Pianist Ana Cervantes returns to UT Dallas as part of the
30th Annual Conference of the American Literary Translators Association. She has been praised in two hemispheres as “a physical, emotional performer with mastery of tone and color” (Newark Star-Ledger, USA) and “great interpretive qualities … enormous passion” (unomásuno, México); it has been said of her that “it is difficult to imagine a better ambassadress for the music of Mexico” (Independent on Sunday, RU).  Her performance will include pieces from her most recent album, Rumor de Páramo, which features commissioned works of 12 composers from four countries representing three generations.

About Ana Cervantes - www.cervantespiano.com

Cervantes’ approachable performance style, together with imaginative programming in which she joins the traditional repertoire with the music of today, has made her an artist much in demand.
Her newest recording, Rumor de Páramo (Murmurs from the Wasteland), result of an international commissioning project in homage to landmark Mexican author Juan Rulfo, has garnered critical praise.  Says Mexico’s Proceso (weekly magazine of news and culture), “one of the most attractive recording productions of 2006 …”. Entre las Ramas Rotas (Among the Broken Branches) —Volume 2 of the project— with newly commissioned works, is scheduled for release in November 2007. 

In 1999 Cervantes was given the Fulbright García-Robles grant to develop repertoire of contemporary concert music of Mexico for subsequent performance in the US; in 2002 she received an Individual Artist grant from the Bossak-Heilbrun Charitable Foundation (USA) to continue this work.-  In 2003 she received a grant from CONACULTA (Mexican National Foundation for the Arts) to make the CD Agua y Piedra: Recent Music of Mexico, praised by the national press in México, the UK and the US.  Alumna of Bard College, she names Joan Tower and the late Theodore Lettvin as her most important teachers.  Cervantes maintains an active international schedule as performer and teacher and is currently based in Guanajuato, México.