Ángel Tavira

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Ángel Tavira Maldonado (July 3, 1924 – June 30, 2008) was a Mexican composer, musician and violinist of

The Violin.[1]

Biography

Ángel Tavira Maldonado was born in the town of

National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City
.

He was considered a great composer of

music notation with the purpose of recovering the traditional music of his region.[2]
Ángel Tavira was director of the Hermanos Tavira Band, a musical group that has been protecting and promoting the traditional music by recovering the works of Juan Reynoso, Zacarías and Filiberto Salmerón, and Severino Bañuelos.[5] Among other activities, Ángel Tavira was a farmer, a goldsmith and, as a teacher, he worked at the "Antonia Nava de Catalán" Kindergarten and at the "Jaime Torres Bodet" Secondary School No. 2, since 1972 until he retired, 32 years later, in Iguala.[7]

In 1988, Tavira was introduced to politics when he was selected as Federal Substitute Deputy for the candidacy of Félix Salgado Macedonio.[3][8] Ángel Tavira married Rafaela Martínez with whom he had ten children: Ma de los Ángeles, Elizabeth, Rafaela, Ma. Eugenia, Carlos, Felix, Ángel, Guadalupe, Salvador and Alejandro

With no studies or experience in acting he participated in 2005 in the movie

guerrilla that plans to revolt against its own government,[2] role for which he obtained the Best Actor Award in the Un Certain Regard section (Prix d'interprétation masculine - Un certain regard) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival,[1] besides being awarded the Golden Kikito for best actor in a Latin Motion Picture category of the 34th Festival de Gramado, and a Special Jury Award at the 30th São Paulo International Film Festival.[9]
Tavira died of kidney complications on June 30, 2008.

References

  1. ^ a b "Festival de Cannes: The Violin". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  2. ^ a b c d Vértiz, Columba. "El violín, arma de Don Ángel Tavira," Proceso 1591, Mexico, D.F.: April 29, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d Giles, Citlal. "Acapulco rinde homenaje a Angel Tavira," La Jornada Guerrero, Acapulco: April 21, 2007.
  4. ^ Rivera, Norma Inés y Alberto Carbot. "Ángel Tavira, protagonista de la película El Violín, el músico guerrerense que triunfó en Cannes," Gente Sur 127, Mexico, D.F.: Febrero 15, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Solís, Juan. "Tavira, dinastía con 150 años en la música," El Universal, Mexico, D.F.: May 20, 2007.
  6. ^ Jiménez, Angel. Homenaje en vida a cinco músicos de son calentano," La Jornada, Mexico, D.F.: January 18, 2008.
  7. ^ "Novedades: Ángel Tavira y su violín (protagonista del largometraje El Violín, de Francisco Vargas)," Boletín Pentagrama 32, July–November 2007.
  8. ^ Rodríguez, Héctor Manuel. "Una escuela de música de la Tierra Caliente, deseo que el violinista Ángel Tavira expresa en homenaje en Acapulco", El Sur, Acapulco: April 21, 2007.
  9. ^ "Awards for Ángel Tavira", Internet Movie Database, retrieved on January 19, 2008.
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