Horacio Franco
Horacio Franco (born October 11, 1963) is a Mexican flautist and recorder player. Franco has performed many genres of music, from medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music—including Latin American colonial music—to contemporary, folkloric, and popular styles.
Horacio Franco
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- Name
- Horacio Franco
- Born
- 11 October 1963
- Occupation
- Recorder player, conductor
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Education
- Conservatorium van Amsterdam · National Conservatory of Music of Mexico
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Horacio Franco (born October 11, 1963) is a Mexican flautist and recorder player. Franco has performed many genres of music, from medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music—including Latin American colonial music—to contemporary, folkloric, and popular styles.
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• Name — Horacio Franco • Born — 11 October 1963 • Origin — Mexico City, Mexico • Instruments — Recorder, block flute • Occupation — Recorder player, conductor • Years Active — 1986–present • Website — horaciofranco.com
Personal life
Personal life
Franco is openly a part of the LGBT community, and in 2011, he married Arturo Plancarte, who is his current manager. In March 2020, Franco announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Mexico City
Recordings
• Hotteterre Trio, 1987, Luzam Discs • Solistas of Mexico, director Eduardo Bush, 1988 • Mexican Music for recorder, 1991, Cenidim-Quindecim recordings • The Folias Hotteterre Trio, 1992, Peer to them discs • Cappella Cervantina Horacio Franco, director, 1994, Quindecim Recordings • Vivaldi Concerti per Flauto Horacio Franco and Capella Cervantina, 1994, Quindecim Recordings • Contemporary Music of Camera, vol. 6, Jorge Cordova, 1994, Bartok Study • Concerto For Recorder and Orchestra Kibbutzim Chamber Orchestra Mordechai Rechtmann- conductor Michael recorded Wolpe-composer live, 1995, Production of the Composer • Mexican Symphonic Music Concert for Recorder and Orchestra of Marcela Rodriguez OFUNAM director Ronald Zollman, 1995, Digital Urtext Classics • Il Gardellino Horacio Franco and the Camerana Aguascalientes, 1996, Quindecim Recordings • Musica Barroca Mexicana Cappella Cervantina Horacio Franco, director, 1996, Quindecim Recordings • The Art of Horacio Franco Horacio Franco & the Georgian Chamber Orchestra, directed by Horacio Franco, 1997, Guild Recordings • Carlos Monsiváis and Horacio Franco, 1997, alive Voice of Mexico, UNAM • Musica Barroca Mexicana Vol. 2. Cappella Cervantina-Horacio Franco, director, 1998, Discs K 617-France, distributed in Mexico by Quindecim Recordings • From the Medieval to the Danzón Horacio Franco and Victor Flores, 2002, Quindecim Recordings • Solo Bach Horacio Franco, 2004, Quindecim Recordings • Sones de Tierra and Nube with the Band Filarmónica Mixe of the CECAM of Sta. Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, 2005, Xquenda Discs • Capella Puebla director and soloist Horacio Franco, 2005, Quindecim recordings • From Bach, the Beatles and others Horacio Franco and Victor Flores, 2005, Quindecim Recordings
Mexican flutist Horacio Franco.
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- 1.Las parejas gay más reconocidas de México (Consultado sábado, 11 de diciembre del 2021.)
- 2.Horacio Daniel Franco Meza.
- 3.Hago música como una celebración de la vida, dice Horacio Franco.
- 4.Curriculum.
- 5."Temo tanto la mediocridad, que no dejo de ensayar un solo día".
- 6.Proceso (revista). Horacio Franco, 30 años dedicados a la música.
- 7.Horacio Franco presume la potente diversidad cultural de México.
- 8.Lienzos de viento, premio INAH 2012.
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