Diazmuñoz made his debut at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City at 22. Diazmuñoz considers Barzin, Bernstein, and Francisco Savín were his principal mentors in conducting, in Paris, Tanglewood and Mexico City respectively.
Diazmuñoz has conducted orchestras worldwide. He has received numerous awards and prizes. While still a student he was awarded the Youth Value 1975 Award given by the President of Mexico. He was awarded the Mexican Union of Theatre and Music Chronicles Award an unprecedented four times, (1978, 1987, 1997, and 2002). In 2003 he was also presented with the 2003 International Musician of the Year, awarded by the International Biographical Centre based in Cambridge, England. He was nominated in 2000, for a Latin Grammy award in the Best Classical Album Category, 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. In 2001, he received his second nomination in the same category for his album "Tango Mata Danzón Mata Tango". In 2008, at the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Diazmuñoz (as conductor) and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album,[1] for the album Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá – 40 Años.
As a composer and arranger, his works have been premiered and recorded in various cities of Europe and America. He has written many compositions for television, theater, and films. In 2010 he composed, conducted, produced and performed the score for the Mexican feature film Espíritu de Triunfo (Spirit of Triumph).
As an educator Diazmuñoz has held full-time positions at the National Autonomous University (UNAM) and the National Conservatory in Mexico City, the Société Philharmonique in Paris, as well as at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. From 2004 to 2014, he was Artistic and Music Director of the Opera Division at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign where he built a well known Opera program.
Diazmuñoz's discography[2] includes 37 recordings for two dozen labels. He is the first Mexican conductor to have received two Golden Discs and One Platinum Disc for his two recordings with the Mexican rock band “El Tri” (Warner Music México, El Tri Sinfónico & El Tri Sinfónico II.) He is the first Mexican conductor to receive two Golden Discs and a Platinum Disc for the Albums el Tri Sinfónico. He is the first Mexican conductor to receive two Golden Discs and a Platinum Disc for the Albums el Tri Sinfónico.[3]
References
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^"Eduardo Diazmuñoz- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music".
eduardo, diazmuñoz, highly, prolific, mexican, spanish, american, conductor, composer, arranger, performer, educator, studied, piano, cello, percussion, conducting, national, conservatory, music, mexico, 1978, 1979, became, associate, conductor, newly, founded. Eduardo Diazmunoz is a highly prolific Mexican Spanish American conductor composer and arranger performer and educator 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 the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra Bernstein invited him to Tanglewood in 1979 He assisted in preparation for concertos of Leonard Bernstein and Eduardo Mata In 1980 1982 assisted Leon Barzin in Paris Diazmunoz made his debut at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City at 22 Diazmunoz considers Barzin Bernstein and Francisco Savin were his principal mentors in conducting in Paris Tanglewood and Mexico City respectively Diazmunoz has conducted orchestras worldwide He has received numerous awards and prizes While still a student he was awarded the Youth Value 1975 Award given by the President of Mexico He was awarded the Mexican Union of Theatre and Music Chronicles Award an unprecedented four times 1978 1987 1997 and 2002 In 2003 he was also presented with the 2003 International Musician of the Year awarded by the International Biographical Centre based in Cambridge England He was nominated in 2000 for a Latin Grammy award in the Best Classical Album Category 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 In 2001 he received his second nomination in the same category for his album Tango Mata Danzon Mata Tango In 2008 at the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Diazmunoz as conductor and the Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album 1 for the album Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota 40 Anos As a composer and arranger his works have been premiered and recorded in various cities of Europe and America He has written many compositions for television theater and films In 2010 he composed conducted produced and performed the score for the Mexican feature film Espiritu de Triunfo Spirit of Triumph As an educator Diazmunoz has held full time positions at the National Autonomous University UNAM and the National Conservatory in Mexico City the Societe Philharmonique in Paris as well as at the New World School of the Arts in Miami Florida From 2004 to 2014 he was Artistic and Music Director of the Opera Division at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign where he built a well known Opera program Diazmunoz s discography 2 includes 37 recordings for two dozen labels He is the first Mexican conductor to have received two Golden Discs and One Platinum Disc for his two recordings with the Mexican rock band El Tri Warner Music Mexico El Tri Sinfonico amp El Tri Sinfonico II He is the first Mexican conductor to receive two Golden Discs and a Platinum Disc for the Albums el Tri Sinfonico He is the first Mexican conductor to receive two Golden Discs and a Platinum Disc for the Albums el Tri Sinfonico 3 References Edit 2008 Grammy Winner Latin Grammy Winners The Recording Academy 2008 Retrieved 2016 01 27 Conciertos Daniel Discografia www conciertosdaniel com Archived from the original on 2016 06 24 Retrieved 2016 06 05 Eduardo Diazmunoz Bio Albums Pictures Naxos Classical Music External links Edithttps web archive org web 20080926100756 http www hispaniaclasica com Artists eng Diazmunoz eng htm http www naxos com conductorinfo Eduardo Diazmunoz 32325 htm https www grammy com nominees latin search artist amp title amp year All amp genre 51 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eduardo Diazmunoz amp oldid 1077059809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
