Jorge Avendaño Lührs

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Jorge Avendaño (born Jorge Avendaño Lührs) is a Mexican pianist, composer, songwriter and music producer.

He was written music for many telenovelas including the 1993 version of Corazón salvaje for which he wrote its theme song. He has produced albums for Ana Bárbara, Patricia Manterola and Edith Márquez, for which he wrote the song Enamorada that was feature in the film Y tu mamá también.

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[edit] Films

  • La metiche (1990)

Jorge Avendaño Lührs was born in Monterrey, Mexico on January 26, 1960. He has written songs and/or recorded a lot of top Latin artists, with such personalities as Placido Domingo (Alborada, 2006), Sarah Brightman and Fernando Lima ("Passion" Soap Opera Main Title), Edith Márquez, Mijares, Ricardo Montaner, Los Nocheros, Carlos Cuevas, Pepe Aguilar, Pedro Fernandez, Limite, Charlie Zaa, Francisco Cespedes,Cristian Castro, Francisco, etc His versatility is notorious since he produces from Opera to pop and latin music. His Project called "Bolerópera" (an original mixture of Classical Arias from the Opera Repertoire and Latin "Boleros") sung by Mexican Tenor César Rodríguez and Carlos Cuevas, has a great success (Both the Album and Show) and went Platinum in the first two months of its release. He studied at The National School of Music (UNAM, Mexico) and finished his studies with the great teacher and composer Mtro. Humberto Hernandez Medrano (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Medrano) (who studied in The Moscow Conservatory with Shostakovich and Sviatoslav Richter, among others) in the Polyphonic Studies Workshop. His music is famous worldwide anywhere there is a Soap Opera (he has written music for more than 40) and the list is still growing! He has composed also classical music for Symphony Orchestra and small ensembles, and he is a prominent member of the Spanish Society of Authors and Composers (SGAE) since 1996. His music was performed on the routines by the Mexican Artistic Swimming and Roumanian Gymnastics teams in Atlanta, 1996, USA He is maybe one of the all-time most prolific TV composers in the world, and had received a lot of TV and Music Industry awards.

[edit] Telenovelas

[edit] Incidental music

  • Amarte así (2005)
  • Gitanas (2004)
  • Mujer bonita (2001)
  • Alborada (2005)
  • La esposa virgen (2005)
  • La madrastra (2005)
  • Alma rebelde (1999)
  • Infierno en el Paraíso
  • Desencuentro (1997)
  • Gente bien (1997)
  • Morir dos veces (1996)
  • Corazón salvaje (1993)
  • Yo compro esa mujer (1990)
  • Laberintos de pasión (1999)

[edit] Original score

[edit] Theme songs

Song Telenovela Year Performer
Pasión Pasión 2007 Sarah Brightman and Fernando Lima
Ladrón de Corazones Ladrón de corazones 2003 Elefante
Vivan los Niños ¡Vivan los niños! 2002 OV7
Si He Sabido Amor Infierno en el paraíso 1999 Alejandro Fernández
Si tú Quisieras Gente bien 1997 Patricia Manterola
Amor Gitano Amor gitano 1999 Carlos Enrique Iglesias
Corazón Salvaje Corazón salvaje 1993 Mijares
Gotita de Amor Gotita de amor 1998 Tatiana
El Privilegio de Amar El privilegio de amar 1998 Lucero & Mijares
Morelia Morelia 1995 Christian Castro

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