Showing posts with label Ernesto Cortazar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ernesto Cortazar. Show all posts
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Just For You (Concerto) - Ernesto Cortazar
Friday, March 3, 2023
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Just For You (Concerto) - Ernesto Cortazar - his music and his life
Ernesto Cortázar (May 2, 1940 – August 2, 2004) was a Mexican composer, arranger, and pianist, born in Mexico City and who died in Tampico, Tamaulipas. He was the son of composer, Ernesto Cortázar, founder and president of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico.
At the age of 13, Ernesto Cortázar lost his parents in a car accident. He finished his musical studies, and at age 17, began his work as a film musician. In 1958, he won the Best Background Music Award for a Latin American film at the International Festival of Cartagena (Colombia), with the melody Rio de Sueños.
He scored more than 500 films and managed to become the #1 artist of mp3.com during the years 1999 and 2001, achieving more than 14 million downloads at that time.
After living in Los Angeles, California for most of his adult life, he returned to Mexico, settling in Tampico, where he died, the victim of cancer in 2004.
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