Zacarías Salmerón
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Zacarías Salmerón Daza is a Mexican
composer, musician and violinist of son calentano
.
, Guerrero
, Mexico
. He is nephew of J. Isaías Salmerón Pastenes, who is considered one of the pillars of the calentano
music and who became a teacher to Zacarías and Juan Reynoso Portillo
. He is considered an important composer of son calentano
, traditional music genre of Tierra Caliente
, a region within the state of Guerrero, along with other composers such as Juan Reynoso Portillo
, Ángel Tavira
, Cástulo Benítez, José Natividad Leandro and Pedro Ignacio Pablo. He studied at the National School of Fine Arts and is author to 50 waltzes. He has recorded three albums: El poeta del violín (Poet of Violin), Entre amigos (Among Friends), and Bienvenidos a Tlapehuala (Welcome to Tlapehuala) Furthermore, he has been a music teacher at Tlapehuala's kindergarten, a job obtained thanks to President Lázaro Cárdenas
, who cherished his friendship. He has travelled to several cities within Mexico and the United States to present his music, even reaching to play for President Jimmy Carter
at the White House
. He was married twice; from his first marriage he had eight children, and one more from his second marriage to Consuelo Segura Beltrán.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
composer, musician and violinist of son calentano
Son Calentano
The son calentano is an instrumental form of Tierra Caliente, Mexico. It has meters in 3/4 and 6/8, an ornamented use of violin and back beats on guitar and tamborita....
.
Biography
Zacarías Salmerón Daza was born in TlapehualaTlapehuala
Tlapehuala is a city and seat of the municipality of Tlapehuala, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico....
, Guerrero
Guerrero
Guerrero officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guerrero is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo....
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. He is nephew of J. Isaías Salmerón Pastenes, who is considered one of the pillars of the calentano
Tierra caliente
Tierra caliente is a pseudo-climatalogical term used in Latin America to refer to those places within that realm which have a distinctly tropical climate...
music and who became a teacher to Zacarías and Juan Reynoso Portillo
Juan Reynoso Portillo
Juan Reynoso Portillo was a Mexican fiddler who played in Mexico's Tierra Caliente style...
. He is considered an important composer of son calentano
Son Calentano
The son calentano is an instrumental form of Tierra Caliente, Mexico. It has meters in 3/4 and 6/8, an ornamented use of violin and back beats on guitar and tamborita....
, traditional music genre of Tierra Caliente
Tierra Caliente (Mexico)
Tierra Caliente is a term used to describe a cultural and geographical region in southern Mexico that stretches some areas of the states of Guerrero, Michoacán and Estado de Mexico.Municipios included:...
, a region within the state of Guerrero, along with other composers such as Juan Reynoso Portillo
Juan Reynoso Portillo
Juan Reynoso Portillo was a Mexican fiddler who played in Mexico's Tierra Caliente style...
, Ángel Tavira
Ángel Tavira
Ángel Tavira Maldonado was a Mexican composer, musician and violinist of son calentano. He was awarded the Best Actor Award on the 2006 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section for his role in the movie El violín.-Biography:Ángel Tavira Maldonado was born in the town of Corral Falso...
, Cástulo Benítez, José Natividad Leandro and Pedro Ignacio Pablo. He studied at the National School of Fine Arts and is author to 50 waltzes. He has recorded three albums: El poeta del violín (Poet of Violin), Entre amigos (Among Friends), and Bienvenidos a Tlapehuala (Welcome to Tlapehuala) Furthermore, he has been a music teacher at Tlapehuala's kindergarten, a job obtained thanks to President Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.-Early life:Lázaro Cárdenas was born on May 21, 1895 in a lower-middle class family in the village of Jiquilpan, Michoacán. He supported his family from age 16 after the death of his father...
, who cherished his friendship. He has travelled to several cities within Mexico and the United States to present his music, even reaching to play for President Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
at the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
. He was married twice; from his first marriage he had eight children, and one more from his second marriage to Consuelo Segura Beltrán.