Héctor Infanzón

Héctor Infanzón
Pianist and Composer
Héctor Infanzón was born in Mexico City, he started his
classical pianist formation at The Superior School of Music, in
addition with his piano, pump organ and counterpoint studies.
His interest for composition took him to take classes of
composition in the National School of Music.
In 1982, he participated in the piano contest in between Bellas
Artes’ schools, winning the first prize. He had then the
opportunity to make a concert as a guitar soloist in the
Orquesta of Cámara de Bellas Artes. He was at this time
accepted to study in the famous Berklee College of Music in
the city of Boston, Massachusetts, which experience moved
him closer of a determinant form of jazz, beginning a career as
a compositor, pianist and interpreter of his own compositions, which are the same that
the ones that permitted the public to identify him. Hector has now a large career as a
soloist with more than 35 years of career.
As a composer, an arranger and a soloist, Hector has been invited by prestigious
orchestras such as the Philharmonic Orchestra of México City, the Philharmonic
Orchestra of the UNAM, the Orchestra of the Cámara of Bellas Artes, the Philharmonic
Orchestra of Acapulco, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Querétaro, the Symphony
Orchestra of Aguascalientes, the Symphony Orchestra of Michoacán, the Symphony
Orchestra of Puebla, the Youth Orchestra of the State of Mexico, the Twilight Orchestra
(Indonesia), the String Orchestra of the Rockies (Montana, EU) and the Tonkünstler
Orchestra (Viena). He collaborated with the famous directors: Fernando Lozano, Jóse
Guadalupe Flores, Eduardo Díazmuñoz, José Areán, Andrés Orozco Estrada, Román
Revueltas, Eduardo Álvarez, Rodrigo Macías, Antonio Lópezrios, Israel Yinon, Benjamín
Loeb y Francisco Núñez.
In a simultaneous way, Héctor continues with his project exposing his own
compositions as a soloist, appearing in festivals, rooms and international clubs as:
Musikverein-Gro&er saal in Vienna, Palace of Fine arts in Mexico, Montreal Jazz Festival,
Newark Jazz Festival in New York, Java Jazz Festival, Ost Jazz Club in Vienna, AmericArtes
in Washington, D.C., Heritage Jazz Festival of New Orléans, Blue Note Jazz Club of
New York, Snug Harbor Jazz Club in New Orléans, University of New Orleans and Tulane
University in New Orléans, International Festival of Jazz of Medellin, Jazz Plaza of
Havana, Expo Lisbon 98 and in the majority of the national and international festivals of
jazz in Mexico.
His compositions have been compacted to form eight compact disks: “Arrebatos”,
“Rememorando...ando”, “El Devenir de la Noche” (música de cámara), “Citadino”,
“Impulsos”, “Nos Toca”, “De Manera Personal” y “Héctor InfanzónTrio with the the
Symphony Orchestra of Puebla”.
His interest for explore new musical kinds
took him to collaborate as a musical director,
pianist and producer as much in recordings
as in tours for the famousests Mexican
artists. Thanks to this help, Héctor had been
invited to integrate the band of the wellknown Ricky Martin for the world tour 19992001, in which he played as a pianist,
crossing United States, Canada, Europe and
Asia.
In some of his works we can find some concerts for violin, orchestra, flute and string
orchestra, concert for piano and orchestra, huapango for piano and orchestra, for jazz
trio and orchestra, harmonica and orchestra but also chamber, cinema and theatre
music, he also has given courses of improvisation, workshops of composition and clinics
in diverse schools of music in the Mexican Republic.
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In 2005 and 2012, he had been named for the prize “Las Lunas del Auditorio” in
México City.
In 2006, he enters at the National System of Art Creaters and again in 2015.
In 2011, he receives the supreme prize “Mario Ruíz Armengol” by the hands of
the Unique Workers Syndicate for his ascenció.
Since 2007, Yahama in México sponsors him.
In 2012, he is invited to participate in the Java Jazz Festival with the Twilight
Orchestra (Indonesia) and present his piece: “El Sazón de la Abuela” in the
Musikverein in Vienna with the Tonkünstler Orchestra.
In 2013 y 2014, the government of Campeche and the Delegación Azcapotzalco
dedicates him a festival for 35 years of career.
In 2014, he is invited by the Mexican consulate in San Francisco to the festival
“Mex I am” and in the same year he was invited at “Change the World”, The City
of ideas, Puebla 2014.
EXTRACT FROM THE PRESS
" ... It's a new adventure solo. It is the passion and a blank page at the service of
creativity and serving the unredeemed melomanía with all of us and all of you who
celebrate life ... the teacher becomes constant display their prodigious harmonic
constructions, its filing, your intelligence, a sui generis intelligence not too much (almost
nothing) stop to think about what follows. He simply let go. The technique supports it
and an overflowing imagery illuminates the steps. Hector Infanzón and miscegenation of
his music know that to honor and celebrate our oldest and deepest traditions, there is
as always bet on the forefront.
Antonio Malacar/ La Jornada
“.... The group from Mexico, led by the brilliant piano of Héctor Infanzón, was the
surprise gig of the ’94. The group was so immediately accepted that they were invited to
play the following night for a Sandbar series show where they again wowed the crowd”
Offbeat, Magazzine:
“...There are musicians who become their medium and transform themselves into
magical vessels of creativity, imagination and emotional musical transport. Héctor
Infanzón is one of those exceptional individuals who take us with him into that beautiful
and rarely reached realm of musical and emotional paradise."
Alfredo Cruz, KLON/88.1 FM Long Beach, CA
“.... The performance of the Héctor Infanzón quartet, a jazz group from MÉXICO led by
pianist Infanzón was widely touted as one of the best jazz performances of 1994.
“Energized” is probably the most appropriate term to describe his ensemble.... Latin
rhythms meet jazz sensibilities, and the music flies.”
SOME REPRESENTATIONS
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“ MUSIKVEREIN-GRO&ER SAAL” VIENA, AUSTRIA
“ OST JAZZ CLUB” VIENA, AUSTRIA
“JAVA JAZZ FESTIVAL” YAKARTA INDONESIA
“PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES HOMENAJE A ZEFERINO NANDAYAPA” MÉXICO,D.F.
“PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES HOMENAJE A LOS PIONEROS DEL JAZZ 2011”
MÉXICO,D.F
“MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL” MONTREAL, CANADA
“MEXICAN JOURNEY WITH HECTOR INFANZON QUARTET” TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO
“AMERICARTES” KENNEDY CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C., EUA
“HERITAGE JAZZ FESTIVAL” NUEVA ORLÉANS, EUA
“SNUG HARBOR JAZZ CLUB” NUEVA ORLÉANS, EUA
“UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS” NUEVA ORLÉANS, EUA
“TULANE UNIVERSITY” NUEVA ORLÉANS, EUA
“NEWARK JAZZ FESTIVAL” NUEVA JERSEY, EUA
“EXPO LISBOA’98” LISBOA, PORTUGAL
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ PLAZA” LA HABANA, CUBA
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MEDELLÍN” MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA
“RIVIERA MAYA JAZZ FESTIVAL ”
“HEINEKEN JAZZ FESTIVAL” MÉXICO, D.F.
“GIRA MUNDIAL LIVING LA VIDA LOCA CON RICKY MARTIN”
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL CERVANTINO”
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE PIANO EN BLANCO Y NEGRO” SALA BLAS
GALINDO, MÉXICO, D.F.
“X FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ DE CAMPECHE”
“ FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE AGUASCALIENTES”
“ FESTIVAL LA NAO” ACAPULCO, GRO.
“TÓNICA PANAMERICANA-TEATRO DEGOLLADO” GUADALAJARA, JALISCO
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“ OLLINKAN JAZZ” MÉXICO,D.F.
“DÉCIMA TEMPORADA ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE PUEBLA” PUEBLA
“NOCHES DE GALA” CHIHUAHUA
“LUNARIO” MÉXICO D.F.
“FESTIVAL DE PIANO-METRO” TAMPICO, TAMAULIPAS
“FESTIVAL MATICES CULTURALES 2006” CIUDAD JUÁREZ, CHIHUAHUA
“FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE COYOACÁN” MÉXICO,D.F.
“MUSEO TAMAYO, NOCHES DE JAZZ” MÉXICO, D.F.
12avo FESTIVAL DE JAZZ, “JAZZEANDO”, MUSEO DE LA SECRETARÍA DE
HACIENDA, D.F
“FESTIVAL CULTURAL, ZACATECAS 2006”, ZACATECAS
“FESTIVAL A DIEGO RIVERA Y EN DEFENSA DEL AGUA” MÉXICO,D.F.
“SEXTO FESTIVAL CULTURAL AMADO NERVO” TEPIC, NAYARIT
“SOMBREREANDO,TOUR POR EL METRO,” MÉXICO,D.F.
“TLALPAN JAZZ06” MÉXICO,D.F.
“LOTERÍA NACIONAL” MÉXICO, D.F.
“HORIZONTE JAZZ EN OCTUBRE” CENTRO CULTURAL ESPAÑA, MÉXICO,D.F.
“DE LOS MUERTOS A LA REVOLUCION” ESCUELA DIM , MÉXICO,D.F.
“FESTIVAL DE JAZZ MEXICANO 2006” MÉXICO,D.F.
“JAZZ CELEBRACIÓN/HOMENAJE A LOS PIONEROS” PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES,
MÉXICO,D.F
“XII FESTIVAL DE JAZZ”, ACAPULCO, GUERRERO
“FESTIVAL CULTURAL MAZATLÁN”, MAZATLÁN, SINALOA
“FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE TLALPAN”, MÉXICO, D.F.
“RADIO HORIZONTE/ IMER” MÉXICO, D.F.
"EL CONVITE / JAZZ MEXICANO”, MÉXICO, D.F.
“PAPA BETO JAZZ CLUB” MÉXICO D.F.
“MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO” MÉXICO, D.F.
“FARO DE ORIENTE”, MÉXICO, D.F.
“FIESTAS DEL PITIC” HERMOSILLO, SONORA
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ, MÉRIDA YUCATÁN
“TEATRO FERNANDO CALDERÓN” ZACATECAS, ZACATECAS
“LA BANDA DEL CECAM” PALACIO DE BELLAS ARTES. MÉXICO.D.F.
“FACULTAD DE ECONOMIA” UNAM, MÉXICO, D.F.
“FACULTAD DE LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS” UNAM, MÉXICO, D.F.
“LAS ISLAS” CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, MÉXICO, D.F.
“EL LUNARIO” MÉXICO, D.F.
“100 AÑOS DEL TEATRO JUÁREZ” GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO
“INAGURACIÓN DEL TEATRO NAZAS” TORREÓN, COAHUILA
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL PRIMAVERA CUERNAVACA 2004” CUERNAVACA,
MORELOS.
“MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO” MÉXICO,D.F.
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“FERIA DE SAN MARCOS” AGUSCALIENTES, AGUASCALIENTES
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE LAS ARTES 2004” SALTILLO, COAHUILA
“FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ” SAN LUIS POTOSÍ
“SOLISTAS DEL MILENIO” CASA VEERKAMP, MÉXICO, D.F.
“IV FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL NICOLÁS ROMERO” EDO. DE MÉXICO
“JARDÍN FRIDA KAHLO” MÉXICO, D.F.
“LOS VIERNES AL AIRE LIBRE” CENTRO CULTURAL UNIVERSITARIO, MÉXICO, D.F.
“MUSEO DEL CHOPO” MÉXICO D.F.
“PRESENTACIÓN 3er. CD. "IMPULSOS" ANFITEATRO SIMÓN BOLIVAR,
MÉXICO,D.F.
“PUERTA DE LAS AMERICAS” SALA CARLOS CHAVEZ , MÉXICO, D.F.
“MUSEO DEL CHOPO” MÉXICO D.F.
“EXPRO MUSIC” SUTM, MÉXICO D.F.
“HARD ROCK CAFÉ” MÉXICO D.F.
“FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE ACAPULCO” ACAPULCO, GUERRERO
“SEGUNDO FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ” VILLAHERMOSA, TABASCO
“EXPRO MUSIC” SUTM, MÉXICO D.F.
“TEATRO DE LA CIUDAD” MÉXICO, D.F.
“CUMBRE TAJIN” PAPANTLA, VERACRUZ.
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ” SALA NEZAHUALCÓYOTL, MÉXICO, D.F.
“EUROJAZZ” PLAZA DE LAS ARTES, MÉXICO,D.F.
“MARTES DE JAZZ” TEATRO BENITO JUÁREZ, MÉXICO,D.F.
“LA NUEVA COSA” MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, MÉXICO,D.F.
“CICLO DE JAZZ” CONSEJO NACIONAL PARA LA CULTURA Y LAS ARTES, MÉXICO,
D.F
“THE CANCUN JAZZ WEEK’98”, CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO
“UN SIGLO DE JAZZ” CENTRO NACIONAL DE LAS ARTES, MÉXICO, D.F.
“JAZZEANDO” MUSEO DE LA SECRETARÍA DE HACIENDA Y CRÉDITO PÚBLICO,
MÉXICO, D.F.
“CONCIERTO PARA DOS PIANOS” CON JUAN JOSÉ CALATAYUD, CASA DE LA PAZ,
MÉXICO, D.F.
“FESTIVAL JAZZ DE MÉXICO’97, PIANO MASTER” CENTRO TEATRAL
MANOLO,FÁBREGAS, MÉXICO, D.F.
“JAZZ DE MÉXICO’96” MÉXICO, D.F.
“PIANISTAS DE JAZZ EN MONCLOVA” MONCLOVA, COAHUILA
“LA GLORIA DEL PIANO” SALA NEZAHUALCÓYOTL, MÉXICO, D.F.
“LO MEJOR DEL JAZZ” PLAZA LORETO, MÉXICO, D.F.
“1er. FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ” MÉRIDA, YUCATÁN
“FESTIVAL DE JAZZ EN MÉXICO” MÉXICO, D.F.
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MUSICA” MORELIA, MICHOACÁN
“MUSEO DE CULTURAS POPULARES” MÉXICO, D.F.
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“LOS MEJORES PIANISTAS DE JAZZ DE MÉXICO” SALA CARLOS CHAVEZ, MÉXICO,
D.F
“30 AÑOS CON JUAN JOSE CALATAYUD” SALA NEZAHUALCÓYOTL, MÉXICO, D.F.
“3er ENCUENTRO ANUAL DE JAZZ EN EL AJUSCO” MÉXICO, D.F.
“2º FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO” MÉXICO, D.F.
“II FESTIVAL DE JAZZ Y MÚSICA NUEVA” GUADALAJARA, JALISCO
“1er FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO” MÉXICO, D.F.
“LO MEJOR DEL JAZZ” TEATRO DE LA CIUDAD, MÉXICO, D.F.
“1er FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ NEZA’89” MÉXICO,D.F.
“FESTI-JAZZ PRIMAVERA’89” MÉXICO, D.F.
“CICLO DE DUOS Y TRÍOS” SALA C
ARLOS CHÁVEZ, MÉXICO, D.F.
“LA HORA DEL JAZZ” RADIO FESTIVAL, MÉXICO, D.F.
“FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JAZZ” SALA OLLIN YOLIZTLI, MÉXICO,D.F.
DISCOGRAPHY AS A SOLIST:
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HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “EL DEVENIR DE LA NOCHE” MÚSICA DE CÁMARA
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “CITADINO”
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “IMPULSOS”
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “NOS TOCA”
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “DE MANERA PERSONAL / IN A PERSONAL MOOD’’
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “TRIO CON LA ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DEL ESTADO DE
PUEBLA”
“FESTIVAL DE LA RIVIERA MAYA”
“FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ”
“30 AÑOS CON JUAN JOSE CALATAYUD”
“FESTI-JAZZ / ANTROPOLEO”
AS A COMPOSER
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HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “EL DEVENIR DE LA NOCHE” MÚSICA DE CÁMARA
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “CITADINO”
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “IMPULSOS”
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN QUARTET “NOS TOCA”
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN “DE MANERA PERSONAL / IN A PERSONAL MOOD ’’
SUSANA HARP “AHORA”
GABRIELLA MARTINELLI “TABOO”
EUGENIA LEÓN “TATUAJES”
MEDIAMETRAJE “BARTOLO Y SU FLAUTA O LA INVENCION DE LA MUSICA”
LA PELICULA “A LA MISMA HORA”
AS A PRODUCER, A PIANIST AND AN ARRANGER
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“GUERRERO EN LA FILARMONICA VOLS. I & II”
TANIA LIBERTAD CON LA OFCM “HIMNO AL AMOR”
ARMANDO MANZANERO Y BIG BAND JAZZ DE MÉXICO VOLS. I & II”
PASATONO “TONOS DE NUBE”
SUSANA HARP “AHORA” y “ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DEL IPN”
BANDA DEL CECAM “ SONES DE TIERRA Y NUBE VOLS. I & II”
EUGENIA LEÓN “TATUAJES” y “MAR ADENTRO”
ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ “A CORAZON ABIERTO”
SIN BANDERA “DE VIAJE” y “SIN BANDERA”
FRANCISCO CESPEDES “DONDE ESTA LA VIDA”
TANIA LIBERTAD “LIVE AT BLUE NOTE”
MALDITA VECINDAD “MTV UNPLUGED”
CARLOS Y RENÉ INFANZÓN “AHORA TU VERÁS”
GABRIELLA MARTINELLI “TABOO”
SALVADOR “EL NEGRO” OJEDA “EL NECIO”
CECILIA TOUSSAINT “PARA NIÑOS”
“TREINTA AÑOS CON JUAN JOSE CALATAYUD”
NINA MARES “NINA MARES Y SU MUSICA”
GERARDO BÁTIZ “AZUL CON LECHE” y “BUGAMBILIA”
BANCO DEL RUIDO “RUTAS AFROAMERICANAS”
ESTRELLAS NUEVOS VALORES “EN VIVO EN EL TEATRO DE LA CIUDAD”
RECUERDOS DEL SON “EN VIVO EN EL TEATRO DE LA CIUDAD”
HÉCTOR INFANZÓN’S QUARTET- TECHNICALS NEEDS
• A Yamaha or Steinway concert piano with chair in tune at A440 the
day of the concert.
(If it isn’t possible to have an acoustique piano):
• Electric Piano Yamaha CP 300 o CP1
• A bass amplifier
• A complete drum set
- YAMAHA o TAMA STARCLASSIC DRUM
• 16” x 20” bass drum
• 8” x 10” tom tom
• 9” x 12” tom tom
• 12” x 14” floor tom (with legs)
• 14” x 16” floor tom /with legs)
• 5 1⁄2” x 14” Snare drum
- HARDWARE
• Drum pedal twin Iron Cobra (1 piece )
• Drum pedal single Iron Cobra (2 pieces )
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Hi-Hat stand Iron Cobra (1 piece )
Snare stand (1 piece )
-A percussion set:
(4) Custom Deluxe Fiberglass Congas
1 Quinto 11
2 Congas 11-3/4
1 Tumba 12-1/2
-1 Bongo / Custom Deluxe Fiberglass 7 & 8 1⁄2 Heads
-1 Cajon Peruano / American White Ash “MEINL”
-4 floor monitors:
1 for piano
1 for bass guitar
1 for drums
1 for percussion
-18 microphones
3 mics for Piano
6 mics for Percussion
8 mics for Drums
1 mic for Voice
NEEDS FOR VIDEO:
• Professional video projector, high contrast, preferably more than 5000 Lumens,
XGA or better resolution, with DVI, HDMI or S-Video entries.
• Protection screen of 4x3 meters high placed in a way at 2 meters of the stage
minimum, in the up-central part of the stage
• If the screen isn’t available we could use a cyclorama for the projection, white or
natural color.
• If the event is in open air we should need a LCD screen.
• 4 CAT-5 cables
• 1 BNC cable long enough to connect the projector to the computer in position
FOH (from frontal console) with entries and exits for MAC equipment.
• It would be given before the concert bottled water.
TITLE OF THE CONCERT: “CITADINO”
“Un recorrido sonoro por el corazón de nuestra ciudad”
Program:
EL VAGO ( Héctor Infanzón )
COMO EN FERIA (H. I.)
AZÚCAR!! (H. I.)
CUANDO NO ESTEN (H. I.)
AQUÍ EN MI (H. I.)
RINCÓN BRUJO (H. I.)
PENSÁNDOLO BIEN (H. I.)
ZÓCALO (H. I.)
NOS LA DEBÍAMOS (H. I.)
PRIMER ENCUENTRO (H. I.)
REGRESO (H. I.)
MEMBERS:
Héctor Infanzón - Piano
Adrián Infanzón – Bass Guitar
Enrique Nativitas - Drums
Luis Gómez – Percussions
Video assistent: Guillermo Infanzón
Technical responsable: Arturo Aguilar
Note: It will be needed two transports: one for musicians and staff and one for
instruments
CONTACT: Héctor Infanzón
Tel -Fax: (52 55) 55 92 0089 / Cel. 04455–3467 7010
e-mail: [email protected]
Héctor Infanzón – Piano
Adrián Infanzón – Bass Guitar
Enrique Nativitas - Drums
Luis Gómez – Percussions