Biography
José Areán’s career has covered vast musical and cultural grounds. Equally comfortable conducting opera, symphonic and chamber music, he has devoted much time as well to outreach and education in his homeland, Mexico, championing young talents, contemporary music and open-air musical experiences for a wide audience, hosting a cultural television show for over a decade, and working with some of the foremost artists of our time. As an operatic conductor, he started out as First Assistant Conductor at Mexico’s National Opera, Bellas Artes (1996-2001) and was later appointed its Artistic Director (2007-2009), conducting dozens of mainstream opera and ballet performances. He also championed contemporary operas and conducted many world premieres onstage and world premiere recordings of works su
Performance credits
Past performances 2000 — Yesterday
Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds, Dun
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major ("Egyptian"), op. 103 (Piano Concerto No.5 in F major ("Egyptian"), Op. 103), Saint-Saëns
La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109 (The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109), Debussy
Orquesta Sinfonica de YucatanConductor
View program, cast and crewBolero, Ravel
Cello Concerto No. 1, op. 33, Saint-Saëns
Concerto for Orchestra, Lutosławski
Orquesta Sinfonica de YucatanConductor
View program, cast and crewMetro Chabacano, Fuentes, J. Á.
Vendedor de Ilusiones, Fuentes, J. Á.
De acquí a la veleta, Fuentes, J. Á.
Orquesta Sinfonica de YucatanConductor
View program, cast and crewTribu, Pérez, D. A.
Mariachitlán, Contreras, J. P.
Sones de Mariachi, Galindo, B.
Danzón No. 2, Márquez
Huapango (Huapango (1941)), Moncayo
Orquesta Sinfonica de YucatanConductor
View program, cast and crewFeatured past performances
Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds, Dun
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major ("Egyptian"), op. 103 (Piano Concerto No.5 in F major ("Egyptian"), Op. 103), Saint-Saëns
La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, L. 109 (The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra, L. 109), Debussy
Orquesta Sinfonica de YucatanConductor
View program, cast and crew
Bolero, Ravel
Cello Concerto No. 1, op. 33, Saint-Saëns
Concerto for Orchestra, Lutosławski
Orquesta Sinfonica de YucatanConductor
View program, cast and crew
Metro Chabacano, Fuentes, J. Á.
Vendedor de Ilusiones, Fuentes, J. Á.
De acquí a la veleta, Fuentes, J. Á.
Orquesta Sinfonica de YucatanConductor
View program, cast and crew
Biography
José Areán’s career has covered vast musical and cultural grounds. Equally comfortable conducting opera, symphonic and chamber music, he has devoted much time as well to outreach and education in his homeland, Mexico, championing young talents, contemporary music and open-air musical experiences for a wide audience, hosting a cultural television show for over a decade, and working with some of the foremost artists of our time. As an operatic conductor, he started out as First Assistant Conductor at Mexico’s National Opera, Bellas Artes (1996-2001) and was later appointed its Artistic Director (2007-2009), conducting dozens of mainstream opera and ballet performances. He also championed contemporary operas and conducted many world premieres onstage and world premiere recordings of works su
