Mexico’s foremost composer dies of cancer

Mexico’s foremost composer dies of cancer

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norman lebrecht

November 04, 2021

Mexico’s minister of education has announced the death today of Mario Lavista Camacho, the nation’s leading composer, at the age of 78.

A centreground avantgardist, Lavista had a French higher education and worked in refined orchestral textures.

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  • CARMEN-HELENA TELLEZ says:

    An artist of the first order. It is music worth finding: refined and unique, away from the populism expected of Latin American composers.

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