PAN Review of Mexican Folk Tunes: 14 Dances for Flute Duet by Elena Durán
This is a wonderful collection of tunes, which show the huge variety of styles to be found in Mexican folk music. I have been using these duets to play with students as a treat at the end of their lessons and they have all asked to play more of them. Elena Durán 's note at the end of each duet explains its origin and gives a sentence or two of advice on how to approach playing it. Her enthusiasm is infectious and the advice is always helpful. Some f the duets are easier than others. A few could be played by flute-players of about Grade 3 standard, but most would be suitable for someone of Grade 5-6 standard. One or two are a little more advanced. HOwever, this is the kind of music that can appeal to players of any level. A CD comes with this volume, with lovely performances by Elena Durán and Catherine Ramsden, as well as play-along tracks. Brenda Dykes - PAN Magazine - September 2006
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Elena Durán is a Mexican-American flautist with a respected and renowned international career. As an artist, Maestra Duran believes it to be of the highest importance that a musician should be an ambassador for the arts with social responsibilities and, from this ideology comes Flute without Frontiers.
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Elena Durán presents her unique vision of México de mi Corazón with the music of the three great Mexican Idols Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, Javier Solis and iconic film clips from the Golden Age of the Mexican Movies
An evening of music, laughter and tears!
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Mexico City, February 2006
Two concerts with the Orchestras of the National Politechnic Institute under the baton of Maestro Alfredo Ibarra, commemorating the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth |
Puebla, March 2006
One of the four linked concerts of the Puebla Philharmonic Orchestra's 9th season, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Mozart, the bicentennary of the birth of Benito Juarez and the 450th anniversary of the founding of the city |
Zacatecas, April 2006
With the Roberto Aymes Jazz Trio, a fabulous jazz concert "From Broadway to Hollywood" in the Manuel Felguerez Museum of Abstract Art |
Toluca, April 2006
With the Roberto Aymes Jazz Trio, the Great Hall of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico |
Torreon, May 2006
Presented English composer John Rutter's "Suite Antique" as part of the Cultural Season of the Nazas Theatre
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Mexico City, May 2006
Three concerts in El Lunario - 25, 26 & 27 May - "From Broadway to Hollywood", a musical exploration of works such as "Amor sin Barreras", "Porgy and Bess" and "The Phantom of the Opera". This show has toured throughout Mexico, as well as the United Kingdom and the United States of America, receiving enthusiastic reviews. In these concerts she was accompanied by the Roberto Aymes Jazz Trio, featuring Roberto Aymes (bass), Jaime Reyes (piano) and Salvador Merchand (drums)
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Flute without Frontiers. September - October 2006
Flute without Frontiers was a musical tour undertaken by Elena Duran next October, along the length of the Mexican and American border, to strengthen bilateral understanding.
The places visited, alternating locations in both countries were: : Tijuana and San Diego, Mexicali and Calexico, Nogales and Nogales, Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Piedras Negras and Eagle Pass, Nuevo Laredo and Laredo, Reynosa and McAllen, Matamoros and Brownville. |
9, 10 & 11 November
Elena Duran at El Lunario
Elena Duran presented a spectacular concert of jazz by the renowned composer Claude Bolling in El Lunario, with different programmes for each night, including his Suites No 1 and No 2 which fuse in a unique way classical and jazz styles. |
