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Alondra de la Parra is going from strength

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The Palaciode Fine Arts was the scene of the opening of the First international congress Intellectual Experience of Women in the XXI Century, organized by Conaculta, that the part of the celebrations of Women's DíaInternacional, takes place from 7 to 11 March.

This meeting brings together outstanding women from the fields of art, science from culture andthe various Latin American countries, who debatensobre the role of women and their experience diversasespecialidades intellectual as producers and creators of culture.

The Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra led the conciertoinaugural composed SéptimaSinfonía Beethoven and the Danzón2 of Márquez. At the end of the concert and in the midst of a granovación showed up on stage the wife of the President ofthe Republic, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, Margarita Zavala, accompanied deAlonso Lujambio Irazábal, Secretary of Public Education Consuelo Sáizar, president of Conaculta yTeresa Vicencio, director of Institute of Fine Arts, to make delivery of platinum by their debut album eléxito My AlmaMexicana . emphasizedthat Margarita Zavala is the first time delivers a platinum artist músicaclásica.

The discoproducido by Alondra de la Parra told from the beginning supported deConaculta and other institutions and private companies and was released by Sony Music mercadointernacional last August.

Mi Alma Mexicana is the result of musicological lainvestigación by the director, including symphonic works unaselección representative of Mexican composers lolargo of 200 years of our evolution as an independent nation, which lohace a historical document of great value.

Since its launch, and for several weeks, the disc is placed in the general table segundolugar sales Amprofon, something never before seen in undisco classical music in Mexico, surpassing the mark of more than 60 000 copiasvendidas.

Alondra de la Parra was grateful for the confidence and great support from the project losinicios Conaculta received from other institutions and empresaspatrocinadoras and of his label.