Ingrid Beaujean

Ingrid Beaujean Ingrid Beaujean is part of a new generation of mexican jazzists, which is characterized by its interest in rescuing the musical traditions of his country and disseminate them globally. Currently, she leads a quartet which has successfully performed in different clubs all around Mexico. Accompanied by young musicians, began this new phase with the intention of discovering her creative limits. Its main objective is to change the stereotypes that exist at national and international level about what it means to be Mexican in a country that has many things to offer. Mexico is more than drug trafficking, canciones rancheras, Mexican corridos, tacos, tequila and mariachi hats, and jazz is the tool that Ingrid has chosen to prove it. Born in Mexico City in 1986, from an early age began her love for music. At eight years old, she joined the Children and Youth Choir of Mexico, with which she toured throughout Mexico. At just 10 years old, premiered works by renowned Mexican composer Arturo Márquez, and in 1999 she sang before the Pope John Paul II, in the welcome event organized by the then President Ernesto Zedillo. At 15, she joined the National School of Music of the UNAM to study Classical Composition and two years later discovered jazz when she listened to a record from Sarah Vaughan. Studied Bachelor of Jazz, majoring in Scat Singing, in the Superior School of Music, which is part of the Mexico's National Institute of Fine Arts, graduating with congratulations on her great performance along her career. She also carried the Diploma in Jazz Theory, Jazz Improvisation and History, which is teached at the Veracruzan University. Between 2004 and 2011, she was part of the Big Band Jazz of Mexico, a group with which she appeared in the most important festivals of jazz in the country, among them the International Jazz Festival in the Riviera Maya; the International Cervantes Festival, in Guanajuato; and the International Festival of Chihuahua. She shared the stage with figures like Lila Downs, Armando Manzanero, Susana Harp, Natalia Lafourcade, Carlos Rivera, Iraida Noriega and the Toussaint brothers. The group, one of the most important national standard in its genre, stars the film Resilience by a note, directed by Luis Felipe Ferra for which Ingrid was interviewed. She has participated in more than 20 discographic productions with stars recognized worldwide as Eugenia Leon, Julieta Venegas, Magos Herrera, Lila Downs, Aaron Cruz, Geo Meneses, Mark Aanderud and others.

She is the niece of singer Magos Herrera, for which she has done choirs since the age of nine. Together, they have presented at the Montreal Jazz Fest, the International Jazz Festival in Barcelona, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Philadelphia, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Millennium Park in Chicago before 10,000 people, and in Houston, Texas, the Winter Jazz Fest in New York, and also in this city in some of the most famous jazz clubs worldwide as the Smalls Jazz. Along with her twin sister, formed the group Beaujean Project, in which participated musicians as Nicholas Santella, Israel Cupich, Edgar de la Torre, Gabriel Puentes, Jorge Servin, Benjamin Garcia and Rodrigo Barbosa. In this project, she first presented his compositions in events like the Festival of the Riviera Maya, the JazzBook, the Irapuato Jazz Festival, the Spring Festival organized by the foundation of the Mexican artist Sebastian, among others. With this group, she recorded and produced the album Amartya. Since 2012, she leads a public radio program called Ejazz, dedicated to spreading music made by women around the world. It is transmitted every Wednesday by Horizonte 107.9 FM, a station which is part of the Mexican Institute of Radio. As part of this facet, Ingrid has had the opportunity to interview personalities like Fatoumata Diawara, Grazyna Auguscik, Veronica Ituarte (considered the first jazz singer in Mexico), Cindy Scott and many artists of the Mexican scene. She also teaches at the Superior School of Music at the undergraduate level, and has a duo with pianist Daniel Wong, with whom she recorded a discographic production composed by original songs and jazz standards. Show less