Alfredo Núñez de Borbón

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Alfredo Núñez de Borbón (born August 8, 1908 in Mexico City , † December 10, 1979 there ) was a Mexican violinist and composer.

Núñez began playing the violin as a child and studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Mexico solfège with Estanislao Mejía , violin with José Rocabruna and piano with Pedro Luis Ogazón . At the age of seventeen he took a trip to Atlanta with the orchestra of Miguel Lerdo de Tejada . From there he went to New York, where he continued his musical training and earned his living as a silent film pianist and organist. He performed with the band Ruso Gitano , played with his own orchestra on a German transatlantic ship, in the Hotel Beverly Terrace and was hired by Sam Getz for the Club Mirador .

For a long time he accompanied the singer Lyna Boytler, who was married to the actor Arcady Boytler , and received a contract with her with the Mexican radio station XEW . He then became an employee of the station, took part in programs such as La Hora Azul , Medias Kaiser , Mueblería Nueva and Joyería La Princesa and accompanied Agustín Lara and Gabilondo Soler on the violin at performances . As a composer he emerged with songs, boleros, pasodobles and rancheras and became known as "El Caballero Mexicano de la Canción Romántica". As a co-founder of the Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Música (SACM), the company awarded him a certificate in 1971. In the same year he received prizes from the Promotora Hispanoamericana de Música (PHAM) of the Editorial Mexicana de Música Internacional . In 1972 he was awarded the medal of the Festival Internacional Agustín Lara .

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SURNAME Núñez de Borbón, Alfredo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1979
Place of death Mexico city