The Itinerant Monumental Museum’s "Mexico in your Senses,” is an exhibition of photography and video by the artist Willy Sousa. It was inaugurated on March 3, 2010 by then President of Mexico Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, in Mexico City’s historic "zocalo" (or main plaza). 120,000 people visited daily for a total of 7.3 million visitors during the presentation. This magnificent expo was also presented with enormous success at the "Bicentennial Celebrations of Argentina,” as well as on a world tour in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, as well in Toronto and Montreal. It was also displayed on the Asian Continent, highlighting the "Universal Expo" Shanghai 2010 in the Mexican Pavilion, with visits of around 30,000 people per day from the five continents.

 

At the COP 16 "Climate Change Conference" held in 2010 in Cancun, Mexico, the video "Mexico in your Senses" (which is the central part of the exhibition), was shown to distinguished guests such as Presidents, Heads of State, International Representatives, Ministers, Diplomats, Governors, Cabinet Members, and NGOs, who expressed their deep gratitude through numerous compliments.

 

The video was the top winner on the CIFFT "International Festivals Circuit", also obtaining 22 International Awards in the world’s main festivals, including "gold" in the  Tour Film Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) and "finalist" in the CIFFT (Vienna) for "Best Original Music".

 

 

The Music

 

The piece Mexico in your Senses is the work of Mexican composer and arranger Enrique Romo, and is performed by the Mexico National Symphony Orchestra. The transcription of the orchestral score was done by "il maestro" Román Díaz.

 

In addition to the original and/or symphonic version of this piece, a choir of 30 elements was added in 3 voices, a children's choir, an ensemble of percussion and 3 soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano and children's voice) to achieve the definitive version of the popular piece.

 

The work was completed in its first version in August 2009, but it was until February 2010 that the final version of the score was presented to "il maestro" Carlos Miguel Prieto (General Director of the NSO), which approved the work (in reference to the music) and gave his consent to carry out the recording of this work. It was thanks to this and the support provided by Mr. Jacinto Vélez (Executive Director of the NSO) that a masterly and perfectly performed rendition was achieved under the baton of "il maestro" Jesús Medina in collaboration with the Mexico National Symphony Orchestra.

 

The recording was done in the Blas Galindo Auditorium of Mexico City’s National Center for the Arts on February 19th, 2010.