Conservatorio Nacional de Música (Mexico)
| Conservatorio Nacional de Música (National Conservatory of Music) | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| , Federal District | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1866 |
| Enrollment | Approximately 1,200[citation needed] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | conservatorianos.com.mx |
The Conservatorio Nacional de Música (National Conservatory of Music, in Spanish) is a music conservatory located in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico.
History[]
The Conservatory was founded on July 1, 1866, by the priest, teacher and choir conductor , with the support of the Mexican Philharmonic Society (Sociedad Filarmónica Mexicana) and Emperor Maximilian I.
It is the oldest official school of music in Mexico City (the oldest conservatory in Mexico and in the Americas is the in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, created in 1743), and it is the host institution of the oldest symphonic orchestra in the country (Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Nacional, founded in 1881).
Since March 18, 1949, its campus is located in the Polanco section of Mexico City in an architectural complex designed and built by Mario Pani.
Noted alumni[]
- Juan Arvizu, lyric tenor.[1]
- Carlos Chávez, composer and conductor
- Julián Carrillo, composer, conductor and theorist
- Nestor Mesta Chayres, lyric tenor [2]
- Plácido Domingo, opera singer and conductor
- Blas Galindo, composer and conductor
- Luis Garcia-Renart, cellist
- Mario Lavista, composer and teacher
- Eduardo Mata, composer and conductor
- José Pablo Moncayo, composer and conductor
- , pianista
- Carlos Prieto, cellist
- Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
- Felix Carrasco, conductor
- Silvestre Revueltas, composer and conductor
- , pianist and composer
- Eduardo Diazmuñoz, composer, conductor and arranger
- , pianist
- Javier Torres Maldonado, composer
- , clarinetist
- , composer
- Salvador Contreras, clarinetist
- Ricardo Bernal, tenor
- , violinist
- Rolando Villazón, tenor
- , pianist
- Francisco de Paula León Olea, composer
- Arturo Márquez, composer
- , trumpet, singing
- , baritone
- Verónica Tapia, composer
- Gloria Tapia, composer, musicologist
- Juan R. Ramírez Hernández, violinist, composer, conductor
Noted professors[]
(main discipline(s) indicated)
- , music history
- , music history
- Gustavo Campa, composition and director of the Conservatorio [3]
- Julián Carrillo, composition
- Carlos Chávez, composition
- , music history
- Blas Galindo, composition
- Rodolfo Halffter, composition, music theory
- Eduardo Hernández Moncada, choir conducting, piano, harmony, opera ensembles
- Candelario Huízar, harmony, counterpoint and analysis
- Mario Lavista, composition
- , Mexican culture history
- , composition
- Manuel María Ponce, composition
- , piano
- Laura Mendez
- Vicente T. Mendoza, music history
- José Pablo Moncayo, composition, conducting
- Salvador Novo, Mexican literature
- Julián Orbón, composition
- Carlos Pellicer, Mexican literature
- Silvestre Revueltas, violin, chamber music, composition, conducting
- , piano
- José Rolón, harmony, counterpoint and fugue
- , music history
- Luis Sandi, choir conducting
- Henryk Szeryng, violin
- , piano, guitar
- , piano, composition
- , trumpet, singing
- Gloria Tapia, composer, musicologist
References[]
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=lzmTAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:sZtJSSJbdm4C&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9sOe62dXZAhXPct8KHYJeCmcQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=Juan%20Arvizu&f=false Agustin Lara - A Cultural Biography Wood, Andrew Grant. Oxford University Press. New York. 2014 p. 34 ISBN 978-0-19-989245-7 Juan Arvizu - Biography on books.google.com
- ^ El Siglo de Torréon - Néstor Mesta Cháyres Biography on elsiglodetorreon.com(in Spanish)
- ^ Corvera, Jorge Barrón (2004). Manuel María Ponce: A Bio-bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 5. ISBN 9780313318238.
- Torres-Chibras, Armando Ramon. 2002. "José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican Composer and Conductor: A Survey of His Life with a Historical Perspective of His Time." DMA diss., University of Missouri, Kansas City. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International. ISBN 0-493-66937-X
External links[]
- Music schools in Mexico
- Performing arts education in Mexico
- Universities in Mexico City
- Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City
- Educational institutions established in 1866
- 1866 establishments in Mexico