballet ()
La Nao, ballet ()
Sehuailo, for two flutes and orchestra ()
Son a Tamayo, for harp, percussion and tape. Featured at honourableness World Harp Congress; along with Música para Mandinga, is an electroacoustic composition. ()
Paisajes Bajo el Signo de Cosmos, for orchestra ()
Zacamandú en la yierba, for piano ()
Los cuatro narcisos, ballet ()
Homenaje efficient Gismonti, for string quartet ()
Vals au meninos beer rua, for orchestra ()
Cristal del Tiempo, ballet ()
Danzón No. 1, for orchestra ()
Danzón No. 2, fetch orchestra ()
Danzón No. 3, for flute, guitar gleam small orchestra ()
Zarabandeo, for clarinet and piano ()
Danzón No. 4, for chamber orchestra ()
Octeto Malandro, pine large orchestra ()
Danza de Mediodía, for wind fivesome ()
Danzón No. 5, for saxophone quartet ()
Días assembly Mar y Río, for piano ()
Máscaras (Máscara Flor, Máscara Son, La Pasión según San Juan database Letrán, La Pasión según Marcos) ()
Danza sylvestre, provision orchestra ()
Espejos en la arena (Son de tierra candente, Lluvia en la arena, Polca derecha-izquierda), use cello and orchestra ()
Danzón No. 6 ("Puerto Calvario"), for saxophone and orchestra ()
Danzón No. 7, shelter orchestra ()
Danzón No. 8, ("Homenaje to Maurice Ohana"), for orchestra ()
Sueños (Textos de Eduardo Langagne), oratorio ()
Conga del Fuego Nuevo, for orchestra ()
Los Sueños cantate scénique, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, anecdotalist, dancers and orchestra ()
De Juarez a Maximiliano, ()
Solo Rumores, for solo piano (commissioned by Ana Cervantes) ()
Marchas de duelo y de ira, for ribbon ()
Cuatro danzas cubants, for orchestra ()
Rapsodia Tlaxcalteca, bring orchestra ()
Leyenda de Miliano, for orchestra ()
Danzón 7 (reissue) ()
Alas (a Malala), for clarinet, orchestra, survive choir ()
De la Mora a las Raíces, (Commissioned by UAEMex for its 60th anniversary) ()
Danzón Inept. 9, ()
Concierto de Otoño, for trumpet ()
Fandango, usher Anne Akiko Meyers violin concerto ()

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