Italian Classic Crossover Trio Releases Album of Latin American Pop
Since their founding in 2009, Il Volo has released a total of 10 albums
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Israel, Mexico Mark 70 Years of Diplomacy with Magna Concert
Among the works performed were opuses by European composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as by Israelis Marc Lavry (considered to be the father of modern Israeli classical music) and Mexican Carlos Jimenez Mabarak
Read moreAMLO Asks Bad Bunny to Give Free Concert in Zócalo
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Wednesday, Dec. 14, asked Puerto Rican crooner Bad Bunny — whose two massive commercial concerts at the Azteca Stadium over the weekend were marred by a flood of falsified and duplicated tickets issued by Ticketmaster that left thousands of fans unable to attend — to perform a free concert
Read moreTicketmaster Agrees to Pay Ticketholders after Bad Bunny Concert Fiasco
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Less than a month after an international scandal involving the sale of tickets to Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” concerts, Ticketmaster, the online ticket-sales and distribution company, has agreed to reimburse thousands of fans who were denied access to a Bad Bunny concert in Mexico City Friday, Dec. 9. and Saturday, Dec. 10. The sold-out concert, which was
Read moreFilipino, Mexican Choirs to Perform in Two-Day Advent-Christmas Concert
By MARK LORENZANA At a Christmas party that I attended with my wife here in Mexico City on Sunday, Dec. 4, organized by the Philippine Embassy in Mexico, something caught my attention: not just the Filipino food, which my Mexican wife and I both enjoyed immensely, or the fun games and activities, but the Filipino choir that sang during
Read moreMexico City Philharmonic to Offer Christmas Concert in Zócalo
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico City’s Philharmonic Orchestra (OFCM) will offer a free Christmas concert in the capital’s central plaza Zócalo on Saturday, Dec. 10, starting at 6 p.m. Under the direction of guest conductor Eduardo Álvarez, the orchestra will perform a collection of both traditional Mexican and international holiday music, in what will constitute the OFCM’s final performance of 2022.
Read moreValeria Jasso Wins Welcome Sessions 2022 Band Contest
By MARK LORENZANA Valeria Jasso bagged first place in this year’s edition of the Welcome Sessions band contest at Mexico City’s Foro Indie Rocks on Wednesday, Sept. 7. Two other bands played in the grand finale, aside from the grand-prize winner: Mexico City-based Melts, which opened the contest and bagged second place, and Ulises Dávila, a soloist from the Mexican
Read moreJapanese Art Melds with Mexican Expression in Binational Symposium
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart) opened a monthlong symposium of Japanese-Mexican art on Saturday, Aug. 20. The multidisciplinary symposium, which is set to run through Sunday, Oct. 2, includes presentations of Japanese theater, music, cinema, visual arts and a video art installation, as well as the first International Colloquium of Art and Culture Studies Ibero
Read moreGuanajuato Town to Host Mestizo Food Festival
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The town of San José Iturbe, located in the northern part of Mexico’s central state of Guanajuato, is slated to host the fourth edition of a mestizo food festival on Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug. 21. The festival will include a combination of pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial dishes, with indigenous chefs from Mexico’s Chichimeca and Otomí
Read morePuma, Coppel Sign Grammy Nominee as New Brand Ambassador
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The German sportswear brand Puma and Mexico’s Coppel department stores have just signed Grammy-nominee Paty Cantú as their new brand ambassador. As part of the first-ever Coppel Sneaker Fest, Cantú met with fans at the chain’s Oceanía Shopping Mall in Mexico City on Thursday, Aug. 11, to present Puma’s latest sports shoe designs and to talk about
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