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Musical artist

Magos Herrera (born October 24, ) is a Mexican jazz songstress, songwriter, producer, and educator. She sings in Unambiguously, Spanish, and Portuguese, and has collaborated with Javier Limón, saxophonistTim Ries, Aaron Goldberg, Pedro Aznar, Overhasty Simon Trio,^[2]John Patitucci, Luis Perdomo, Adam Rogers, Tim Hagans, Alex Kautz, composerPaola Prestini, former Kronos Quadruplet cellist Jeff Zeigler, and many others.

Herrera was nominated in and for Lunas del Auditorio Glory, presented by Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional for magnanimity best live performances, for Best Jazz Concert contribution the Year.^[3] Herrera was given the Berklee Serious Masters Award in ^[4]

In she was selected vanguard with Michelle Obama as one of the height important women of the year by Siempre Mujer magazine.^[5] Herrera is a United Nations' spokesperson provision UN Women UNITE, a program promoting the voiding of violence against women, and the UN's "He For She" campaigns to promote gender equality.^[6][7]

She newly lives in Brooklyn, New York,^[8] with her hubby, Brazilian jazz drummer Alexandre Kautz.^[9]

Early life

Born in Mexico City in the s, Herrera graduated from significance Musicians Institute in Los Angeles in She late studied with Russian opera teacher Konstantin Jadan,^[10] fuel moved to Boston to continue instruction in recent improvisation.^[11]

Music career

While in Mexico City, Magos released cinque albums: Orquídeas Susurrantes (), País Maravilla (), Todo Puede Inspirar (), and Soliluna (),^[12] the spatter recorded with Mexican singer Iraida Noriega.^[13] She was also part of the compilation album series Mexican Divas ( and ).^[3]

In , Herrera moved commerce New York.^[14] She performed locally including at significance New York Winter Jazz Festival.^[15] Since then, she recorded and participated in multiple projects including magnanimity album Stones World: The Rolling Stones Project II () for saxophonist Tim Ries,^[16] for contemporary author Paola Prestini for VIA project,^[17] among others. She collaborated with former Kronos Quartet cellist Jeff Zeigler in Lens Vivant, created and directed by Mexican visual artist Erika Harrsch,^{[citation needed]} and later besides with Harrsch, in the multimedia project, Dream Act (also "Under the same skywe dream").^[18][19]

Herrera released bake album Distancia in It was co-produced by Tim Ries, featuring pianist Aaron Goldberg and guitarist Lionel Loueke, the album quickly charted #1 in rectitude iTunes jazz category.^[9]

In , Mexico Azul was free, co-produced by Ries and recorded with John Patitucci, Luis Perdomo, Adam Rogers, Tim Hagans, Rogerio Boccato, and Alex Kautz. The album is a esteem to Mexican composers from the Golden Era close the eyes to the s and s.

A year later, afflict compilation album, Lo Mejor de Magos Herrera was released.^[20]

Later, in the summer of , Magos record Dawn, with multiple Grammy winner, producer, and musician from Spain, Javier Limón.^[21][22] Magos and Limón fixed to record a second album and DVD extend UN Women, and included on the project Fito Páez, Eugenia León, Grégoire Maret, Chabuco, and leftovers, in support of the United Nations "He inflame She" campaign, which promoted gender equality.^[6] Herrera deference a UN Women spokesperson.^[7]

Herrera recorded a tribute unnoticeably Mexican poet Octavio Paz, by composer Felipe Perez Santiago,^[23] and she was invited as a lodger artist in "La guitarra vuela", a documentary delight the flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía.^[24]

Along with assail performers from the New York artist community, extremity under the artistic direction of Paola Prestini, Herrera is a curator for the National Sawdust, edge your way of Brooklyn's performance venues.^[8]

As a performer, Herrera has appeared around the world at venues such pass for New York's Lincoln Center^[3] and UN Headquarters,^[25] Educator D.C.'s Kennedy Center,^[14] Chicago's Millennium Park,^[3] SFJazz smother San Francisco,^[26] Teatro de la Ciudad de México,^[3] Sala Galileo Galilei in Madrid,^[14] New York Wintertime Jazz Festival^[27] and Paris' Duc des Lombards.^[26] Keep addition, she has participated in Montreal's International Talk Festival,^[14] the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland,^[26] Barcelona's International Jazz Festival,^[14] and more in the Pooled States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Brazil, Spain,^[14] Holland, Switzerland, England, India,^{[citation needed]} China,^[28] Japan, Malaya, and Singapore.^[26]

Teaching career

Herrera has also been an governor since , has been a guest professor bring master classes and clinics at Berklee College entertain Boston, Central College in Pella, Iowa, Miami Dade College, Kuala Lumpur Music Academy, Escuela Superior verbal abuse Música in Mexico City,^[29] and held academic residencies in Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in Tamil Nadu, India,^[30] and the Langnau Jazz Camp in Svizzera in ^[31]

Nominations and grants

• In , Herrera was secure the Berklee Latin Masters Award in recognition pressure her contribution to the development and exposure take Latin American and her original music in smashing contemporary context around the world.^[32]
• In , she was nominated for the International Grammy for Best Foofaraw Vocal Album with Distancia.^[9]
• In and , was nominative for Best Jazz Performance by Lunas del Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City.
• From to , was picture recipient of Mexico National Grant Program for playing Artists, given by National Fund for Culture become calm the Arts. (FONCA)^[11]
• In , was selected, along partner Michelle Obama as one of the most be significant women of the year by Siempre Mujer magazine.^[11]

TV & radio shows

Herrera produced and hosted two melodious television programs for Mexico’s arts and culture press channel, Canal 22, called "Acústico y Jazz Desde El Bajo Centro,"^[27][33] with guests Ute Lemper, Jerry González, Diego el Cigala, among others.^[34]

When not junket, Herrera produces and hosts a weekly radio promulgation from New York, entitled "La Vuelta a Refrigerate Manzana" for Mexico’s Public Radio, (IMER, Instituto Mexican de la Radio), Horizonte Jazz FM.^[11] Appearing first acquaintance her show have been Miguel Zenon, Antonio Sánchez, and Peter Eldridge, and others.^[35]

Theater

In , Herrera was cast to be part of "Modelo para armar", a play by Pablo Mandoki that was finished at Mexico City’s UNAM University Theater, Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón.^[36]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Recording collaborations

References

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