Édgar Guzmán (b. 1981, México)

Photo by ©Erika Harrsch at Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro
Édgar Guzmán is a mexican composer of acoustic, electronic and mixed media music. His work has been performed at several festivals in Mexico, United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Austria, France, Poland, Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands, such as the Festival Internacional de Música y Musicología de Ensenada, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Festival del Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México, Festival de Música Contemporánea de Michoacán, Chicago ICE Fest, ICE Three Generations of Mexican Composers, Bowling Green State University 30th New Music Festival, MATA, UNRULY Music festival, Festival International des Musiques et Création Electroniques, Neue Musik Lüneburg, Festival für unabhängige und revolutionäre Musik Mex/Wien, XVII Festival Atempo, Festival Musica Electronica Nova, Bienal Internacional de Música Electroacústica de São Paulo and LA Phil CDMX Festival.
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​His musical production is comprised of commissioned by and dedicatory pieces to a number of orchestras, ensembles and performers such as the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil de México, Orquesta Sinfónica Mexiquense, Los Angeles Phillarmonic, Ensamble Liminar, Ensamble de Música Contemporánea de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Camerata de las Américas, International Contemporary Ensemble, Wilfrido Terrazas, Alexander Bruck, Rebekah Heller, Kivie Canh-Lipman, Ryan Muncy and David Bowlin among others.

Édgar Guzmán is a member of FONCA's Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte 2017