Building Bridges: Mentoring American Composers from Mexico and the United States
August 2, 2019
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Next week I’m heading to ACO’s first EarShot south of the border, in Aguascalientes Mexico!
Next week I’m heading to ACO’s first EarShot south of the border, in Aguascalientes Mexico!
Composer and multimedia-sound artist Juan José Bárcenas (he/him) was born in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico.
Dr. Mario Duarte (he/him) was born in Mexico City. After completing his studies in classical
Kenichi Ikuno Sekiguchi (he/him) is a Mexican composer of Japanese heritage who was born and
Jiyoun Chung (she/her) is a native Korean pianist and composer. Since she moved to the
Emily Koh (she/her) is a Singaporean composer and double bassist based in Atlanta, whose music
Piyawat Louilarpprasert (he/him), “the rebel Thai composer taking music to unheard heights” (CNN News World)
Much of Chen Yihan’s music seeks for a convergence of different points in time and
Rodrigo Castro’s work is a counterpoint of ideas laid out in mosaic, fractal, and dendrite
Jack Hughes is a Chicago-based composer who is interested in exploring the ways in which
Jihyun Kim’s music has been performed in the prestigious venues around the world, including Weill
inti figgis-vizueta is a queer Andinx experimental composer based in Brooklyn, NY. They write identity-focused
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