Piano Concert
Las Cuatro Manos de Bach: A 2-Piano Concert
Enrique Prado and Marta Garcia Renart Reunite
Thu, Jul 23, 5pm
Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Pública
Insurgentes 25
150 pesos

Purely by Bach

At age 11, Enrique Prado thought learning the piano would be easy; he already knew a fair amount. Maestra Marta García Renart at Bellas Artes instead worried for months that the boy had no talent and wasn’t progressing. Two years after a serious talk, Prado gave his first solo piano concert. He also played several works on the cello, which he was studying as a second instrument at the time. The Chamber Music Festival accepted him to participate, usually reserved for older students.

During the following years, García and Prado performed together frequently. Now a dedicated student, Prado was a fixture in Bellas Artes, always there practicing since he didn’t have a piano at home.

In 1994, Prado won the Esperanza Cabrera Piano Competition, and the national director of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes invited him to perform a solo concert in the Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. The University of Texas offered him a scholarship to study and in 2000, San Miguel residents banded together to support Prado at a renowned music school in Cuba where he received his degree in piano performance.

García graduated from Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music and has been a dedicated teacher in San Miguel for 23 years. She is one of Mexico’s most renowned pianists and was pianist-in-residence for the Chamber Music Festival here for 20 years.

García and Prado share a special rapport; starting off as teacher and student, at times their relationship has been like one of mother and son. On this occasion, they will play works purely by Bach.



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Piano Concert
Antonio Cabrero Mendoza
Fri, Jul 17 & 24, 6pm
Sala Quetzal
Biblioteca Pública
Reloj 50A
150 pesos

Indian improvisations

Pianist Antonio Cabrero has a flair for combining his classical training with traditional jazz and his own exotic inspirations.

 Cabrero is known throughout Mexico as a symphony conductor, but his piano concerts have assumed new relevance in recent years, due to his passion for improvising over jazz standards and music from Spain, Mexico and India. During his studies in New York, he researched classical music of India and many of his improvisations are based in those musical structures. Every Wednesday, he has a different program combining American music, jazz, Latin American and classical melodies. 

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