Víctor Urbán

Víctor Urbán (born January 1, 1934 in Tultepec , Mexico ) is a Mexican organist and composer .

education

He began his musical studies with his father, the composer Manuel V. Urbán. Víctor Urbán continued his education at the School of Church Music in Tultepec under Próspero Cebada. Eventually Urbán finished his studies in Mexico with a degree as a concert organist at the State Conservatory of Music of Mexico City under Jesus Estrada . Among his teachers were well-known musicians such as José Pablo Moncayo , Blas Galindo , Rodolfo Halffter and John D. Tercero.

He then deepened his studies in Rome and Stuttgart with musicians such as Ferrucio Vignanelli, Fernando Germani and Helmuth Rilling . In addition, he met excellent teachers such as Domenico Bartolucci, Iginio Angles, Raffaele Baratta . He took courses with greats in the music world such as Andrés Segovia , Pablo Casals and Sergiu Celibidache .

Career

In addition to 250 concerts in the state of Mexico , Urbán gave concerts around the world that took him to Nepal and Thailand . The organist was honored with more than a hundred diplomas, medals, plaques and awards at home and abroad, including a medal that was given to him by Pope Paul VI. handed over.

Víctor Urbán gave courses in organ playing a. a. in Rome, Buenos Aires and at the Sassari Conservatory, Sardinia. From 1974 to 1977 he was the director of the State Conservatory of Music and the College of the Arts of the State of Mexico. He taught organ playing at the State Conservatory of Music, at the Music Faculty of the Autonomous University of Mexico and the INBA College of Music in Santiago de Chile .

The musician has released several solo CDs as well as those with orchestral and chamber music. There are also numerous recordings for radio and television in Mexico and abroad. Vatican Radio broadcast Christmas music played by Víctor Urbán. He played as a soloist with almost all Mexican symphony and chamber music orchestras as well as some foreign orchestras, such as B. the orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome or the symphony orchestra of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg , Austria .

Web links

• Conservatorianos - Website of the Mexican State Conservatory of Music, interview with Víctor Urbán (span.) ( Memento of November 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )