Guest artist Mauricio Nader is one of Mexico’s premier artists. Funded in part by the Lilla B. Morgan fund, Mr. Nader will collaborate with Ron Francois for a violin and piano recital.
“Maintaining a blistering career of engagements, Mr. Nader has become the Indiana Jones of the Piano World” (Price, Rubin & Partners, UNITED STATES) “Today, no other Mexican pianist matches Mauricio Nader’s busy concert schedule, precise technique and intense passion.” (Houston Chronicle, UNITED STATES) “With a spirit of passion for music, Mauricio Nader brings a universal message of peace”. (The News, PAKISTAN) “Impressive performance and bravura. His technical precision was outstanding. His concert was a pianistic success”. (EL NUEVO DÍA, 2009. PUERTO RICO) “When Mauricio Náder plays the piano, he awakens the spirit of passion, sensuality, exaltation, energy and voluptuousity.” (Life & Style Magazine, MEXICO)

Mexican pianist Mauricio Náder (1967) he began performing at the age of nine years old and has mantained an active career, performing at major venues of the American continent, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. He has appeared extensively in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, China, Lebanon and Pakistan. He has also contributed towards the promotion of Mexican Music at venues such as the Jay Pritzker Pavilion/Millennium Park (Chicago), Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, DC), Spivey Hall (Atlanta), Americas Society (New York), The Prince of Asturias Foundation Series (Spain), National Center for the Performing Arts (Beijing, China), Oslo Konserthus (Oslo), Hotel National des Invalides (Paris), Centro Cultural de Belem (Lisboa), Teatro Municipal (Río de Janeiro), Art Institute of Chicago, Teatro Sánchez Aguilar (Guayaquil), and many others.

His interpretative warmth, the power of his artistic personality and his ability to face an immense repertory ranging from the Baroque to the contemporary music have led him to become one of today’s Latinamerican musicians who most hold the attention of concert organizers. He debuted as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico) at the age of nineteen years old. Since then, he is frequently invited by all of Mexico’s major orchestras, as well as by diverse orchestras from abroad. Some of his projects have included the “premier in Mexico” of George Crumb’s Makrokosmos (complete Books I and II) during the Festival Internacional Cervantino and the “premiere” in several countries of the Piano Concertos by Manuel M. Ponce and José Rolón.