PULSE NEWS MEXICO The famed Mexican Norteño band Los Tigres del Norte is slated to perform in the capital’s main plaza Zócalo on Sept. 15, and in order to accommodate the so-called “Franciscan Austerity” of leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the group said Wednesday, Aug. 3, that they will offer his administration a “special discount.” The live, open-air
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexican dance troupe Lagú Danza will present a modern ballet inspired by contemporary science and technology at Mexico’s Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 8 p.m. Based on theories of quantum physics. Lagú Danza dancer and choreographer Érika Méndez has created scenic proposals that demonstrate the link between science
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The iconic Mexican rock band La Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio packed Mexico City’s Zócalo plaza on the night of Saturday, July 16, with a free concert attended by an unprecedented 110,000 people. Decked out in their signature baggy suits and feathered hats, La Maldita Vecindad band members performed almost their entire repertoire as
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO In an unprecedented celebration of Germany’s Father of Romantic Music, Mexico’s Philharmonic of the Arts will offer a festival of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, presenting all nine of his symphonies over a five-day period, beginning on Wednesday, July 20. The Beethoven Fever festival, which will mark the 15th anniversary of the Philharmonic of the Arts,
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart), a subsidiary of Mexico City’s Culture Secretariat, will presents the “Concierto ‘900,” a four-handed piano concert performed by the renowned Italian duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti, on Wednesday, June 22, at 8 p.m., in the Blas Galindo Auditorium. The Spina-Benignetti Duo was created in 2013 and has been recognized
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The renowned Sonora-based Cardenchado Choir is slated to perform a one-night-only concert at Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart), a subsidiary of the Culture Secretariat, on Thursday, June 9. The concert will consist of a combination of improvisations and contemporary arrangements to some of the choir’s traditional repertoire. Under the artistic direction of Juan Pablo Villa,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The long-awaited premiere of “Ten Cellos, in Concert” will be presented on Saturday, June 11, at Mexico City’s University Cultural Center, with a diverse repertoire ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach to Bad Bunny. The musicians of the Philharmonic of the Arts always surprise their audience, allowing them to remain current and full of ideas that
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican soprano singer María Reyna will offer an operatic concert dedicated to the indigenous Mixe people, who live in the eastern highlands of the central state of Oaxaca, in a one-night performance at the National Center for the Arts (Cenart) on Saturday, May 21. The concert, titled “Orgullosa Soy Raíz” (“I am Proud of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s third annual Cárcamo Music Festival will be held simultaneously in the National Center for the Arts (Cenart) and on the Tlaloc Fountain Plaza in Chapultepec Park on Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24, starting at noon each day. The family-oriented festival, which is open to all free-of-charge, will include performances of tango
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just as the entire country of Mexico was on the verge of entering the covid-19 green-light infection risk phase — which allegedly means that the likelihood of contracting the disease is extremely low — Mexico City kicked off the 23rd edition of the Ibero-American Music Culture Festival, better known as Vive Latino, on Saturday,
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