Horacio Franco
Franco in 2015
Franco in 2015
Background information
Born (1963-10-11) 11 October 1963
OriginMexico City, Mexico
OccupationsRecorder player, conductor
InstrumentsRecorder, block flute
Years active1986–present
Websitehoraciofranco.com

Horacio Franco (born 11 October 1963)[1] is a Mexican flautist and recorder player. He studied at the National Conservatory in Mexico City and later at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, with Marijke Miessen and Walter van Hauwe. Franco has performed many genres of music, from medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music—including Latin American colonial music—to contemporary, folkloric, and popular styles.[2]

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,[1] and in 2011 he married Arturo Plancarte, who is his current manager.[3] In March 2020, Franco announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Méndez, Roger (29 June 2014). "'Soy como un viejito de clóset". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Home Page/Horacio Franco". Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  3. ↑ Sanco, Guiller (22 June 2011). "Las parejas gay más reconocidas de México". Animal Político (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Piñon, Alida (28 March 2020). "Coronavirus, Horacio Franco cuenta su historia antes del diagnóstico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2020.
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