Zacarías Salmerón

Zacarías Salmerón Daza (Tlapehuala, Guerrero, Mexico; 1919) is a mexican composer, musician and violinist of son calentano.

Biography

Zacarías Salmerón Daza was born in Tlapehuala, Guerrero, Mexico. He is nephew of J. Isaías Salmerón Pastenes, who is considered one of the pillars of the calentano music and who became a teacher to Zacarías and Juan Reynoso Portillo. [Urieta, Gregorio. [http://suracapulco.com.mx/anterior/2003/marzo/12/pag2.htm "Celebran y bailan en Tlapehuala la música de Guerrero, Michoacán y de Estados Unidos,"] "El Sur de Acapulco", Acapulco, Guerrero: March 12, 2003.] He is considered an important composer of son calentano, traditional music genre of Tierra Caliente, a region within the state of Guerrero, along with other composers such as Juan Reynoso Portillo, Ángel Tavira, Cástulo Benítez, José Natividad Leandro and Pedro Ignacio Pablo. [Jiménez, Angel. [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/01/19/index.php?section=cultura&article=a06n1cul Homenaje en vida a cinco músicos de son calentano,"] "La Jornada", Mexico, D.F.: January 19, 2008.] He studied at the National School of Fine Arts and is author to 50 waltzes.Pintor Alegre, Jesús. [http://www.lajornadaguerrero.com.mx/2007/07/04/index.php?section=sociedad&article=012n1soc "Zacarías Salmerón: he sabido tratar a los instrumentos,"] "La Jornada Guerrero", Acapulco, Guerrero: July 4, 2007.] He has recorded three albums: "El poeta del violín" ("Poet of Violin"), "Entre amigos" ("Among Friends"), and "Bienvenidos a Tlapehuala" ("Welcome to Tlapehuala") [Ventura Pérez, Roberto. "Reconocerá CONACULTA a cinco músicos de Tierra Caliente," "Despertar del Sur", Arcelia, Guerrero: January 17, 2008] Furthermore, he has been a music teacher at Tlapehuala's kindergarten, a job obtained thanks to President Lázaro Cárdenas, who cherished his friendship. He has travelled to several cities within Mexico and the United States to present his music, even reaching to play for President Jimmy Carter at the White House. [Jiménez, Arturo. [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/01/20/index.php?section=cultura&article=a04n1cul "Un drama que México pierda parte de su cultura popular, lamenta investigador,"] "La Jornada", Mexico, D.F.: January 20, 2008.] He was married twice; from his first marriage he had eight children, and one more from his second marriage to Consuelo Segura Beltrán.

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