Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luis Herrera de la Fuente

Mexican musician

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1916

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 05-Dec-2014

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Luis Herrera de la Fuente (April 25, 1916 – December 5, 2014) was a Mexican conductor, pianist, violinist, composer and writer of the 20th century.
De la Fuente gained many recognitions and awards in Mexico and worldwide.
He conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Mexico for 18 years.
He was also conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. Herrera de la Fuente was born in Mexico City.
He began his formal education in Escuela Nacional de Música de la UNAM with Estanislao Mejía and José F.
Vázquez.
He studied piano with Santos Carlos, violin with Luis G.
Saloma, singing with David Silva, and composition with Rodolfo Halffter.
He began his practice in conducting with Sergiu Celibidache and in Zurich with Hermann Scherchen.
His research in folk and colonial music can be found in the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.
He died on December 5, 2014 at the age of 98.