Horacio Franco (born 11 October 1963) is a Mexican

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and

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player. He studied at the National Conservatory in

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and later at the

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, with Marijke Miessen and

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. Franco has performed many genres of music, from

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, and

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—including Latin American colonial music—to contemporary, folkloric, and popular styles.

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 solista Horacio Franco, 2005, Quindecim recordings * ''From Bach, the Beatles and others more'' Horacio Franco and Victor Flores, 2005, Quindecim Recordings

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

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amidst the

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References

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