{"title":"Martínez, Alexis Rodríguez","description":"\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlexis Rodríguez Martínez \u003cbr\u003e(Havana, 1978)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-right: 012px; margin-bottom: 012px; float: left;\" alt=\"Alexis Rodríguez Martínez\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/1718\/9173\/files\/Alexis_Rodriguez_Martinez_240x240.jpg?v=1657318009\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlexis Rodríguez Martínez received his bachelor’s degree in Composition from the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInstituto Superior de Arte de Cuba\u003c\/em\u003e. He also holds a technical degree as a Guitar and Chamber Music Teacher. He is a member of the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba \u003c\/em\u003e(UNEAC) where he is an active participant in the organization of its annual contemporary music festival. His works has been premiered by some of the most renowned Cuban musicians at the most important festivals in his country, such as \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFestival Internacional de Música Contemporánea\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFestival Primavera en La Habana de Música Electroacústica\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLaboratorio Nacional de Música Electroacústica\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also a recurrent participant in the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSemanas de Música Sacra\u003c\/em\u003e at \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCentro Cultural “Padre Félix Varela”\u003c\/em\u003e. The Mexican dúo \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLux chordarum\u003c\/em\u003e has premiered two song cycles inspired by poetry by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Amado Nervo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe has been awarded in several competitions such as the Prize of the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConcurso Nacional de Composición “Alejandro García Caturla”\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), the Prize of the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConcurso Nacional “José Ardévol” \u003c\/em\u003e(2002 and 2013), Honorific Mention at \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConcurso Internacional de Composición de la Casa de las Américas \u003c\/em\u003e(2017), the Prize at the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConcurso Nacional de Composición “Harold Gramatges” \u003c\/em\u003e(2017) and an Honorific Mention at the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCertamen de Comoposición para Guitarra “Miquel Llobet” \u003c\/em\u003ein Barcelona, Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDuring the first year of the Pandemic, he wrote the cycle \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCriaturas del Encierro\u003c\/em\u003e, where he daily composed 18 little preludes for solo guitar, all of which were premiered on social media the next day after its creation, by guitarists from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, United States, and Venezuela.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"martinez-nuestra-senora-de-las-iguanas","title":"Martínez, Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNuestra Señora de las Iguanas by  \u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlexis Rodríguez Martínez\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle0\"\u003eNuestra Señora de las Iguanas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle2\"\u003e(Our Lady of the Iguanas) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"fontstyle3\"\u003efor solo guitar\u003cbr\u003eEdited by José Luis Segura Maldonado\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief but beautiful piece was composed by Alexis Rodríguez Martínez as a birthday present for Magaly Cruz de Nicolás, Art Historian, and owner of a copy of the photograph \u003cem\u003eNuestra Señora de las Iguanas\u003c\/em\u003e, taken in 1979 by well-known Mexican artist Graciela Iturbide as part of her series \u003cem\u003eJuchitán\u003c\/em\u003e, where she masterfully depicted the most powerful social and cultural aspects of the women who lives and rules an ancient matriarchy in that city in Oaxaca, Mexico. 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