Music INSIGHT
National Symphony
Orchestra of Mexico
O
n August 27, 1971 at the initiative
of Maestro Enrique Batiz and the
State Government of Mexico, the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México was
founded by that entity, which aims to promote music as a means of union and identification among Mexicans. Based in the city
of Toluca, the orchestra was characterized
from the outset by its efforts to bring its
message to all corners of the Republic.
some works that have not yet come to regular repertory concerts, the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México premiered Pictures
at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky in orchestrating Gortchakoff; Concerto piano, In Memoriam and the suite of Loris Tjeknavorian Ararat; The meeting of the New Spain of Italian
Ferrero and Reflections of a Poet (Tribute to
Nezahualcoyotl), newly commissioned work
by Mexican composer Revueltas Roman.
Over 40 years of existence, the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México has appeared in
concert with a large number of guest conductors and soloists from among the highlights of the planet. The foreign conductors
who have led to the Orquesta Sinfónica del
Estado de México include Leon Barzin, Kurt
Woess, Jose Iturbi, Piero Gamba, and Joel
Levi.
In the discography of the Orquesta Sinfónica
del Estado de México, recordings devoted to
the overtures of Verdi and Rossini deserve
special mention, to the music of Mexico and
Spain, with outstanding composers Joaquin
Rodrigo and Isaac Albeniz but above all, the
comprehensive series of Beethoven symphonies, Schumann, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.
According to the aim of promoting new
creations and to make known to the public
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Both the orchestra and its artistic director
have repeatedly received the Annual Award
Mexican Union of Theatre and Music, award-
January 2015
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