Rodrigo Díaz Bueno
Violoncello, Voice, Guitar
Spanish by birth, Rodrigo Díaz Bueno is a conductor, cellist, concert producer and director of music education programs. A graduate of the Madrid Royal Conservatory of Music, he was principal cellist of the San Sebastián de los Reyes Symphony Orchestra, the SSMM Los Reyes de España Symphony Band and the Madrid Youth Symphony Orchestra. In Mexico, he has been principal cellist of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Superior Institute of Music of the State of Veracruz. In 2009 he was invited to be part of the Esperanza Azteca project in the state of Chiapas, where he founded 5 orchestras: 3 in the municipalities of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Tapachula and San Cristóbal de las Casas. He also served as Artistic Director at the Esperanza Azteca State Orchestra the Orquesta Esperanza Azteca Sureste. Within the Esperanza Azteca project, he was selected to create the Esperanza Azteca Propaedeutic-Pre-University project at a national level. Rodrigo has also served as the Artistic Director of the José Vasconcelos Symphony Orchestra, Director of Regional and Traditional Music Learning Development, Regional Music Coordinator of the 12 Orchestras of the New Mexican School of CDMX and Creative Director and Conductor of the music education program at a distance: Learn Music at Home. He has composed music for the play "Quijote" by the Spanish theater company L'Om-Imprebís, (where he also participated as an actor), and Aquiles y Pentesilea under the direction of Santiago Sánchez. In Mexico, he worked for two years as a music composer for EDUSAT (Educational Television). He was also invited to create the music for two documentaries by Mexican filmmakers Marisa Zuleta and Jaime Cruz: "¿Qué más quieres saber?" and “Así es amigo...Acá.” He was the founder of the theater, humor and music company Ron Lalá and the Camerata Jarocha del Sotavento. He has also participated in various record recordings by Mono Blanco, Susana Harp, Javier Krahe, Steven Brown, among others.
