Carlos Jimenez Mabarak ( Spanish: Carlos Jiménez Mabarak ; January 31, 1916 , Takuba, Mexico City, Mexico - June 21, 1994 , ibid.) - Mexican composer and teacher of Lebanese descent.
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| Date of Birth | January 31, 1916 |
| Place of Birth | Mexico City , Mexico |
| Date of death | June 21, 1994 (78 years old) |
| Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico |
| A country |  Mexico |
| Professions | composer music teacher film composer |
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Biography
His mother, born in Veracruz, was from a Lebanese family. Father died when the boy was 4 years old. The family spent many years in wandering (the mother worked in the diplomatic service). When he was 6 years old, his mother and son settled in Guatemala , in the city of Quetzaltenango , in which he began to attend piano lessons with Jesus Castillo ( Spanish: Jesús Castillo ). Five years later, he moved to Santiago , where Carlos continued his studies in music. In 1932, the family settles in Brussels , where the young man first studies to be an engineer, but in the next year, 1933, he enthusiastically switches to music lessons: piano with Madame Jacobi and harmony with Nelly Jones. In 1936, he won the piano competition, not forgetting to take music lessons in Paris at the same time from Rene Leibovitz , who instilled in Mubarak a love of dodecafony . In 1937 he returned to his homeland, to Mexico. Here he finds a mentor, Sylvester Revueltas , who arranges him for the National Conservatory in which he works from 1942 until 1968. In 1968, he writes music for the Summer Olympic Games , held in Mexico City. He wrote music for plays and films. He combined traditional writing techniques with serial technology , experimented a lot in the field of electronic music , combining it with specific music .
Compositions
- opera Mass of Six / Misa de seis (1962, Mexico City)
- opera Aguéra / La Güera (1982, Mexico City)
- ballet “The Ballad of the Moon and the Deer” / Balada del venado y de la luna (1947)
- ballet “The Ballad of a Bird and a Girl” / Balada del Pájaro y las Doncellas (1947)
- 2 symphonies / (1945, 1962)
- Concert for piano and percussion /
Rewards
- 1989 - Maestro of the National School of Music at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
- 1993 - National Prize in the field of science and art
Literature
- Musical Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. G.V. Keldysh. - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1990. - p. 600 - ISBN 5-85270-033-9
Links
- Carlos Jimenez Mabarak on Allmusic
- Carlos Jimenez Mabarak on the Internet Movie Database
- Carlos Jimenez Mabarak on the KinoPoisk website