Concerts · composition · artistic direction · education
This dossier gathers a verifiable selection of Pere Soto’s activity in Mexico. It is intended for cultural centers, festivals, museums, universities and programmers. Public/institutional sources, the artist’s own materials, and information supplied by the artist are clearly distinguished.
← Back to main sitePere Soto is a guitarist, composer, arranger, music producer and educator. His documented work in Mexico spans from a chamber-music premiere in 2000 to recent multidisciplinary projects and releases. He has performed or collaborated at venues such as the Lunario of the Auditorio Nacional, Museo Tamayo, Biblioteca Henestrosa / Casa de la Ciudad, ICBC (Baja California), Centro Cultural San Pablo and the Puebla Symphony Orchestra, with sustained activity in Oaxaca.
The Ensenada section documents the concert and the filming of an audiovisual documentary project. No TV broadcast, sale or distribution of the documentary is claimed.
| Year | Milestone | Source / scope |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | World premiere of String Quartet No. 2 (Mexico City Quartet). | Artist source (biography / dossier). |
| 2011 | Guest soloist with Puebla Symphony Orchestra; original arrangements with Oaxaca Big Band (Puebla). | Artist CV; also cited by Ciudadanía Express. |
| 2014–2015 | Oaxaca: free jazz with Gustavo Nandayapa & Alfonso Muñoz (Biblioteca Henestrosa, FAHHO); concerts and San Pablo with Ken Basman. | FAHHO (institutional) + artist source. |
| 2016 | Lunario, Auditorio Nacional (Mexico City), 4 Feb: Gypsy Guitar Project, guest Silvie Henry Germain. | La Jornada, El Economista, Revista Marvin. |
| 2016 | Tijuana / ICBC: Gypsy Jazz masterclass, Plaza Río concert, improvisation workshop. | Los Angeles Times / AFN (26 Aug 2016). |
| 2016 | El Mogor, Ensenada, 12 Aug: Gypsy Project concert; filming of an audiovisual documentary project. | Concert: LAT. Filming: artist source. |
| 2017 | Museo Tamayo — “Noches de Jazz: tribute to Ornette Coleman” (with Muñoz & Nandayapa). | Museos de México. |
| 2017 | Casa de la Ciudad / Biblioteca Henestrosa (Jazz Oax II) with Alfonso Muñoz. | Ciudadanía Express. |
| 2024 | Procesión: Tiempo de Gigantes (Oaxaca) — artistic director and composer of the opening performance. | El Imparcial, NVI Noticias, La Onda Oaxaca. |
| 2024–2025 | Releases and projects linked to Oaxaca and collaborations. | Official website (artist source). |
Gypsy jazz, classical, electroacoustic and fusion. Press campaign included interviews; La Jornada highlighted the Django Reinhardt homage.
Open Gypsy Jazz masterclass, Plaza Río concert with local musicians, and improvisation workshop — documented by AFN / Los Angeles Times.
“Noches de Jazz: Pere Soto tribute to Ornette Coleman” with Alfonso Muñoz (sax) and Gustavo Nandayapa (drums).
FAHHO / Biblioteca Henestrosa circuit (free jazz 2014); 2017 concert with Alfonso Muñoz; Centro Cultural San Pablo (2015).
Music-and-dance activation for Alberto Aragón Reyes’s exhibition. Local press names Soto as artistic director and composer of the piece.
Concert within Jazz en El Mogor (harvest season). An audiovisual documentary project was filmed around the performance (artist archive; no TV broadcast claimed).
| Jazz / gypsy jazz concert | Track record at Lunario, El Mogor, ICBC and Oaxaca venues. |
| Improvisation & contemporary jazz | Work with Muñoz and Nandayapa; Ornette Coleman tribute at Museo Tamayo. |
| Masterclass / workshop | Documented at ICBC Tijuana; ongoing pedagogical practice. |
| Composition & artistic direction | Procesión: Tiempo de Gigantes (Oaxaca, 2024). |
| Family-oriented proposal | Pere Soto & Galaxian Swingers — conceived for family audiences (artist source). |