Geo Meneses

Geo Meneses
Background information
Birth name Georgina Meneses
Also known as GEO
Born (1974-03-22) 22 March 1974
Origin Oaxaca, Mexico
Genres World Music
Associated acts Susana Harp, Jaramar, Alejandra Robles
Website Web Page

Georgina "Geo" Meneses (born in Oaxaca City, Mexico on 22 March 1974) is a Mexican producer and singer of traditional music and world music genre.

Georgina Meneses was born in Oaxaca City, the daughter of Linda Meneses and Eulogio Garcia, from a very early showed an aptitude for music especially for singing at the age of 10 years She began her musical education studying piano and later decided to devote professional singing.

She has taken her song to important stages of Mexico, including the "International Cervantino Festival" and the festival "Ollin Kan". Abroad she has performed in cities such as Madrid, Seville, Aranjuez, Huelva, Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona (Spain), Bergamo, Florence and Milan (Italy), Paris (France), Berlin (Germany) and Manila (Philippines) and in various forums in Central and South America. Meneses has rescued many traditional songs that had practically been forgotten and has performed songs by composers such as Álvaro Carrillo, Jesus Rasgado and Tata Nacho. Making mergers of traditional and modern for what she has achieved placed her with great acceptance among the public taste.[1]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Vargas, Santos, 2009; 12-17:"GEO Meneses has become one of the most prominent singers in the music scene of Oaxaca."
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