Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 – Music

Welcome to the Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 programme. The festival took place from 7 to 10 September, with 105 activities with 151 international guests from 20 countries, and with Hay Joven, Hay Festivalito, Hay Delegaciones and Talento Editorial events, as well as two activities in Cadereyta.

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Event 5

The state of Querétaro Philharmonic Orchestra and the pianist Marcela Roggeri in concert

Hay Festival & Lviv BookForum series

Teatro de la Ciudad
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A special concert with the State of Queretaro Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the Ukrainian Mark Kadin, Principal Conductor of the OFEQ, together with the Argentinian pianist Marcela Roggeri and the trumpet soloist Mtro. Ángel Aguilar Castillo. The programme includes Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Shostakovich’s First Piano and Trumpet Concierto and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.
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The state of Querétaro Philharmonic Orchestra and the pianist Marcela Roggeri in concert

Event 13

Lila Downs in conversation with Eliezer Budasoff and Silvia Viñas

El Hilo en Directo podcast

Teatro de la Ciudad
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The Latin American current affairs podcast El Hilo en Directo, produced by Radio Ambulante Estudios, brings a live episode with the Mexican-American composer and artist Lila Downs, winner of six Grammys and whose songs form part of the living culture of Mexico and Latin America, and who has worked with artists including Totó La Momposina, Niña Pastori, Celso Piña and Kevin Johansen. This is a very special episode of El Hilo, and on this occasion the public can attend in person. Lila will be n conversation with Eliezer Budasoff and Silvia Viñas.

Lila Downs will participate in this event digitally.

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Lila Downs in conversation with Eliezer Budasoff and Silvia Viñas

Event 26

Glen Matlock in conversation with Mariana H

Cineteca Rosalío Solano
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One of the founding members and the bassist with the most legendary group in the history of punk, the Sex Pistols, comes to Queretaro to tell us about his musical history. Glen Matlock (United Kingdom) made a decisive contribution to the sound and image of the Sex Pistols, and co-wrote many of their iconic songs, including Anarchy in the UK and God Save the Queen. Since then, Matlock has continued his musical career, working with various artists, and releasing music as a soloist and with his own band, Rich Kids, and also writing the musical autobiography Triggers, a Life in Music. In conversation with Mariana H.

Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available

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Glen Matlock in conversation with Mariana H

Event 33

Colin Greenwood in conversation with El Cha

Teatro de la Ciudad
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Colin Greenwood, the bass player with Radiohead, one of the world’s most popular rock bands, visits the Hay Festival in Queretaro to present How to Disappear, a kind of visual diary about Radiohead, created based on 20 years of photos in the band’s dressing rooms and rehearsal spaces and at concerts. The images are accompanied by the musician’s own texts, which offer a viewpoint onto the creation and execution of the music of Radiohead, in a kind of intimate portrait of one of the most influential bands in history. He will talk to a legend in his own right, the musician and bassist of bands such as Fobia and Moderatto, el Cha.

Colin Greenwood will participate in this event digitally.

Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available

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Event 48

Performance by Guz Guevara

Inválido Experience

Jardín Guerrero
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This is an artistic and disruptive performance by activist Guz Guevara (Mexico), who performs songs from his EP titled "Inválido." Through this performance, he questions ableism and the use of pejorative terms, addressing the importance of embracing one's own vulnerability and the need for greater visibility. The performance lasts forty minutes, during which the artist guides you through a progressive musical journey, challenging and confronting unconscious biases and paradigms.
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Performance by Guz Guevara

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