Eduardo Mata

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Eduardo Mata
EduardoMataImage.jpg
Born(1942-09-05)September 5, 1942
Mexico
DiedJanuary 4, 1995(1995-01-04) (aged 52)
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Occupation(s) Conductor, composer

Eduardo Mata (5 September 1942 4 January 1995) was a Mexican conductor and composer.

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Career

Mata was born in Mexico City. [1] He studied guitar privately for three years[ citation needed ] before enrolling in the National Conservatory of Music. From 1960 to 1963 he studied composition under Carlos Chávez, Héctor Quintanar  [ es ] and Julián Orbón. [1] In 1964 he received a Koussevitzky Memorial Fellowship to study at Tanglewood. There, he studied conducting with Max Rudolf and Erich Leinsdorf and composition with Gunther Schuller. [2] [3] [4] [5]

He composed several works in the 1950s and 1960s, including three symphonies and chamber works, which include sonatas for piano and for cello and piano. [1] His Third Symphony and some of his chamber works have been recorded. [6]

In 1965 he was appointed head of the Music Department of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and conductor of the Guadalajara Orchestra; [7] [8] [9] He also conducted the orchestra at the university, which later became the National Autonomous University of Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1972, he left Mexico to take the position of principal conductor of the Phoenix Symphony. The next year he was appointed the Phoenix ensemble's music director, holding that position through the 1977–78 season. [1] [10]

In 1965, he was one of the founding members and later, honorary president of the Mahler Mexico Society (Sociedad Mahler México) and together with Mexico's National Symphony Orchestra (Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional), in October 1975 he conducted the first full cycle of Gustav Mahler's symphonies in Mexico.

From 1977 to 1993 he was music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra [1] and guest conductor of several orchestras in the U.S., Europe and Latin America. He recorded over fifty albums, most of them with the UNAM Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra. He was also appointed principal conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and was about to take up this post in January 1995 when he was killed.

On the morning of 4 January 1995, Mata and a passenger were en route from Cuernavaca, Morelos, to Dallas, Texas. Mata was piloting his own Piper Aerostar. One engine failed shortly after takeoff, and the plane crashed during an emergency landing attempt. [11] Both died in the crash, near Mexico City. [12]

Selected compositions

Selected discography

Mata compositions

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Saavedra 2001.
  2. Morehead and MacNeil 1991.
  3. Jacobs 1990.
  4. Delpar 1974, [ page needed ].
  5. Rehrig 1991–96, 2:[ page needed ].
  6. Tardiff and Mabunda 1996.
  7. Kanellos 2003, [ page needed ].
  8. Stevenson 2005b.
  9. Meyer 2001.
  10. Dent 2002, 194–195.
  11. "Eduardo Mata | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  12. Kozinn 1995.

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