Israel Vázquez has also taken part in about 10 concerts for this organization. Together with the Stuttgart Guitar Quartet, in 2006 he obtains a Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now scholarship, an organization in Germany which promotes concerts in hospitals and refuge houses. He represented the Mexican Embassy in several festivals and foundations in cities like Manchester and London. His work in chamber music has also been fruitful. He also received a scholarship from KAAD (Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer Dienst), to take his Master studies at the Superior Music School at Stuttgart. On finishing his licentiate he received a single grant from the Association of Friends of the Superior School for Music and Scenic Arts in Stuttgart (Gesellschaft der Freunde der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart), for his academic excellence. Ponce the Montebello Suite for Two Guitars by Julio César Oliva, and the Huapango by José Pablo Moncayo for Three Guitars, arranged by Gerardo Tamez. In 2006 he merited support from the Government of the State of Jalisco and CONACULTA, within the Program for Stimulating Creation and Artistic Development with a project entitled “Mexican Guitar Music from the XX Century”, which reached its climax with four concerts in the State of Jalisco and a CD recording with the same title, where Israel recorded as soloist the Four Bagatelles by Guillermo Flores Méndez, Suite in A Minor by Manuel M. From December 2005 to May 2009 he took a post grade specializing in Classic Guitar Soloist Concertist with the recognized Master Aniello Desiderio, with whom he is presently working in chamber music and repertoire for a single guitar. In 2004 he was admitted to several European universities and conservatories, among them the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, both in England the Royal Conservatory at The Hague, Holland the Superior School of Music at Münster and the Superior School of Music and Scenic Arts at Sttutgart (Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart), Germany, with Professor Johannes Monno, finishing there his licentiate with academic excellence and honors superb work in his Master, (ausgezeichnet). From September 2002 to July 2003 he took a guitar course under Professor Carlos Bonell at the London Guitar Studio in London, England. He started his studies at the Music Department of the University of Guadalajara with professors David Mozqueda and Hugo Gracián. Israel Vázquez was born in Guadalajara in 1978. Leonberger Kreis Zeitung (Newspaper from the Leonberg Region.) "Brilliant technique, his interpretations are inspiring". | General program | Musica en iglesias históricas |
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