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Principal pianist of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico since 2019.

It has been presented in the United States, Europe and Asia. In venues such as the Millennium Amphitheater in Dubai, Ganz Hall in Chicago, Rashid Behdudov Theater, Baku Academy of Music in Azerbaijan, Los Angeles, and Fresno City College in California. She has been awarded in: “National Piano Contest Angélica Morales Yamaha” of INBA, in Mexico City, “Irina Samodaeva International Piano Contest” in Villahermosa, Tabasco, “Citta Di International Contest Barletta” in Italy and with the first place in “Monegros 88 Keys International Contest” in Spain.

In his activity as a soloist, the National Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of the Arts, Symphony of Xalapa, Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico City, Symphony of San Luis Potosí, Symphony Orchestra of the National Polytechnic Institute, Philharmonic of the Desert of Coahuila, Eduardo Mata Youth Orchestra (UNAM), American Soloist Orchestra, Fine Arts Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic of the Arts, Zacatecas Chamber Orchestra, Tegucigalpa Symphony in Honduras, among others and has collaborated with the International Orchestra of Arts and Mining Symphony at the National Auditorium.

He has appeared as a soloist on several occasions in the main room of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, in the Nezahualcóyotl room, in the Blas Galindo room of the National Center for the Arts, and in the most important in the country. She was invited to the city of Granada, Spain, where she played as a soloist for the Eduardo del Pueyo Youth String Orchestra.

She is a graduate of the Faculty of Music of the Universidad Veracruzana and finished her master’s degree in interpretation of Mexican classical music at the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico. It has 2 honorary doctorates from the Claustrum Doctoralis Universum Vitalis and the Royal World Academy for the Preservation of Cultures and Languages Mother of Spain.

She received a scholarship from FONCA-CONACYT, and “Chicago College of Performing Arts” from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL, to study piano performance with teacher Jorge Federico Osorio. In California, she made recordings for ToneBase with trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden in Los Angeles, was invited by the Mexican consulate to play as a soloist and to give Master’s classes, at Fresno City College, and with the soprano María Katzarava at Fresno State University, with whom she also offered a concert invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Expo Dubai in the Arab Emirates. She made her debut as an orchestra in 2024 with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Arts. She was the youngest professor of the piano degree at the UNAM Faculty of Music, and is also invited to participate as a jury and offer a Master’s Degree in Festivals such as: Contest and Festival Young Pianists in Pasto, Colombia, where she served as qualifying jury on 5 occasions, Foundation Zaldumbide Rosales in Quito, Ecuador, Papantla International Piano Festival, National Children’s and Youth Festival The Notes of Guido, Sinaloa Artistic Society, Latin American Latin American Para Todos Competition, Petrof Next Piano Competition, Concert Competition for Young Pianists in Aguascalientes, Zacatecas Cultural Festival, Black and White Piano Festival.

At the age of 11, he had his first solo performance with the Cimi Orchestra and won his first contest to play as a soloist for the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, under the tutelage of the teacher Trinidad Sanchís. She was an artist sponsored by the Yamaha and Roland piano brands, currently sponsored by Petrof in the Czech Republic. It has three record productions: Mexican Rhapsody, The Sound of La Plata and Velvet Silence. She is also the author of the book: “The Manual of Pianistic Technique” and is Director of the Online Argentina Durán Academy where she offers classes and musical courses.

For 12 years he served as a resident composer of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador (OSNE). It has to its credit around 100 works that reflect the influence of late European post-romanticism. His music has been performed at various forums and concerts in the United States, England, Russia, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Finland, Spain, Mexico, Chile, South Korea, Japan and Israel.

His works have been performed by orchestras such as: Academic Symphony Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, Radio Francia Philharmonic Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra (Denmark), National Symphony Orchestra of Chile, National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina, Symphonic Orchestra National of Brazil, International Camerata of Barcelona, to name a few.

His works have been directed under the baton of Álvaro Manzano, Andrei Askerov, Andrea Vela, Sami Junnonen, Andrei Vassileuvsky, Ricardo Averbach, Daniel Krausner, Yuri Sobolev, Anna Novakovska, David Handel, Akiro Matsuyama, Alejandro Steinbach, among others.

His teachers include Blanca Layana, Gerardo Guevara, Ola Gjeilo and Arvo Pärt. Awarded at the XII Composition Contest at the Högskolan För Scen Och Musik, Göteborgs Universitet, in 2010 (Sweden), and the first prize in the XVI Young Composers Competition, Organized by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2012 (United Kingdom), among others.

During his career as a pianist, he received master classes with figures of the stature of Murray Perahia and Stephen Kovacevich. He did musical studies in Ecuador, Moscow and St. Petersburg. He holds a Master’s degree in Musicology from the International University of La Rioja (Spain) and an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Israel).

He is the author of the books “Between notes and mischief”, “Ten children’s stories”, “Evocative impressions” and “Reflections on music and science”