The borderless music of Gabriela Ortiz
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The borderless music of Gabriela Ortiz

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The borderless music of Gabriela Ortiz The ambitious Mexican composer finds herself in the spotlight — finally toggle caption Marta Arteaga Composer Gabriela Ortiz has paid some dues — and now she’s collecting. Ortiz’s parents co-founded Los Folkloristas, the celebrated band dedicated to Latin American folk music and research, and she learned to play instruments in the group’s outreach learning center for children. In the final movement of that piece, there’s a reference to an Indigenous music culture from Mexico — a Huichol folk melody from the state of Nayarit. I remember when I was in Darmstadt, Germany, one performer came to me and said, condescendingly, “Oh, you're from Mexico — so you’re the kind of Mexican composer who works with melody and rhythm and harmony.” And I said, “Yes.

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