- Sergio Berlioz
Sergio E. Berlioz (born 1963,
Mexico City ) is acomposer andmusicologist who has taught more than 2000 classes in leading universities and cultural centers throughoutMexico and theCzech Republic and has 28 years of academic experience . He currently teaches in Casa Lamm, where his famous Musical Wednesday conferences have become popular, and in the Instituto Cultural MéxicoIsrael .Berlioz has published more than a thousand
article s andessay s inMexico ,Hungary ,Greece ,United States ,Argentina ,Peru ,Turkey ,Morocco ,Belgium andIsrael .Awards
He is the winner of the 1989 Premio Nacional de Periodismo, and in 1992 the Honorary Mention of the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Musical “Esperanza Pulido”. He was also awarded the Premio Instituto Cultural México-Israel 2003 for his outstanding career as a
journalist in Mexico and Israel.In December 1998, he was acknowledged by the Hungarian government for his research on the music of
Béla Bartók ; and in June 1999 he was given the Leos Janácek Medal inthe Czech Republic .As musical conductor, he has worked withLorin Maazel ,George Sebastian ,Plácido Domingo ,Ramón Vargas ,Samuel Máynez ,Horacio Franco andJuan Trigos , among others; and has served as personal assistant toKurt Redel ,Eduardo Díaz-Muñoz (Orquesta Filarmónica del Conservatorio Nacional de Música de la Ciudad de México and the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM] ), and toLeonard Bernstein . He has been guest conductor for the Orquesta Sinfónica and the Orquesta de Cámara de la Universidad de Guanajuato] , Orquesta Sinfónica de San Luis Potosí, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Coyoacán, the Orquesta Filarmónica del Conservatorio Nacional de Música, the Coro del Instituto Cardenal Miranda, as well as the Ensamble Contemporáneo and the Orquesta de Cámara de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. In 1986, Berlioz founded the Orquesta de Cámara Ensamble Contemporáneo Independiente, of which he has been Director, and with which he has toured through Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Puebla andMexico City , premiering in this city original compositions by Messiaen, Estrada, Bartók and Janácek, as well as by a new generation of Mexican composers.Composition
He has composed two symphonies, six string
quartet s, arequiem , and two symphonicpoem poems, as well asconcerto s forflute andcello , anoctet forcello ,sonata s,trio s,quintet s, and others. Some highlights include the Second String Quartet “Yizkor”, Three Postcards for Oboe and Double String Orchestra, First Symphony "Etz Chaim" ("Tree of Life"), Second Symphony "Undefeated Voices", for symphonic orchestra, soloists and double mixed chorus, "Réquiem por las almas de arena" ("For the Souls of Sand"), the symphonic poems "Las vías del tiempo: Homenaje aClaudio Magris " ("The Rails of Time, for Claudio Magris"), and "Toledo: La ciudad de las generaciones" ("Toledo, City of Generations"), his Concerto for flute, chorus, and strings "Ángeles de proa" ("Rowing Angels"), and his Concerto for cello "Chalomei Assaf" ("The Dreams of Assaf").Other works
He is also the author of "Educar con música", published by
Editorial Aguilar .Currently, he is host of the cultural talk show "Biblioteca Pública", which can be heard every Sunday onRadio Red .
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