On January 21st I had the honour to present the interactive talk “The Conscious Musician: mind and body principles for music performance”. This talk was part of FONEM the first forum for music education in Nicaragua. There were participants and presenters from Spain, Colombia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Switzerland. The presentation of “The Conscious Musician: […]

Reflections, from Squash Court Collective featuring choreography and dancing by Lucy Rupert, and music by Paulina Derbez, was my favourite performance of the night. The piece explored both women’s journeys to freeing their true selves. Derbez’s violin, singing, and breathwork were haunting and soulful, and Rupert’s movements were expressive and powerful. Both women performed as though […]

“The Duo Luna Derbez-Salazar are superb representatives of Mexican Chamber music of the 20th and 21st century” -Embassy series The Duo Luna Derbez Salazar has won the Ibermúsicas Residence Program 2017. The Duo will be giving concerts and master classes at the University of Costa Rica next fall 2018.   The Duo will also perform […]

“Mirrors is a dreamscape where music, movement, text, digital painting and the raw explosiveness of the two performing artists converge in an unforgettable world. Using their shared classical music training as a launching point, Mirrors both challenges and accepts rules in pursuit of freeing the voice that seeks to be heard.  Including original text and adapted text from Lewis […]

Itzel Conde performing Simphonya Spagnola by E. Lalo at the Wiener Saal, Bad Gastein From 27th July to 10th august I had the honor of being part of the faculty at the International Festival and Master Course Music in the Alps in Bad Gastein, Austria. It was a wonderful experience of making music at it’s […]

Last spring I had the honor of working with very talented musicians from the Campeche Symphony at the Cultural Institute in Campeche, Mexico. We worked with the strategies of The Conscious MusicIan for daily practice and performance. The results were wonderful. Here some comments from the participants: “Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of […]

Paulina Derbez has been invited to be part of the Faculty at Music in the Alps Festival in Bad Gastein, Austria. Derbez will be presenting her book The Conscious Musician, giving classes and performing. The Festival is directed by the renown pianist Irena Portenko. To know more about Music in the Alps Festival please click […]

Paulina Derbez was selected to participate as a speaker at TEDx Paseo Santa Lucia last 26 November at Teatro de las Artes in Monterrey, Mexico. Her presentation was outstanding and will be online soon. The theme was based on her book The Concious Musician. Promote classical talks about this event

Last November the Duo Luna Derbez Salazar along visual artist Jaime Luján were in tour in Canada and USA. They performed a concert with classical and mexican chamber music pieces and premiered the works of Federico Ibarra and Alexis Aranda. This tour was organized by México Contemporáneo Foundation. The Directors of this organization are Scarlett […]