Horacio Franco

Mexican flautist and recorder player

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Horacio Franco
Franco in 2015
Background information
Born	(1963-10-11) 11 October 1963 (age 60)
Origin	Mexico City, Mexico
Occupations	Recorder player, conductor
Instruments	Recorder, block flute
Years active	1986–present

Website	horaciofranco.com

Musical artist

Horacio Franco (born October 11, 1963)^[1] is a Mexican flautist and recorder player. Franco has performed many genres of music, from medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music—including Latin American colonial music—to contemporary, folkloric, and popular styles.^[2]

Personal life

Franco is openly a part of the LGBT community,^[1] and in 2011, he married Arturo Plancarte, who is his current manager.^[3] In March 2020, Franco announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the coronavirus pandemic.^[4]

Recordings

Hotteterre Trio, 1987, Luzam Discs
Solistas of Mexico, director Eduardo Bush, 1988
Mexican Music for recorder, 1991, Cenidim-Quindecim recordings
The Folias Hotteterre Trio, 1992, Peer to them discs
Cappella Cervantina Horacio Franco, director, 1994, Quindecim Recordings
Vivaldi Concerti per Flauto Horacio Franco and Capella Cervantina, 1994, Quindecim Recordings
Contemporary Music of Camera, vol. 6, Jorge Cordova, 1994, Bartok Study
Concerto For Recorder and Orchestra Kibbutzim Chamber Orchestra Mordechai Rechtmann- conductor Michael recorded Wolpe-composer live, 1995, Production of the Composer
Mexican Symphonic Music Concert for Recorder and Orchestra of Marcela Rodriguez OFUNAM director Ronald Zollman, 1995, Digital Urtext Classics
Il Gardellino Horacio Franco and the Camerana Aguascalientes, 1996, Quindecim Recordings
Musica Barroca Mexicana Cappella Cervantina Horacio Franco, director, 1996, Quindecim Recordings
The Art of Horacio Franco Horacio Franco & the Georgian Chamber Orchestra, directed by Horacio Franco, 1997, Guild Recordings
Carlos Monsiváis and Horacio Franco, 1997, alive Voice of Mexico, UNAM
Musica Barroca Mexicana Vol. 2. Cappella Cervantina-Horacio Franco, director, 1998, Discs K 617-France, distributed in Mexico by Quindecim Recordings
From the Medieval to the Danzón Horacio Franco and Victor Flores, 2002, Quindecim Recordings
Solo Bach Horacio Franco, 2004, Quindecim Recordings
Sones de Tierra and Nube with the Band Filarmónica Mixe of the CECAM of Sta. Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, 2005, Xquenda Discs
Capella Puebla director and soloist Horacio Franco, 2005, Quindecim recordings
From Bach, the Beatles and others Horacio Franco and Victor Flores, 2005, Quindecim Recordings

References

^ ^a ^b Méndez, Roger (29 June 2014). "'Soy como un viejito de clóset". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Home Page/Horacio Franco". Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
^ Sanco, Guiller (22 June 2011). "Las parejas gay más reconocidas de México". Animal Político (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ Piñon, Alida (28 March 2020). "Coronavirus, Horacio Franco cuenta su historia antes del diagnóstico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2020.