Armando Torres Chibrás is an orchestra conductor at Pershing Middle School, with extended activities as scholar, lecturer, academic jury, author and arts leader born in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. He is currently Head of the Orchestral Academy Program of El Sistema-Mexico (Sistema Nacional de Fomento Musical), an agency of the National Council for Culture and the Arts of Mexico. Torres Chibrás has guest-conducted some of the Mexican leading orchestras, including the

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, the Querétaro Philharmonic Orchestra (

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), the UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra (

OFUNAM The Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico's Philharmonic Orchestra, also known as OFUNAM) was founded in 1936 and is the oldest symphonic group in Mexico City. It is based at Sala Nezahuacóyotl at the Univer ...

), the

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, the State of Michoacán Symphony, the State of Puebla Symphony Orchestra, the Toluca Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, the

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, the Camerata of Querétaro Philharmonic, the

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, or the Carlos Chávez Youth Symphony Orchestra. Torres Chibrás is as well the author of " José Pablo Moncayo: Mexico´s Musical Crest, " a biography of the Mexican conductor and composer of the celebrated orchestral fantasy "

Huapango is a family of Mexican music styles. The word likely derives from the Nahuatl word that literally means 'on top of the wood', alluding to a wooden platform on which dancers perform dance steps. It is interpreted in different forms, the most ...

" for orchestra.

Publications

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Bibliography

*Armando Torres Chibrás.

José Pablo Moncayo José Pablo Moncayo García (June 29, 1912 – June 16, 1958) was a Mexican pianist, percussionist, music teacher, composer and conductor. "As composer, José Pablo Moncayo represents one of the most important legacies of the Mexican nationali ...

: Mexico's Musical Crest. Cologne:

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, 2009.

References

External links

Armando Torres Chibrás official website
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