Winemaker in a construction company by trade but artist at heart, Hector Ramos composed a song piece that will be performed on June 6 by the choir of the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes.
“I always knew it was going to be musician“I didn’t choose, I didn’t have to choose.”assured the composer originally from Cuauhtémoc, ChihuahuaHéctor Ramos for the DEBATE team.
In it Museum of Death in Aguascalienteshis work titled First hymn of Saint Mary: “The polka dots on the dress” will be presented for the first time on stage.
Excited by the news of the interpretation of his work, Héctor Ramos said that this First cantiga of Santa María He wrote it for his mother, because as her last wish before dying, she asked him for it.
“My mother asked me for this first song, my mother on her deathbed, He asked me to write a piece dedicated to the Virginso that’s why I wrote it […] And it is a great pleasure for me to have fulfilled that wish and even more so, that it is going to be sung.”
Old songs that were never stopped singing
Ramos explained that the songs of Santa María They are a collection of music that Alfonso X the Wisewho was king of Castile, asked his notaries as a collection.
“He sent them to collect ancient knowledge, so they collected Andalusian, Muslim, Christian and Jewish music. It is a collection of about 500 pieces of music by authors we do not know and by very beautiful music that was written at that time”Ramos said.
“In the collective memory There are many old songs that have remained alive, that they never stopped singing.”
From Bach to cumbias
Héctor told DEBATE that his first approach to music It was in his childhood, however, during his adolescence he discovered the music of composers such as Brahms, Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven.
“At 16 years old I heard the Brandenburg concerts of Bach and that changed my life, that was the most decisive moment in my history”he added.
After that moment, Ramos did not abandon music, and music did not abandon him: “Writing and making music is an everyday thing“It’s natural for me.”
“The most important thing about art for me is spiritual transformation that music does in your life“That gift is the most important thing and they can’t take it away from you.”he highlighted.
In addition to avant-garde music compositions, Ramos said that he has written cumbias for orchestras: “Will be called Norteñita Cumbianchera”.
“Cumbia is a musical form that I really like, I find great values in cumbia. And I saw how it has diversified, how in different parts of Latin America they make cumbias so different and so characteristic, each one of its place in its regionthat we can clearly distinguish a vallenato from a cumbia from the south of Guerrero, from the coast of Guerrero from the small coast.”
Although he is an artist and knows that he will dedicate himself to being one his entire life, Héctor regretted the few opportunities that musicians have to make a living from their art, but he assured that he will continue writing and publishing his work through his account. of SoundCloudwhere his compositions can be found as Ramos Gutierrez.
“I have a lot of music there, both with instruments, live concerts, music for guitar, for Symphony Orchestra, for string orchestra, Percussion Quartet, for soprano, acapella, for theater, for piano, for voices, for guitar,” stood out.
Together with the director of choir of the Autonomous University of AguascalientesJavier Zúñiga Aceves, Héctor will present the first cantiga, and also hopes that his next two cantigas will arrive on stage soon.
Ramos invited all of Mexico on June 6 at the Museum of Death in Aguascalientes at 7:00 p.m. to listen to and experience the First Cantiga de Santa María: Polka dots on the dress. After submission, your work will be available in your account. SoundCloud.
“Rubi’s second party, everyone is invited”he joked.
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