Víctor Contreras Ruíz
Víctor Contreras Ruíz | |
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| Born | Víctor Manuel Contreras Ruíz 29 September 1980 Tultepec, State of Mexico, Mexico |
| Occupation(s) | Organist, harpsichordist and orchestral conductor |
Víctor Manuel Contreras Ruíz (born September 29, 1980) is a Mexican organist, harpsichordist and orchestral conductor.[1]
He studied organ with Éric Lebrun, at the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Conservatory, where he also studied harpsichord with Élisabeth Joyé and Richard Siegel. Upon his return to Mexico, he studied conducting with Sergio Cárdenas and Fernando Lozano Rodríguez.[2][3]
He founded the International Organ Festival of Mexico City, as well as the Organ Festival of Santa Prisca, in Taxco, and the Organ Festival of the Guadalupano Sanctuary of Zamora.[4][5]
Founder of the sponsorship of the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature.[6]
As of 2020, he is carrying out the project ¨Epístolas Sonoras¨, which consists of three discs of Mexican Baroque music, from the 20th century and contemporary, under the auspices of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts, in the category of Performers with a track record. He made the first world recording in Italy under the auspices of FONCA of the recently discovered ¨Matines tones Notebook of Sor María Clara del Santisimo Sacramento¨ as well as performed live concerts with the same works on Radio UNAM.[7][8][9][10]
He is a professor of the Organ, Harpsichord and is the director and founder of the Baroque orchestra and choir at the National Conservatory of Music (Mexico). He is also an organ teacher at the INBA School of Music.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Victor Contreras | Organi & Organisti". www.organieorganisti.it. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ México, Escrito por: Música en México Redacción Música en México tiene la misión de promover la música clásica-y la música nueva – en; Mundo, Y. De Dar a Conocer Una Selección De Las Actividades Musicales En El Resto Del (2013-09-30). "Víctor Contreras, organista, en concierto". Música en México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Rapallo: all'Oratorio dei Bianchi concerto d'organo di Victor Contreras" (in Italian). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "36th Cinque Terre International Music Festival: Victor Contreras concert in Soviore | Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre". www.parconazionale5terre.it. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Músico finlandés abrirá Festival Internacional de Órgano". El Universal (in Spanish). 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Festival Internacional de Órgano de la Ciudad de México". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Editorial CSIC : Libro : Epístolas (3 vols.)". editorial.csic.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ @SistemaCreacion (January 22, 2018). "Asiste el próximo domingo 28 de enero 18 h al Concierto de Órgano..." (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-30 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Contreras Ruiz Víctor Manuel". Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ a b "Música De Cámara". www.munal.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-30.