Around 4:30 in the afternoon, Facebook users confirmed that Méndez had already been found and was with his family.
Miami, United States. – Professor Ivette Burgois Lozano, director of the Matanzas Youth Choir, asked for help on Facebook To locate the teacher José Antonio Méndez Valencia, director of the Chamber Choir of the same province, who is missing.
“Please, this is José Antonio Méndez, the director of the choir of Matanzas. It is missing! It is necessary to, if they see it retain and call these numbers, ”Burgois Lozano wrote in a publication accompanied by two photos of Méndez Valencia, in which he also added two contact phones: Lilian Padrón (+53 5 9956550) and Vanessa Herrera (+53 5 2443208).
For his part, the Matancer writer Ulises Rodríguez Febles detailed That the choral director has “guidance problems” and wears “a red braons and a blue jean.”
According to EcuredMéndez Valencia is “one of the most illustrious Cuban coral directors.” He is a musician and pedagogue, and has been laureate with the José White Award of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba in Matanzas and the AHS Master Youth Prize.
Méndez Valencia was born on October 21, 1951 in Matanzas. He studied choral direction at the National School of Art (Havana) and at the Franz Liszt Music School in Weimar (Germany). He graduated from choral direction in 1980 and obtained a doctorate in music in 1990 at Martín Luther University, in Halle.
In addition, he is a Professor of Choral Management at the Conservatory of Music of Matanzas and at the Higher Institute of Art (Havana). Since 1986 he directs the Chamber of Matanzas, as well as the choir of the Evangelical Seminar of Matanzas Theology and the City’s Children’s Cantor.
He has also taught in the ENA, the Juan Marinello Pedagogical Institute and the Medium Level of Music School of Matanzas; And he has offered workshops in Germany, Venezuela, Santo Domingo and Montreal, in addition to acting as guest director of the National Choir of the Dominican Republic.
Among his recognitions and decorations, in addition to those already mentioned, are the distinction for Cuban culture, the Raúl Gómez García Medal and the national avant -garde status.
According to A Rebelde Radio de Julio this yearDuring the second day of the VI International Chorus Festival Santa Clara Canta was given to Méndez Valencia the cultural distinction “El Zarapico”, in the event held in the Caturla room of the Martí Provincial Library.
Méndez Valencia is the father of José Antonio Méndez Padrón, director and founder of the Symphony Orchestra of the University of the Arts (ISA), and husband of Lilian Padrón, dancer and choreographer at the head of the company Dance Spiral.
