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Jorge Córdoba Valencia
Composer, Professor of Music Theory, String Orchestra Conductor

Photo: Jorge Cordoba, as a guest conductor of the Kakogawa Children’s Choir. (2005).

Mexican composer, choral director and orchestra conductor. He made most of his studies at the National Music Conservatory of Mexico. He studied composition and conducting in Spain, Brazil, The Dominican Republic, The United States and Hungary.

He has received numerous national and international awards, such as the Bartok Prize and the Kodaly Medal from the Hungarian government, as well as the First Prize in the 4th and 5th National Choral Composition Competition in 2003 and Children’s Choral Music in 2004, organized by the National System of Music Promotion. He has participated in national and international festivals as composer and conductor of his own compositions.

He participated in the “World Music Days” of the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) held in Rumania in 2002 and Croatia in 2005. In 2002, he participated as commissioned composer with the work “The Divine Image” in the 6th World Symposium of Choral Music held in Minneapolis, being one of the 10 chosen composers. Since 2001 he produces and hosts the radio program “Horizons of our Music” that is broadcast by Opus 94 FM of the Mexican Radio Institute (IMER). He was the producer and coordinator of the record series “Contemporary Chamber Music”.

Photo: Jorge Cordoba conducting the Mexico-Japan Friendship Orchestra of Tokyo. (2005)

He was Executive Secretary of the Center for the Support of Mexican Concert Music (2002-2004). In September, 2004 he was appointed as assistant director of the “Carlos Chavez” National Center for Research, Documentation and Musical Information (CENIDIM). In early 2005 he was invited to join the Oversight Committee of the Executive Council of the Music Authors and Composers Society.

In 2005 he took part in the Japan tour of the Academia Yuriko Kuronuma as composer and conductor. He conducted the Mexico-Japan Friendship Orchestras in Tokyo, Oyama, Fujino, Kakogawa and Yokohama, and the Children’s Choirs of Oyama and Kakogawa, with whom he presented some of his own works.

Since 2002 he is part of the teaching staff of the Academia Yuriko Kuronuma.

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Academia Yuriko Kuronuma A.C. Violin, viola & violoncello individual lessons.
Allende #171, Col. del Carmen, Coyoacan. Mexico, D.F. Tel/Fax. (5255) 5554 7750


Presentation History Yuriko Kuronuma Faculty Testimonials News (blog) Contact	Leer en español Jorge Córdoba Valencia Composer, Professor of Music Theory, String Orchestra Conductor Photo: Jorge Cordoba, as a guest conductor of the Kakogawa Children’s Choir. (2005). *Mexican composer, choral director and orchestra conductor.* He made most of his studies at the *National Music Conservatory of Mexico. He studied composition and conducting in Spain, Brazil, The Dominican Republic, The United States and Hungary. He has received numerous national and international awards, such as the Bartok Prize* and the Kodaly Medal from the Hungarian government, as well as the *First Prize* in the *4th* *and* *5th* *National Choral Composition Competition in* 2003 and Children’s Choral Music in 2004, organized by the National System of Music Promotion. He has participated in national and international festivals as composer and conductor of his own compositions. He participated in the “World Music Days” of the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) held in Rumania in 2002 and Croatia in 2005. In 2002, he participated as commissioned composer with the work “The Divine Image” in the 6th World Symposium of Choral Music held in Minneapolis, being one of the 10 chosen composers. Since 2001 he produces and hosts the radio program “Horizons of our Music” that is broadcast by Opus 94 FM of the Mexican Radio Institute (IMER).** He was the producer and coordinator of the record series “Contemporary Chamber Music”. Photo: Jorge Cordoba conducting the Mexico-Japan Friendship Orchestra of Tokyo. (2005) He was Executive Secretary of the Center for the Support of Mexican Concert Music (2002-2004). In September, 2004 he was appointed as assistant director of the “Carlos Chavez” National Center for Research, Documentation and Musical Information (CENIDIM). In early 2005 he was invited to join the Oversight Committee of the Executive Council of the Music Authors and Composers Society. In 2005 he took part in the *Japan* *tour of the Academia* *Yuriko Kuronuma* *as composer and conductor. He conducted the Mexico-Japan Friendship Orchestras in* *Tokyo, Oyama, Fujino,* Kakogawa and Yokohama, and the Children’s Choirs of Oyama and Kakogawa,** with whom he presented some of his own works. Since 2002 he is part of the teaching staff of the Academia Yuriko Kuronuma. [read next cv] [back to teachers index] Academia Yuriko Kuronuma A.C. Violin, viola & violoncello individual lessons. Allende #171, Col. del Carmen, Coyoacan. Mexico, D.F. Tel/Fax. (5255) 5554 7750

Jorge Córdoba Valencia Composer, Professor of Music Theory, String Orchestra Conductor

Jorge Córdoba Valencia
Composer, Professor of Music Theory, String Orchestra Conductor