Eduardo Diazmuñoz

Eduardo Diazmuñoz is a Mexican conductor, composer and arranger.

He studied piano, cello, percussion, and conducting at the National Conservatory of Music (Mexico). In 1978, 1979 he became associate conductor of the newly founded Mexico City Philarmonic. He assisted in preparation for concertos of Leonard Bernstein and Eduardo Mata. Bernstein invited him to Tanglewood in 1979. In 1980-1982 he went to Paris with León Barzin of whom he became assistant.He made his debut at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City at 22. He received a testimonial award granted by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England as international Musician of the year 2003.

Diazmuñoz has conducted orchestras worldwide. He won in september 2000, a Latin Grammy award for Best Classical Album for the first volume of his collection "Twentieth Century Mexican Symphonic Music", a four CD collection, making him the first mexican conductor to be nominated.

He has done 28 recordings for 19 labels.

He is the first Mexican conductor to receive two Golden Discs and a Platinum Disc for the Albums el Tri Sinfónico.

External Links

*http://www.hispaniaclasica.com/Artists_eng/Diazmunoz_eng.htm
*http://www.naxos.com/conductorinfo/Eduardo_Diazmunoz/32325.htm
*http://www.music.uiuc.edu/facultyBio.php?id=183