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Ernesto Cortázar was a Mexican composer and pianist who was born on 10 December 1897 in Mexico City. He was the son of a military officer and a music teacher. He began studying music at the age of five and was a child prodigy. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City and later at the Paris Conservatory. Cortázar's compositions include works for orchestra, chamber music, and solo piano. He wrote several zarzuelas, a type of Spanish musical theater, and was a prolific composer of popular songs. He was also a conductor and arranger. Cortázar's works have been performed by some of the world's leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the New York Philharmonic. He was awarded the National Prize for Music in Mexico in 1965. Ernesto Cortázar's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. He earned his wealth from his successful career as a composer, pianist, conductor, and arranger.

Popular As Ernesto Cortázar Hernández
Occupation composer,writer,soundtrack
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 10 December, 1897
Birthday 10 December
Birthplace Mexico City, Mexico
Date of death August 2, 2004
Died Place Tampico, Mexico
Nationality Mexico

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Children Ernesto Cortazar III, Edgar Cortazar

Ernesto Cortázar Net Worth

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Source of Income Composer

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2004

After living in Los Angeles, California for most of his adult life, he returned to Mexico, settling in Tampico, where he died, the victim of cancer in 2004.

1999

He scored more than 500 films and managed to become the #1 artist of mp3.com during the years 1999 and 2001, achieving more than 14 million downloads at that time.

1958

At the age of 13, Ernesto Cortázar lost his parents in a car accident. He finished his musical studies, and at age 17, began his work as a film musician. In 1958, he won the Best Background Music Award for a Latin American film at the International Festival of Cartagena (Colombia), with the melody Rio de Sueños.

1949

He was a composer and writer, known for En cada puerto un amor (1949), Noches de ronda (1943) and La muerte enamorada (1951).

1940

Ernesto Cortázar (1940–2004) was a Mexican composer, arranger, and pianist, born in Mexico City and who died in Tampico, Tamaulipas. He was the son of composer, Ernesto Cortázar, founder and president of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico.

1897

Ernesto Cortázar was born on December 10, 1897 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico as Ernesto Cortázar Hernández.