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Enrique Velasco´s 35- year career is hard to summarize. He has covered the fields of soloist, maestro and representative of the artistic arena. He has performed concerts in more than 30 countries, reaching audiences in places such as the Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow, Russia),the F.Chopin Auditorium( Warsaw, Polony),IILA (Rome,Italy), The UNESCO Auditorium ( Paris, France), The Kennedy Center (Washington, USA) and in the National Theatres of other eleven countries in Europe, Asia and America. He has also performed almost throughout the whole Mexican Republic, including the main festivals and auditoriums: The National Palace of Fine Arts, the Nezahualcóyotl Hall, The Ollín Yoliztli Auditorium, the Chapultepec Castle and the National Center for the Arts.
Pupil of Manuel Lopez Ramos, Velasco is a promoter of his guitaristic school. Velasco has received numerous distinctions, among which the First award in the National Guitar Contest should be highlighted. He has also been designated as the soloist of the Year by the Union of Theatre and Music reporters, he has been appointed as the president of the Jury in the International Manuel M. Ponce Contest in Warsaw, Polony. He has also performed as a soloist at the main UNESCO Auditorium. He has performed concerts and given lectures at the International Biennial in Laudería in Cremona.
Velasco has also hosted several TV and radio programs about the guitar in Mexico, he has thought Master classes, has given conferences and courses at the Universidad de San Juan in Puerto Rico, at the Popular Institute of Music in Lodz, Poland, The Superior School in Tver, Russia, the Mexican Embassies in Poland and Russia. In Mexico, Velasco has also at the Mexican State Conservatory of Music, the Universities of Yucatán, Coahuila, of the Mexican State, Nuevo León, Hidalgo, Veracruz, the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Metropolitan Autonomous University. He has been part of the Jury for National and International Guitar Contests in Poland, France, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
He is a guitar teacher at the Superior Institute of Music of the Veracruz State and at the Faculty of Music at the Veracruzana University. He has been given the honorable designation as the Dean Master “for his academic leadership and outstanding contributions, which enrich the prestige of this institution”
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"...Orchestra and soloist revealed this work with prístine clarity (concert of Aranjuez, by Rodrigo), and they enjoyed themselves in intimate conversation. .. at the Adagio, the excellent dialogue between the guitar and the English horn was the reason for a special delight. ..Velasco made an impact with his talent and sharp sensitivity. ..
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