PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PERFORMING/COMPOSING EXPERIENCE
2022 Concerts with organist Dr. Becker in Toronto
2022 Concert with Duo Luna and conference as part of the 60th Anniversary Festival at Centro Cultural El Nigromante INBA
2021 Premiere of “The Mystic Voice of a Violin”, program with baroque pieces and original music, at St Olav’s Church in Toronto
2021 Creation of the musical monologue “Batte Cuore” under the guidance of Liza Balkan
2021 Film Premiere of “Batte Cuore”
2019 “Mirrors” premiere, a squash court production, at the Citadel Theatre of Toronto
2018 Artistic residence at the University of Costa Rica with Duo Luna
2018 Concerts with Duo Luna in Romainmotier, Switzerland, and in Haus der Musik in Viena
2018 Assistant principal of the Orchestra Music in the Alps in Bad Gastein, Austria.
2006-2018 Regular violinist with the Ontario Philharmonic (formerly Oshawa Durham Symphony Orchestra), http://ontariophil.ca
2017 Organizer of the Festival México Contemporáneo at York University, Toronto
2017 Concerts with Duo Luna at Teatro Juan de la Cabada, Campeche, and Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington
2016 Performance at Koerner Hall with Lucy Rupert at Cultural Days.
2016 Creation of Squash Court Collective with the dancer and choreographer Lucy Rupert. Ontario Arts Council Recipient for their show Mirrors, www.blueceilingdance.com/squash-court-collective
2016 TEDx talk at Paseo Santa Lucía, Mexico, with the theme The Conscious Musician.
2016 Tour with the Duo Luna Derbez-Salazar in Toronto, New York, and Ottawa at the National Arts Centre with the program Paisajes Sonoros
2016 Appointed Artistic Director of México Contemporáneo Foundation
2015 Launch of the printed version of El Músico Consciente at MUNAL, National Museaum, in Mexico City.
2015 Tour in Italy with Barbara Croall and Jaime Luján with the program Altri Suoni: where classical meets avant-garde.
2014 Presentation of the CD Altri Suoni at Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico.
2014 Performance at the Comuarte Music Festival with Barbara Croall and Jaime Luján at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico city
2013 Launch of the book El Músico Consciente at the Guadalajara International Book Fair
2012 Premiere of the multidisciplinary show Shika: out of the silence the sound is born at George Ignatieff Theatre, Toronto
2010 Performing with PULS at the Glenn Gould Hall CBC Toronto, Canada
2008-2009 Performances as member of the music ensemble PULS in various locations around GTA.
2009 Performance of own composition “Shika”, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.
2008 Winner of Comuarte Festival (Mexico) for composition “Shika.”
2008 Performance of “Shika” at Glenn Gould Hall, Toronto, broadcast on CBC, as part of the concert “Sounding Across the Americas”
2007 Solo performance at the Alucine Festival, Toronto.
1999-2006 Violinist with the baroque ensemble Capilla Virreinal de la Nueva España, Mexico City
1998-2006 Freelance violinist for various music groups in Mexico City
2004-2005 Member of the violin/harpsichord duo Derbez-Padilla, Mexico City
2005 Violinist/composer for the dance spectacle CUERPO IMPULSO at the Harbourfront Festival, Toronto (August 28-31) and Sala Miguel Covarrubias, Mexico City
2002-2004 Member of the Quarteto Academia Yuriko Kuronuma
2002 Accompanying violinist series of Eurhythmy performances in Premeno, Italy, and Lugano Switzerland with Cesar Franck’s sonata
2000/2001 Tours of Italy, France, Switzerland and Mexico with the Ensamble Camerístico de México (Mexican Chamber Music Ensemble)
2000 Tour of Germany as violinist with La Orquesta de Bellas Artes
1999 Violinist with La Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
1998 Violinist/actor in the interdisciplinary theatre spectacle Fenix at the Zurich Theatre Festival, the Studio Foce in Lugano, Swtizerland, and El Teatro Helénico, Mexico City
1997-1998 Violinist with folk group Mireille Ben Ensamble, Switzerland
1996-1997 Violinist with the Camerata Giovanile della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Loussane and Luzern
1995 Performances with pianist Roberto Dickman in Ticino, Switzerland.
1994 Violinist with La Orchestra del Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, performing in Switzerland and France.
1991 Concertmaster, La Orquesta Sinfónica Vida y Movimiento, Mexico.
1990 Assistant Concertmaster, La Orquesta de las Juventudes Musicales, Bogota, Colombia
1989 Participant, San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival, México
1988 Finalist, National Violin Competition, Mexico
1987 Solo performance with the Fujisawa Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, Japan. Tour of Japan with 12 selected students of the Yuriko Kuronuma Violin Academy
1986 Solo performance with the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra, Mexico
1985 Solo performances touring in Japan with the 12 selected students of Yuriko Kuronuma Violin Academy.
AWARDS
2018 Mexican Distinguished Award by the Mexican Government IME
2014 Award “One of the Top Ten Mexicans in Canada” by Latinos Magazine and the Globe and Mail
2013 Award “One of the 50 celebrities that transform Mexico” by magazine Quién, CNN Expansión along Plácido Domingo and Alfonso Cuarón
GRANTS
2018 Movilidad Artistica for Europe Tour FONCA (Fondo Nacional para la cultura y las Artes)
2018 Production for Mirrors Ontario Arts Council
2016 Creation for Mirrors Ontario Arts Council
1997 Studies Abroad FONCA
1993-94 Studies Abroad FONCA
DISCS AND BOOKS
2015 El Músico Consciente, Publishing House EMDEMUS
2014 The Conscious Musician, English translation by Martin Boyd, Publishing House Ink
2013 Altri Suoni original compositions by Paulina Derbez and Barbara Croall
2013 El Músico Consciente, Publishing House Ink
2013 Depictions of a Concert, Publishing House Ink
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 Founder of The Conscious Musician Program® for undergraduate students
2022 Conference and workshop at the FONEM Foro de Educación Musical Nicaragua
2019 The Conscious Musician Seminar in Toronto with students from Mexico supported by the Government of Campeche
2018 The Conscious Musician Seminar at Music in the Alps Festival in Austria
2018 Conference and workshop at the University of Cosa Rica
2017 Faculty at Music in the Alps Festival in Austria and presentation of the book The Conscious Musician
2017 Jury at the Kiwanis Festival
2017 Masterclasses at Instituto de Cultura de Campeche, Mexico
2016 Masterclasses at Escuela Superior de Música in Mexico city
2015-2016 Workshop for kids with autism at Young Artscape Toronto
2006-2022 Private violin lessons, Toronto, Canada, based on THE CONSCIOUS MUSICIAN methodology.
2002-2006 Violin teacher, Academia Yuriko Kuronuma, Mexico City, including the delivery of workshops based on the Integral Development pedagogical method, preparation of students for concerts, etc.
2003-2004 Music teacher, Waldorf School of Cuernavaca, Mexico, including the delivery of workshops for both children and adults in the Integral Development pedagogical method
2002 Workshops/Performance for students based on Integral Development Method, Liceo Mexicano Japones School, Mexico City.
1999-2006 Private violin and piano lessons, Mexico City, based on Integral Development pedagogical method
1999 Integral Development children’s workshop, International Music Festival, Morelia, Mexico
1997-1998 Integral Development children’s workshops, Rudolf Steiner School, Lugano, Switzerland
MUSICAL EDUCATION
2021 HeartMath Certified Mentor HeartMath Institute, Boulder Creek, California
2019 Masters in music Pedagogy ESMUC Escola Superior di Musica di Catalunya, Barcelona
2007-2019 Voice training with vocal instructor Fides Krucker, Toronto, Canada.
1996-1998 Higher Studies in Violin, Accademia d’Archi Vivaldi (teacher: Susane Holm), Lugano, Switzerland
1993-1995 Higher Studies in Violin, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
1992 Summer course in violin under Zakar Bron, Santander, Spain
1991 Meadowmont Summer School of Music under Margaret Pardee
1988-1989 Violin Studies, Ollin Yoliztli School of Music, Mexico City
1980-1987 Violin Studies, Yuriko Kuronuma Violin Academy, Mexico City
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