CMF Artist Booklet A5 - 21st December 2016

Eusebio Sanchez - International Scholar
“I would recommend this scholarship] because it turns you into a real
professional and not just a performer...”
Eusebio on the CMF International Scholarship
Mexican marimba player Eusebio Sánchez is known for his passionate and
expressive playing that pays an important homage to his home nation. He
graduated from the Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey
(ESMDM), the music school in his native city of Monterrey in Northern
Mexico.
Sánchez has performed both in orchestras and as a recitalist in and around
Cuba, Mexico, the US, as well as in Belgium. He has studied with some of
the most important marimba players from around the globe such as Ludwig
Albert, Makoto Nakura, Norberto Nandayapa and J. N. Zivkovic.
In addition to being an experienced performer he is a music producer, having
graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey and in the past he has recorded pieces for soloists and chamber
musicians.
After winning several scholarships and awards in his native Monterrey,
Sánchez progressed to the International Marimba Competition in
SaintTruiden, Belgium, organised by marimba virtuoso Ludwig Albert in
2014 before winning a place on the CMF International Artist Programme in
2015.
www.citymusicfoundation.org/artists/eusebio-sanchez
www.eusebio-sanchez.com