Ernesto Cortázar (May 2, 1940 – August 2, 2004) was a Mexican composer, arranger, and pianist, born in Mexico City and who died in Tampico, Tamaulipas.[1] He was the son of composer, Ernesto Cortázar, founder and president of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico.[2]
Ernesto Cortázar II | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 2, 1940 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | August 2, 2004 (aged 64) Tampico, Mexico |
| Era | Contemporary |
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At the age of 13, Ernesto Cortázar lost his parents in a car accident. He finished his musical studies, and at age 17, began his work as a film musician. In 1958, he won the Best Background Music Award for a Latin American film at the International Festival of Cartagena (Colombia), with the melody Rio de Sueños.
He scored more than 500 films and managed to become the #1 artist of mp3.com during the years 1999 and 2001, achieving more than 14 million downloads at that time.[3]
After living in Los Angeles, California for most of his adult life, he returned to Mexico, settling in Tampico, where he died, the victim of cancer in 2004.
References
edit- ^ "Biography". Ernesto Cortazar (Relaxing Piano Music). Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ^ "Biografía de Ernesto Cortázar II". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- ^ "Biography". Ernesto Cortazar (Relaxing Piano Music). Retrieved 2022-04-07.