COLLABORATORS & DONORS
2026
Juan León Mariscal Sound Archive
We are so grateful to be able to collaborate with the Juan León Mariscal Sound Library each year. Thanks to the support of its director, Ricardo Rodys, and the Alfredo Harp Helú Foundation, we have been able to perform concerts in its venue for each edition of the festival.
The Juan León Mariscal Sound Library, as part of the Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca Foundation, is an institution focused on the dissemination of sound and the study of this area in Oaxacan culture.
Juan León Mariscal was born in Oaxaca on August 29, 1895. He was a cellist, composer, pedagogue, and poet. This distinguished Oaxacan musician won the gold medal at the Prelude and Fugue Competition in Germany in 1924, where he studied at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. He founded the magazine Arte, taught music classes in elementary schools in Mexico City, and served as an inspector in the School Music Section of the SEP (Spanish Public Education Ministry). He also taught at the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico and the Free School of Music, and was a researcher at the National Institute of Fine Arts. He died in Mexico City on September 21, 1972.
VASCONCELOS UNIVERSITY
We are grateful and honored to once again collaborate with the Universidad Vasconcelos (UNIVAS) in Oaxaca for our sixth edition. As a festival with a mission and commitment to both artistic and pedagogical excellence, the collaboration with an organization whose vision aligns with that of our SA'OAXACA community has been extremely important for all participants and our team. Being able to carry out all academic activities on the beautiful UNIVAS campus has been a joy for our students, teachers, and festival staff.
UNIVAS's mission is to be part of an educational system of academic excellence that produces competent and innovative professionals with an ethical and humanistic sense of purpose, who are aware of their cultural identity and recognize their surroundings to contribute to sustainable economic, political, and social development.
Thank you, UNIVAS, for your support and collaboration!
C. de Manuel Sabino Crespo 601, Centro, 68070 Oaxaca de Juárez, Oax., Mexico
Andrés Henestrosa Library
The Andrés Henestrosa Library has been a festival venue for several editions, for which we are deeply grateful. We have had the pleasure of collaborating with this beautiful venue and presenting concerts by students and teachers since 2019. Thank you for your support and presence at our festival!
QUINTA REAL OAXACA
We're thrilled to collaborate again with the Quinta Real Oaxaca for the final concert for our seventh edition! Thanks to Camino Real Hotels, we'll be able to share our closing festival concert with the Oaxacan audience at the Quinta Real Oaxaca.
Thank you for your support of Mexican arts and culture! Our students and artists of the SA'OAXACA festival are deeply grateful!
Quinta Real Oaxaca possesses the architectural value of the beautiful Santa Catalina de Siena Ex-Convent, located in the heart of the majestic city of Oaxaca, founded by Fray Domingo de Betanzos in the 16th century. In 1998, it was declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO for more than four centuries of history housed in its interior.
We are deeply grateful to the Netherlands Philharmonic for its sponsorship and support of SA'OAXACA 2026. Thanks to its solidarity with the vision and mission of SA'OAXACA, the festival is delighted to once again invite the Oaxacan double bassist Mario Torres Valdivieso to serve as the artist-in-residence for our seventh edition.
On behalf of our students and faculty, thank you!
Wij zijn het Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest zeer dankbaar voor de sponsoring en steun aan SA'OAXACA 2026. Dankzij hun betrokkenheid bij de visie en missie van SA'OAXACA kan het festival met veel genoegen de uit Oaxaca afkomstige contrabassist Mario Torres Valdivieso opnieuw uitnodigen als artist-in-residence voor onze zevende editie.
Namens al onze leerlingen en docenten: hartelijk dank!
DONORS
Every year, we receive donations and support from a wide variety of people from different parts of Mexico and internationally. These extraordinary individuals have made this festival possible on more than one occasion, and we are deeply grateful for their perseverance and continuity. Thanks to their support, we can continue offering high-quality artistic and academic musical experiences to students from all over Latin America.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Donor List
The Netherlands Philharmonic, Isabelle Boves, Michelle Martínez García, La Quinta Real Oaxaca, Coordinación de Teatro Macedonio Alcalá, Christie Dahlin, Mark y Lynn Baker, Julia Baker, Patricia M. Rogers, Ron y Diane Dahlin, West Chester University, Ellis Brown, Michelle Cooper, Shantay Bolton, Michelle y Craig Felix, Karen Ashby, Jim Thompson, Deborah Cole, Alejandrina Rodríguez, Dalí Quartet*, Conny Guarneros, Mtra. Kélmic Hernández Arreortúa, Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú de Oaxaca, Ricardo Rodys, Gamaliel Chávez Sánchez, Philppe Chao*, Daniel Hollander y Priscilla Chamberlin*, Carmen Gagliardi Flesher*, Fernanda Calderon, Jared y Amy Christian, Charles Lucas y Jessica Caudill, Karen Derrick-Davis, Liberty Switzer Pereda, Daniel Smallbone, Marta Cruz, Caroline Coade, Danielle Belen
*Recurring Donor
COLLABORATORS
Over the past seven editions of the festival, we've had the privilege of working with a large number of collaborators and sponsors. We want to thank them for the support they have shown in one or multiple editions of the festival.
Thank you for your generosity and support throughout our journey!