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Luis Mesa

Trajectory

 

 

 

 

1996

Birth: August 23, 1996, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

 

 

 

 

2005

Beginning of musical studies at the age of 9, at the “Julian Carrillo” State School of Musical Initiation, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

 

 

 

 

2009

Participation as a guitarist in the Second Ibero-American Art Exhibition, National Center for the Arts, Mexico City.

 

 

 

 

2011

Collaboration with the San Luis Potosi Symphony Orchestra in the evening “Musical Gala” at the Theater of Peace (Teatro de la Paz) in San Luis Potosi, conducted by Lloyd Buttler (Musical Director of the Musical Theater Program and Symphony Orchestra of the Ohio Northern University of the United States).

 

 

 

 

2015

Admission to the Bachelor’s Degree in music with a specialty in musical composition at the Roses Conservatoire in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Studying with Ignacio Martinez Madrigal, Eduardo Solis Marin, Juan Sebastian Lach and Francisco Cruz Romero.

Development of academic works for solo instruments, organ, string quartet, chamber orchestra, symphony orchestra and various ensembles.

 

 

 

 

2021

Concert with the Michoacan Symphony Orchestra (OSIDEM) for the premiere of his work “Liberoamérica” at the Ocampo Theater in the city of Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. December 2023.

 

 

 

 

2022

Graduated unanimously Summa Cum Laude from the Roses Conservatoire. July 2022.

 

 

 

 

2023

Accepted by the prestigious Royal Academy of Music of the University of London, United Kingdom. Interviewed by musicians Philip Cashian, Rubens Askenar, David Sawer and Roderick Chadwick. He is currently a student of Rubens Askenar and Edmund Finnis. 2023.

Recipient of the most important scholarship for the support of culture and art professionals for postgraduate studies abroad by the National Council for Humanities, Science and Technology (CONAHCYT) and the Mexican Ministry of Culture. 2023.

Premiere and award ceremony of his work titled “Four Independentist Murals” at the 11th Autumn Artistic Festival by the Fine Arts Chamber Orchestra at the Roberto Cantoral Cultural Centre in Mexico City. November 2023.

He is invited to join the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico, the most important organisation dedicated to the protection, promotion and cultural dissemination of intellectual works. 2024.

Recipient of the WH and George Myddleton Award from the Royal Academy of Music, which financially supports students of academic excellence. 2024.

Classes, consultancies and seminars with important musicians such as:

Eleanor Alberga (Royal Academy of Music)

Augusta Read (Royal Academy of Music)

Michael Finnissy (Royal Academy of Music, London)

Fabio Zanon (Royal Academy of Music, London)

Gareth Coker (Royal Academy of Music, London)

Hans Abrahamsen (Royal Academy of Music, London)

David Sawer (Royal Academy of Music, London)

Suzie Collier (Royal Academy of Music, London)

Brett Dean (Royal Academy of Music, London)

Leo Brouwer (Juilliard School of Music, New York)

Samuel Zyman (Juilliard School of Music, New York)

Ivette Herryman (Craine University, New York)

Mauricio Beltrán (University of Maine, New York)

Roberto Vizcaíno (Higher Institute of Art, Cuba / Roses Conservatoire)

Yanier Hechavarría (University of Lyon, France)

Paul Guicheney (Federal University of Goias, Brazil)

Germán Romero (Panamerican University, Mexico City)

Freddy Pérez (Mexico City)

Juan Reyes Unzuela (San Luis Potosi), among others.