https://soundcloud.com/samquinones/faustino-diaz-entrevista-en-espanol
Faustino Diaz, the Oaxacan trombone master, returns to Los Angeles this weekend for a concert at the Ukrainian Hall, 4315 Melrose Ave., this Sunday at 2 p.m.
Diaz thrilled Mexico last year when he won the International Trombone Competition in South Korea.
A few days later he visited the Pico-Union District and the music school run by director Estanislao Maqueos, who has used his school to organize Oaxacan youth orchestras.
There, I had the chance to sit down and talk with him about his life, and having to venture out into the world to find his music like a migrant finds a future.
The interview is above and in Spanish.
Check out the concert. Should be good.
Good interview that you can listen to as u drive as it is long. Evolution from a regional banda musician frm Oaxaca to a world renown classical trombonist. Enjoy
What a great interview! I just heard Faustino for the first time this evening in a livestream concert from Bellas Artes. Ridiculously versatile and talented musician, and judging by the interview, I’d say a wonderful human being as well. Thank you Mr. Quinones for sharing this moving story.