Horacio Franco
Horacio Franco is a Mexican flautist and recorder player. Franco has performed many genres of music, from medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music—including Latin American colonial music—to contemporary, folkloric, and popular styles.
Personal life
Franco is openly a part of the LGBT community, and in 2011, he married Arturo Plancarte, who is his current manager. In March 2020, Franco announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Recordings
Hotteterre Trio, 1987, Luzam DiscsSolistas of Mexico, director Eduardo Bush, 1988Mexican Music for recorder, 1991, Cenidim-Quindecim recordingsThe Folias Hotteterre Trio, 1992, Peer to them discsCappella Cervantina Horacio Franco, director, 1994, Quindecim RecordingsVivaldi Concerti per Flauto Horacio Franco and Capella Cervantina, 1994, Quindecim RecordingsContemporary Music of Camera, vol. 6, Jorge Cordova, 1994, Bartok StudyConcerto For Recorder and Orchestra Kibbutzim Chamber Orchestra Mordechai Rechtmann- conductor Michael recorded Wolpe-composer live, 1995, Production of the ComposerMexican Symphonic Music Concert for Recorder and Orchestra of Marcela Rodriguez OFUNAM director Ronald Zollman, 1995, Digital Urtext ClassicsIl Gardellino Horacio Franco and the Camerana Aguascalientes, 1996, Quindecim RecordingsMusica Barroca Mexicana Cappella Cervantina Horacio Franco, director, 1996, Quindecim RecordingsThe Art of Horacio Franco Horacio Franco & the Georgian Chamber Orchestra, directed by Horacio Franco, 1997, Guild RecordingsCarlos Monsiváis and Horacio Franco, 1997, alive Voice of Mexico, UNAMMusica Barroca Mexicana Vol. 2. Cappella Cervantina-Horacio Franco, director, 1998, Discs K 617-France, distributed in Mexico by Quindecim RecordingsFrom the Medieval to the Danzón Horacio Franco and Victor Flores, 2002, Quindecim RecordingsSolo Bach Horacio Franco, 2004, Quindecim RecordingsSones de Tierra and Nube with the Band Filarmónica Mixe of the CECAM of Sta. Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, 2005, Xquenda DiscsCapella Puebla director and soloist Horacio Franco, 2005, Quindecim recordingsFrom Bach, the Beatles and others Horacio Franco and Victor Flores, 2005, Quindecim Recordings