Alejandra Robles
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Alejandra Robles Suastegui (born in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca
, Mexico
- November 28) is a dancer and singer of traditional music. Her musical style represents her Afro-Mexican roots and that of the indigenous peoples of Latin America, in addition to the regional music of Mexico, Colombia and the Caribbean. Her style is based on the sounds of the coast of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Veracruz.
region of Oaxaca
state. From a very young age she showed interest in music and dance, especially the sounds and Chilean coasts by Guerrero and Oaxaca. At the age of 15 years old she began studying contemporary song and dance at the School of Fine Arts of Oaxaca.
In 2000, she traveled to Paris, France, to enter the 12th Paris Conservatory of Music as a teacher taking Madame Sulle. On her return to Mexico enrolled in the School of Music at the Universidad Veracruzana and majored in Opera. This allowed her to take classes with teachers Benito Navarro (tenor), Guadalupe Colorado (soprano), Cecilia Ladron de Guevara (mezzo-soprano), and Victor Manuel Filobello (tenor), with whom she continues to study classical singing, while taking classes in African dance and tap dance classes with the teacher Rubi Oseguera.
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
, Mexico
Mexico
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- November 28) is a dancer and singer of traditional music. Her musical style represents her Afro-Mexican roots and that of the indigenous peoples of Latin America, in addition to the regional music of Mexico, Colombia and the Caribbean. Her style is based on the sounds of the coast of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Veracruz.
Biography
She was born in Puerto Escondido, in the Costa ChicaCosta Chica
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region of Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
state. From a very young age she showed interest in music and dance, especially the sounds and Chilean coasts by Guerrero and Oaxaca. At the age of 15 years old she began studying contemporary song and dance at the School of Fine Arts of Oaxaca.
In 2000, she traveled to Paris, France, to enter the 12th Paris Conservatory of Music as a teacher taking Madame Sulle. On her return to Mexico enrolled in the School of Music at the Universidad Veracruzana and majored in Opera. This allowed her to take classes with teachers Benito Navarro (tenor), Guadalupe Colorado (soprano), Cecilia Ladron de Guevara (mezzo-soprano), and Victor Manuel Filobello (tenor), with whom she continues to study classical singing, while taking classes in African dance and tap dance classes with the teacher Rubi Oseguera.
Compilations
- 2003: "1er. Festival Cultural del Sotavento" - La Bruja & El Cascabel
- 2007: "FAOT 2007" - El Pescador
- 2009: "Armonía en el Zócalo" - "Pinotepa"
Colaborations
- 2008: "Puño de Tierra" - Eugenia León "Sol Redondo" with Vanessa Bauche, Ma. Inés Ochoa and Ernesto Anaya
- 2008: "La Morena" - Armando Manzanero "Adoro", Eugenia León "La Llorona", Ramón Gutiérrez "La Morena" & Abel Bosmenier "El Cascabel"
- 2009: "Huapangueando" - Ernesto Anaya "La Pasión"
- 2010: "Que 20 años no es nada!" - "Como Se Pueda" Feat. Banda de Texcoco
- 2010: "XXV Aniversario" - Orquesta Primavera "Pinotepa"
- 2010: "Cine" - Eugenia León "Ando Borracho"
- 2011: "Mexicolombia" - Carlos Cuevas Cerón "La Llorona"
Live!
- 2008: "Eugenia Leon presents: Puño de Tierra" - Sol Redondo - Teatro Metropolitan - Mex. DF
- 2009: "Festival Humánitas 2009" with Alejandro Flores from Cafe Tacvba - La Huazanga - Oaxaca
- 2009: "Ernesto Anaya presents: Huapangueando" - La Pasión & El Llorar - Teatro de la Ciudad - Mex. DF
- 2010: "Alejandra Robles presents: La Morena!" with Orquesta Primavera - CaSa San Agustín Etla, Oaxaca
- 2010: "Festival Humánitas 2010" with Armando Manzanero - Adoro & De Nagazi - Oaxaca
- 2011: "Concierto por Chacahua" with Orquesta Primavera - Teatro Macedonio Alcala, Oaxaca
Most Amazing Concerts
- 2003: "Festival Junio Musical" Xalapa, Veracruz
- 2004: "Festival Junio Musical" Xalapa, Veracruz
- 2004: "Festival Internacional Zacatecano" Zacatecas
- 2006: "Festival Internacional de Chihuahua" Chihuahua
- 2007: "Festival Alfonso Ortiz Tirado" Alamos, Sonora
- 2007: "Feria Internacional del Libro" Los Mochis, Sinaloa
- 2007: "1ra. Feria de Culturas Populares" Zócalo de la Ciudad de México
- 2008: "Feria Internacional del Libro" Guadalajara
- 2008: "6ta. Noche de Primavera" Zócalo de la Ciudad de México
- 2008: "10mo.Festival Internacional de Puebla" Puebla de los Ángeles
- 2008: "Festival Santa Negritud! La Raíz Olvidada" Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM, México, D.F.
- 2008: "Feria Internacional del Libro del MUNAH" Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Ciudad de México
- 2009: "Inauguración del Centro Cultural Fox" Guanajuato
- 2009: "11vo. Festival Internacional de Puebla" with Orquesta Sinfónica de Puebla. Puebla de los Ángeles
- 2009: "38 Aniversario de la Casa de Cultura Oaxaqueña" with Orquesta Primavera. Ex-Convento 7 Príncipes, Oaxaca de Juárez
- 2009: "Festival Internacional Quimera" Metepec Estado de México
- 2009: "La Morena de la Costa" Teatro Bar El Vicio, Ciudad de México
- 2009: "Grito de Los Libres" Hemiciclo a Juárez, Ciudad de México
- 2009: "Alejandra Robles presents: La Morena!" Zócalo de la Ciudad de Oaxaca
- 2010: "Fiestas Patrias" Museo de la Secretaría de Hacienda, SHCP, Ciudad de México
- 2010: "4to. Aniversario del CaSa" with Orquesta Primavera. Centro de las Artes, San Agustín Etla, Oaxaca
- 2010: "Festival Humánitas" with Armando Manzanero. Oaxaca de Juárez
- 2010: "5to. Festival del Danzón" with Orquesta Primavera. Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, Oaxaca de Juárez
- 2010: "23va. Semana Cultural Lésbica-Gay" Museo de la Ciudad de México
- 2010: "Catrina" with Noel Suastegui and Compañía de Danza de la UABJO, Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, Oaxaca de Juárez
- 2010: "Fiestas Patrias" with Orquesta Primavera. Chiapas
- 2010: "Festival Navideño" with Orquesta Primavera. Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca
- 2011: "Día Internacional de la Mujer" Explanada Delegacional, Ixtapalapa, Ciudad de México
- 2011: "5to. Aniversario del CaSa" with Orquesta Primavera to benefit of La Laguna de Chacahua. Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, Oaxaca de Juárez
- 2011: "Inauguración de los festejos del 1654 Aniversario de la Fundación de Villa de Tututepec" San Pedro Tututepec, Costa Chica de Oaxaca.
- 2011: "4to. Martes de Brujas en Xoxo" Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Oaxaca de Juárez with Orquesta Primavera.
Videos
- 2008 "La Morena" Documental with Armando Manzanero, Eugenia León & Pepe Torres
- 2008 "Festival Humánitas" 3 Video Spots Fiestas de Mayo en Oaxaca
- 2009 "Por la Igualdad" Video Conapred & Segob México
- 2010 "La Transformación del Cine en Música" Documental Eugenia León from "Cine" Cd
Tv, Radio, Press & Internet
- TV Program Animal Nocturno - TV Azteca
- Código DF with Eugenia León - Internet Radio
- Noticias22 - Canal 22 - CONACULTA
- Fernanda Familiar - Radio
- La Noche W with Fernando Rivera Calderón - Radio
- Radio Educación - Radio
- Radio Más Xalapa - Radio
- Canal 9 Cortv Oaxaca
- Lamulatadevozeterea.wordpress.com - Internet
- Callejera.com.mx - Internet
- Artenomas.blogspot.com - Internet
- La Jornada - Press
- Vida Oaxaca - Press
- Oaxaca Profundo - Press
- Arrecife Magazine - Press
- Semanario Síntesis Oaxaca - Press