Natalia Esquivel
Natalia Esquivel | |
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| Birth name | Natalia Esquivel Benítez |
| Born | December 15, 1973 San José, Costa Rica |
| Occupation(s) | composer, guitarist, singer-songwriter, vocalist, author, poet, musical educator |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Natalia Esquivel Benítez (born 15 December 1973 in San José) is a Costa Rican composer, guitarist, singer-songwriter, author, poet, vocalist and academic in musical education.[1]
Career
[edit]Esquivel studied musical education at the National University of Costa Rica; further she obtained a master's degree at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Esquivel has been actively promoting the development of reading and music for children, alongside the concept of "musicking" set forth by Christopher Small; music is conceived as a process to help build learning and enhance the pupil's abilities, including the development of competencies needed in their life.[2] Her music worshops, supported by religious authorities, have set a local precedent in this regard.[3] Another meaningful influence in her work has been the German Orff Schulwerk.[4]
Esquivel has been an artist-in-residence with Spanish composer of social music Marta Lozano Molano, conducting a musical project for rural areas and communities under social risk; its 17 songs invite to reflect on ecological and social values, based on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.[5]
Style
[edit]Her musical repertoire is inspired by the work of Billy Joel, Ana Belén, Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, and Violeta Parra, among others.[6]
Selected works
[edit]- Arrullos de sol y mar (Clubdelibros, 2015; 2nd ed. 2021)[7]
- Música para el niño preescolar (EUNED, 2017)[8]
- Nana de la luna (Ocarina, 2020)
- Andamios de lluvia (Poiesis Ediciones, 2021)[9][10]
- Canto planetario: hermandad en la Tierra. Volumen I (various authors, ed. Carlos Javier Jarquín). Antology. Costa Rica: H.C. Editores, 2023.
References
[edit]- ^ "Natalia Esquivel Benítez". Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Costa Rica. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Educators trained to promote reading through music". Ministry of Public Education (in Spanish). Costa Rica. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Castillo Vindas, Luis Fernando (2017). "Arte, política, cultura: elementos para una teoría crítica del Sistema Nacional de Educación Musical" (PDF). Universidad de Costa Rica (in Spanish). pp. 171–172. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "De la Schulwerk a los Carmina Burana: Carl Orff, una música de fuertes resonancias". Revista Mitt (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Natalia Esquivel, an artist-in-residence" (in Spanish). Ibermúsicas. June 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "A voice of her own". La Nación (in Spanish). 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Jarquín, Carlos Javier (3 July 2021). "Mía Esquivel es una niña prodigiosa". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Música para el niño preescolar". Editorial de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (in Spanish). Costa Rica. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Presentation of Andamios de lluvia". Ministry of Culture and Youth (in Spanish). Costa Rica. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Retana, Edmundo (10 May 2022). "Un largo sueño fluvial y translúcido". Semanario Universidad (in Spanish). Costa Rica. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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