Aisha Corona wins first place in “Young Classical Musician” Contest

Published February 27th, 2022

Xalapeña violinist Aisha Corona adds another achievement to her career by winning first place in the Concurso Joven Músico Clásico, held in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.

The contest, which was suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic, was resumed the last week of February of this year with a list of 15 musicians selected from different parts of the country.

During the competition, the presence of musicians from Veracruz was notorious, since in addition to Aisha Corona, the flutists Diego Alberto Acosta Díaz and Daniel Calahorra Oliart, oboist, also participated.

After the rounds, Aisha was declared the winner along with pianist Bárbara Pradro Hernández, from Nuevo León; second place went to marimba player Arturo Jiménez Ramos, from Chiapas.

According to the results, third place went to bassoonist Carlos Manuel López Soria, from Mexico City, and flutist Octavio Lozano Quijano, from Baja California.

The competition is a new initiative aimed at young Mexican classical instrumentalist musicians between 16 and 25 years of age, with the intention of promoting the professional development of Mexican talent.

Aisha Corona, 19 years old, who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Musical Instrumentation in Switzerland, before traveling to Guanajuato made a stay in her homeland, where she offered free recitals.

In an interview, she said she was excited about the stage she is currently living in because after obtaining her bachelor’s degree in the Faculty of Music at the Universidad Veracruzana, her master’s degree has not been so complex.

Her plans, she shares, are to pursue a second master’s degree, also in Switzerland, and to continue on the path of art, where she has found the best way to develop professionally, while at the same time contributing with her music to touch other people’s emotions.

Aisha Corona began playing at the age of four and debuted as a soloist at the age of six, becoming the youngest Mexican to do so. At 17 she was awarded the National Youth Prize for Artistic Expressions in Mexico-2019.

Internationally she has won competitions in the United States and London, as well as the Excellence Award of the Singapore Violin Festival.