“All my music without exception is rooted in the Son Jarocho and the Rumba. Underneath is the influence of the traditional music of Mexico and the Caribbean. My tropical–rural background always comes to the forefront in one way or another. These influences are a constant in my nature wether it is in a small role or a larger panorama. I am first and foremost, like the Mexican poet Carlos Pellicer used to call himself, a True Tropical Man.” Ernesto García de León
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La Noche Fragmentada, 20 Nocturnes, Op. 66
La Noche Fragmentada (Fragmented Night), Op. 67 is a work consisting of 20 small nocturnes. These pieces try to summarize memories, daydreams, feelings, images, and experiences of my early childhood. The composer dedicates La Noche Fragmentada, Op. 67 to his friend guitarist–producer Austin Audu. Read More»
Evocación Tropical—Sonata No. 2, Op. 21
The first movement of Tropical evocation, Op. 21 presented itself on a day when García de León had gone with his buddy the singer David Haro to a place in Veracruz by the Coatzacoalcos river to cut bamboo. When the composer returned home thinking about everything he had seen, smelled and heard in the jungle, the musical themes came to him. Read More»
Collected Works
The music of Ernesto García de León and his pugent evocations of his land and times promise to make his name remembered with affection, especially by those who love the guitar. Read More»
Biography
Ernesto García de León (born in 1952 in Jáltipan, Veracruz, Mexico) is a comptemporary Mexican Composer who specializes in guitar music, and whose works are becoming increasingly known internationally. He studied at the Music School of the National Independent University of Mexico (UNAM) and he is now professor of guitar and composition at the UNAM and the Music School of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA). He lives in Mexico City where he composes and plays concerts exclusively of his own music. Read More»
News & Events
Carlo Pezzimenti to perform García de León works at Italian Embassy in Washington DC
(Dallas—Apr. 30, 2010) Carlo Pezzimenti will play a solo Classical guitar concert at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC. Friday, May 14, 2010 at 6:30 pm. for the European Cultural week. He will perform works by Vincenzo Galilei, Cesare Negri, Fernando Sor, Manuel Ponce, Leo Brouwer and Ernesto García de León. For more information go to www.iicwashington.com or call 214 543-4009.
