Maria Guadalupe Graillet Moctezuma
Maria Moctezuma (born September 14, 1983 in Villahermosa ) is a Mexican singer, guitarist, composer and creator of the musical genre Raizoso.
biography
Maria Moctezuma was born in Villahermosa ( Tabasco ) as the daughter of two Veracruzians . Your place of residence is between Mérida and Berlin .
She was raised strictly Catholic and attended the girls' school, where she learned to play the guitar and composed songs from early childhood. She started studying communication sciences in Tabasco, but moved to the Yucatán Peninsula in 2006 .
Musical career
Maria Moctezuma is a representative of New Mexican Music and the creator of Sonido Raizoso , a crossover genre of Latin American rhythms and instruments.
In her artistic development on a national and international level, Moctezuma represents various cultural roots of Mexico through her music. A bossa nova / cumbia , a jarana / rock or a polka / reggae, accompanied by the timbres of an ocarina or a giant sea snail, are part of Moctezuma's earthy sound creations. She also plays guitar, accordion and zampoña and is accompanied by musicians.
Maria Moctezuma has performed on Mexican and international stages and festivals including:
- Palacio de la Musica Mérida - Centro Nacional de la Musica on the occasion of the World Congress of Nobel Peace Prize Winners 2019
- MyFest and Carnival of Cultures Berlin 2019
- Festival Internacional de la Trova Yucatán alongside, for example, Gilberto Gil 2019
- LA Day of the Dead Festival at the Forever Hollywood Cemetery 2017
- Hiraiteru Festival , Fukushima and Radical Music Network , Tokyo 2015
Discography
Albums
Maria Moctezuma's first production entitled Revolución Folklórica was released in 2011 as a result of the influence of the Mayan culture lived in Mérida and consists of a compilation of 11 songs and a story. The album was recorded in Studio 4:23 in Mérida. The diffusion tour took place in several cities in Mexico and Japan , including Tokyo and Osaka .
Her second album, Tierra Animal , was largely created during the tour of her album Revolución Folklórica and presents a wealth of representative rhythms from different parts of Mexico and the world, enriched with Latin American fusions and instrumental interpretations.
Her third album, entitled Palpitará , was made at the time of a spiritual awakening, which is reflected in this musical production, and whose first single was the song Hanal Pixán . Maria Moctezuma made several international tours for this album. The first, Flor del Volcán, diffused the official video clip of the same name, filmed between Colima and Jalisco . Further tours took her to the USA and Europe (Germany, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, Spain).
Singles and EPs
- Hanal Pixan (2014)
Songs
- Santos (2017)
- Mojado (2017)
- Flor del Volcán (2017)
- Animal transgénico (2017)
- Palpitará (2017)
- Cortés (2017)
- Plumas de Quetzal (2017)
- Alacrán (2017)
- Voz que me guardas (2017)
- Tengo algo para ti (2017)
- Jicuri (2017)
- Luces Humanas (2013)
- No Muchas Gracias Comadre (2013)
- De Esquina a Esquina (2013)
- Eres Una Bruja (2013)
- Como Animal a Su Presa (2013)
- Tierra Caliente (2013)
- De Tantomar (2013)
- Proceso Cesáreo (2013)
- Ni las Ganas de Ser Santa (2013)
- Quiero (2013)
- Se Va el Sol (2013)
- Día Respeto (2011)
- El Taparrabo (2011)
- Mujer Maíz (2011)
- Me Voy pal Campo (2011)
- Cuidado Con el Perro (2011)
- Donde las Bocas No Callan (2011)
- Dignidad Remendada (2011)
- La Personita (2011)
- El Gato Rojo (2011)
- El Origen (2011)
- El Teozintle (2011)
- Jacinta (2011)
Cinema, television and video clips
In 2012 she came to international cinema as part of the film Hecho en México by the Englishman Duncan Bridgeman and the producer Lynn Fainchtein.
Documentaries were set to music with songs by Maria Moctezuma, including Chi Bal Kan by Glenny Torres and María Tzuc Dzib, produced by Ambulante AC .
The majority of the official video clips were produced by Producciones Manos Libres and Mambo Production Company .
Web links
- Official Homepage (Spanish)
- Interview with Maria Moctezuma (Spanish) and La Jornada Maya newspaper (2019)
- Interview with Maria Moctezuma (Spanish) and La Jornada newspaper (2014);
- Interview with Maria Moctezuma (Spanish) and the newspaper Diario de Yucatán (2019)
- Interview with Maria Moctezuma (Spanish) and the newspaper Diario del Sureste (2019)
- Short texts in German-language media ( Berlin , Zurich , Reutlingen )
- Interview in the WDR (Berlin) - COSMO Estación Sur entire broadcast (09.06.2019) (German and Spanish)
- Maria Guadalupe Graillet Moctezuma's channel on YouTube
- Maria Guadalupe Graillet Moctezuma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rosario Ruiz: defiende María Moctezuma el "sonido raizoso". In: La Jornada Maya. September 12, 2019, Retrieved December 18, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Maria Moctezuma: Biography on Maria Moctezuma's official website. In: Maria Moctezuma Official. Retrieved December 18, 2019 (Spanish).
- ↑ Cultural franz.K: Maria Moctezuma (Mex) - Mojada in Reutlingen. In: Venyoo. HH-X GmbH, May 20, 2019, accessed on December 18, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Usgang: Barrio 5. In: Usgang.ch. Energy Schweiz AG, June 12, 2019, accessed on December 18, 2019 (German).
- ↑ ADTickets: Maria Moctezuma live. In: ADTickets. June 1, 2019, accessed on December 18, 2019 (German).
- ↑ imdb: Duncan Bridgeman. In: imdb. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Lynn Fainchtein: About Lynn Fainchtein. Retrieved December 18, 2019 (English, unknown language, Spanish).
- ↑ imdb: Hecho en México. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
- ↑ COSMO Estación Sur: Complete broadcast June 9th, 2019. In: WDR. Estación Sur, September 6, 2019, accessed on December 18, 2019 (Spanish, unknown language, German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moctezuma, Maria Guadalupe Graillet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moctezuma, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican singer, guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villahermosa |