Judith Pérez Romero

Judith Pérez Romero. Mexican pianist, composer and musical director. She was born in 1920 at the Barrio de San Sebastián, Mérida Yucatán. Died October 26, 2016. She studied piano with her uncle Filiberto Romero at the Conservatorio de Mérida. At the age of 16, she began as an accompanying pianist in Las Margaritas, a duet made up of her sister Margarita hers and her friend Margarita Pino. In 1940 she founded the duet "Las Dos Morenas" with them, she performed at the XEFC and the XEQW. She founded and directed the Conjunto Lira de Oro, (with which she performed for 18 years). In 1943 she formed the Sexteto Pino with Las Tres Morenas and the Trio Ensueño. In 1955 he founded the Orquesta Femenil Copacabana, which he directed for two years, in 1960 he created the Rosas Meridanas trio, in 1963 he created the Conjunto del bar La Trova with Yolanda Canto, Lía Baeza, Momy Rejón and Alicia Escalante, in 1967 he renamed the set as Las Maya Internacional. With this group she has made numerous tours to the capital of the country and to the main cities of Mexico. She has brought Yucatecan music to the United States and Spain, where she was declared a distinguished guest of Hispanic Merida. She is the author of the bambucos: “Tesoro mío”, with verses by her uncle Luis D. Romero; “Poema para una canción”, with Beatriz Peniche de Ponce; “Supremo anhelo”, with Jorge Peniche;“Tú y las flores”, with her husband Gonzalo Castaldi Gamboa. She also performed the boleros “Desconsuelo” with Ermilo Padrón. In January 1975, the Mérida City Council awarded him the Guty Cárdenas medal. In 1977, the Ministry of Foreign Relations awarded him the Eagle of Tlatelolco and on January 30, 1981, the State Government awarded him the Yucatán Medal.