The orchestra director Enrique Bátiz Campbell, founder of the OSEM died

I am a modest musician at the service of Euterpesaid Enrique Bátiz Campbell to The day In 2012.

The pianist and orchestra director died yesterday; He would have turned 83 on May 4. The death was confirmed by the rector of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Octavio Castillo Acosta, through his social networks, since Bátiz Campbell was an artistic director of his symphony orchestra, a work he performed with Great dedication and passionaccording to the institution.

Of controversial and controversial personality when definingon the occasion of that talk with this newspaper Enrique Bátiz, as he was known in the artistic environment, he added then: Yes, I know that I have a bad reputation, but the only thing I do is ask that the note is worked as such and not as re. They are not my fault the educational failures of the musicians of other orchestras; What I have responsibility is of those under my direction. Yes, that’s why I have a bad reputation.

Legacy in the State of Mexico

Bátiz was the founder of the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico (OSEM) in 1971, which he directed in two periods: from 1971 to 1983, and from 1990 to 2018, direction he left because Parkinson suffered.

With that group he toured in 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 and 2008 by cities in the United States. In his second period against the OSEM, he led to the tour orchestra to Europe and China on several occasions.

Bátiz also served as an artistic director of the Philharmonic of Mexico City, from 1983 to 1989. Likewise, he was a guest and music advisor of the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra.

The teacher left a vast legacy in the world of classical music, since he directed hundreds of orchestras around the world, including the Royal Philharmonic.

Bátiz Campbell has a discography of approximately 145 recordings.

Of great interpretive capacity, he covered from the classic to the contemporary period, and became a creditor of numerous recognitions, including Bernal to the artistic merit, granted by the Confederation of professionals of the State of Mexico; the Mercury International Award, in Rome; the José Martí International Prize of the United Nations Educational, Science and Culture Organization, and the Eagle Medal of Tlatelolco.

His recording of the third symphony of Camille Saint-Saëns was recognized by the magazines Gramophone Magazine y Penguin Records Guide as the best recorded version, while the Parsley, of Igor Stravinsky, was considered the best of the year by the Sunday Times In 1986.

Both the Municipal Auditorium of Cuautitlán Izcalli, and the House of Culture in Metepec, both in the State of Mexico, bear their name. He was also a television programs about music.

An arduous work career

Born in Mexico City in 1942, Enrique Bátiz was considered a child musical prodigy; At the age of five he gave his first public piano presentation.

He studied both at Mexico and abroad, and graduated in 1965 of Juilliard School of Music in New York, the year in which he was semifinalist of the International Piano Contest Marguerite Long, in Paris, France. Subsequently, he attended higher piano studies in Poland.

Bátiz debuted in Mexico as orchestra director at the Palace of Fine Arts in 1969, with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra.

In the interview mentioned above, Bátiz Campbell did not hold on to respond excitedly that it was worth dedicating his life to music, especially what was achieved at the head of the OSEM in the two times when he was in charge of her, then, to his say, in his 42 years of existence It has been a group that has served as the cultural promoter of the State of Mexico and its inhabitants.

Added: I came to maturity no matter who realizes. And I want that experience to be embodied. I understand much better now than 30 or 40 years ago for what is an essay. And I have had to work a chingo to achieve that, because I am more product of work than talent.

The Federal Ministry of Culture lamented in its social networks The sensitive death of Enrique Bátiz Campbell, who for more than six decades promoted classical music in the country. He founded the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico in 1971 and was the owner of various orchestras such as Mexico City and host director at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, in London. Rest in peace.

The OSEM also regretted the death of who was Founder and Director for more than 40 years of our group.