Argentina Durán

Argentina Durán is the pianist of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico) and she is a YAMAHA Artist. She has performed in the United States, Europe and Asia and has played in venues such as the Millennium Amphitheater in Dubai, Ganz Hall in Chicago, Rashid Behdudov Theater and Baku Academy of Music in Azerbaijan. She has been awarded in: “Angélica Morales-Yamaha National Piano Competition” in Mexico City, “Irina Samodaeva International Piano Competition” in Villahermosa, Tabasco, “Citta di Barletta International Competition” in Italy and she won first place in “Monegros 88 Keys International Competition” in Spain.

As a soloist, she has played with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico), Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa (Xalapa Symphony Orchestra), Orquesta Sinfónica de San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosí Symphony Orchestra), Orquesta Sinfónica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (National Polytechnic Institute Symphony Orchestra), Orquesta Filarmónica del Desierto de Coahuila (Coahuila Desert Philharmonic Orchestra), Orquesta filarmónica de Colima (Colima Philharmonic Orchestra), among many others, she has collaborated with the International Arts Orchestra at the National Auditorium. and Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería (Mining Symphony Orchestra) in the Nezahualcóyotl Hall. She also has offered concerts in the most important venues in Mexico such as the main hall of Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts), the Blas Galindo Hall of the Centro Nacional de las Artes (National Arts Center), among others. She has been invited to play as a soloist in Granade, Spain, where she performed as a soloist with the Eduardo del Pueyo Youth String Orchestra.

She won a scholarship by FONCA-CONACyT, and the “Chicago College of Performing Arts” at Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL, to study her master’s degree with professor Jorge Federico Osorio.

   She has performed with soprano María Katzarava at the Mexican Consulate in Fresno California and the Dubai Expo in 2022. She was the youngest professor of the piano degree at the Facultad de Música de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM Music University). She has been invited as a jury member and to offer master classes at festivals such as: Papantla International Piano Festival, Las Notas de Guido National Children's and Youth Festival, Sinaloa Artistic Society, América Para Todos Latin American Competition, She’s got the Groove by YAMAHA and Latin American Young Pianists Competition in Colombia and Ecuador.

She obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2015 by the Facultad de Música de la UV (Music University of Veracruz) with Professor Trinidad Sanchís. She has completed her Master's Degree in Mexican Classical Music Interpretation at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México (National Conservatory of Music in Mexico).

At age 11 she had her first performance as a soloist with the CIMI orchestra and she won her first competition to play as soloist with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra.

Professional contact

orquidea.roja@hotmail.com

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