MODERN ORCHESTRA
Nominated on several occasions for the Latin Grammy Award, and known as one of the most outstanding arrangers on the Mexican music scene, Rosino Serrano presents his personal project MODERN ORCHESTRA. Under the direction of Rosino, this large format ensemble consists of a big band made up of the highest exponents of national jazz, achieving a unique sound in which jazz merges with various Mexican and Latin American genres._cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
Usually, a fabulous cast of invited soloists also participate, including Italian harmonica player Gianluca Littera, singer Iraida Noriega, pianist Alex Mercado, saxophonist Jako González, guitarist Francisco Lelo de Larrea, vihuelist Fernando de Santiago, bassist Aarón Cruz and the vibraphonist Emiliano Suárez.
The first album of the MODERN ORCHESTRA. It is made up of original works by Rosino, as well as his arrangements to music by Mexican jazz composers Eugenio Toussaint and Enrique Nery. The concert repertoire also includes arrangements of some Mexican song classics, including songs by Armando Manzanero and Consuelo Velázquez. Critically acclaimed, MODERN ORCHESTRA is a long-awaited project that already occupies an important place in today's jazz scene.
ROSINO SERRANO
Composer, Arranger, Conductor
A multi-nominee for the Latin Grammy Award, born in Madrid, Spain, Rosino Serrano has been part of the Mexican music scene since the early 1980s. He studied Piano at the Madrid and Malaga Conservatories, the National Music School of the UNAM and the Vida y Movimiento School of Music. He is also a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music specializing in Jazz Composition. At the beginning of his career he was part of the legendary bands Banda Elástica and Rumba Abierta; of those years stands out
also his work alongside the singer Betsy Pecanins. Whether as a pianist, composer, arranger, musical director or producer, he has worked with some of the most prominent figures in contemporary Ibero-American popular music, including Eugenia León, Armando Manzanero, Carlos Santana, Ivan Lins, Rocío_cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Dúrcal, Aida Cuevas, Tania Libertad, Camila,Sin Bandera, Niña Pastori, Kalimba,_cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Óscar Chávez, El Tri, Emmanuel, Mijares y otros. Many of the productions in which he has participated have reached great popularity. He has written more than 400 arrangements for a wide variety of ensembles, among others, MSM Jazz Orchestra, Bobby Sanabria Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band, Big Band Jazz de México, Zinco Big Band, PostClassical Ensemble, Ónix Ensemble, San Francisco Symphony, Orchestra from RTVE, UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, Mexico State Symphony Orchestra, Fine Arts Chamber Orchestra, Mexico City Typical Orchestra and Oaxaca State Symphony Band. He has composed the music for 30 films, including Santitos, Walkout, Adam and Eve (still) and The Crime of Father Amaro, the latter nominated for an Oscar. For his music for film, he has received the Mayahuel award and has been nominated for an Ariel. He has produced more than 40 records for both independent and multinational labels, including SONY, BMG, EMI, Universal and Milan, spanning a wide variety of genres from jazz, rock and pop to Latin American vernacular, opera and music. chamber and symphonic music. During his residence in New York, between 1997 and 2004, he worked for the production houses Big Rumble Music and Razorhead Music where he was in charge of numerous radio and television advertising campaigns for brands such as Budweiser, Miller, Coors, Jack Daniels, Panasonic, Samsung , Chrysler, Disney, The Hispanic Scholarship Fund and USPS; he was also musical director of Thalia Spanish Theatre. Since 2012, he has served as music director and composer for the Los Angeles-based Latino Theater Company; his stage credits include A Mexican Trilogy: An American Story and the musical Destiny of Desire. To this day, he continues to be Eugenia León's musical director and pianist, with whom he has collaborated since the 1990s, having produced several albums for her and made multiple international tours. He has worked as a teacher for more than 35 years. He was academic director at the DIM Music School; He currently directs his own Composers Workshop and is a professor at the Faculty of Music at UNAM, at the Tecnológico de Monterrey and at the Conservatory of Contemporary Music. Since 2015 he is a member of the National System of Art Creators. In 2018, he founded the MODERN ORCHESTRA.
2020 Nominated Best Arrangement
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2022 Nominated Best Arrangement
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