Tonatiuh Vázquez, educador, arreglista, compositor y productor mexicano. En 2011, concluye la licenciatura en Jazz y Música Afrocaribeña en el Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico (Magna Cum Laude). En 2015, termina la maestría en Composición y Arreglo de Jazz en William Paterson University of New Jersey, bajo la tutela de Pete McGuinness y Jim McNeely, recibió el premio de su generación “Music Scholar Graduate Award 2014 - 2015". Desde el 2016, es profesor de tiempo completo en el Centro de Estudios de Jazz de la Universidad Veracruzana. Es co-autor de la suite "La Mexicana" grabada por La Orquesta Nacional de Jazz y el arpista Cesar Secundino (2019). Cuenta con tres albums Nin Yolkokol (2012), The Jazz Orchestra (2019) y The Saxophone Quintet (2020) también tiene dos libros: Manual de Armonía Moderna (2015) y Escala Pentatónica (2017). Desde el 2015, lidera su propia big band: “Tonatiuh Vázquez Jazz Orchestra” presentandose en los principales escenarios y festivales de México acompañando a solistas como Lucia Guiterrez, La Marisoul, Iraida Noriega, Argentina Durán, Arturo O'Farril, entre otros..
Ha impartido clínicas en diferentes universidades nacionales e internacionales como la University of Northern Colorado (2019) y University of Texas (2022) en el Symposium Internacional de Arreglistas y Compositores de Jazz (ISJAC) donde presento su obra “Ayotzinapa” y “Suite la Mexicana” respectivamente. También se presentó en renombrado club de jazz “Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola” en Nueva York con WPUNJ Jazz Orchestra (2015).
Entre sus trabajos comisionados se encuentran: la partitura para el cortometraje “Preludio”, por Gran Angular con la participación del actor Damián Alcázar. Ha sido becario del FONCA (Jóvenes Creadores 2017-2018) y Programa Fomento a Proyectos Conversiones Culturales (2019). También ganó el concurso Jóvenes Compositores (2017) de la OSX (Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa) con su composición Tlaital Toteutsi y el 3er lugar del 1er Concurso de Composición Mario Ruiz Armengol (2021) con la obra Contingencia Mexicana para Oboe y Ensamble de Cámara.
Miembro de la SACM (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México), ISJAC (International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers), Recording Academy (GRAMMY’s).
Tonatiuh Vázquez is a Mexican educator, arranger, composer, and producer. In 2011, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Jazz and Afro-Caribbean Music at the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico (Magna Cum Laude). In 2015, he earned his Master’s degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging from William Paterson University of New Jersey, where he studied under Pete McGuinness and Jim McNeely, and received his class award, the Music Scholar Graduate Award 2014–2015.
Since 2016, he has been a full-time professor at the Jazz Studies Center of Universidad Veracruzana. He is the co-author of the suite “La Mexicana,” recorded by the National Jazz Orchestra and harpist Cesar Secundino (2019).
He has released three albums: Nin Yolkokol (2012), The Jazz Orchestra (2019), and The Saxophone Quintet (2020). He is also the author of two books: Manual de Armonía Moderna (2015) and Escala Pentatónica (2017). Since 2015, he has led his own big band, the “Tonatiuh Vázquez Jazz Orchestra,” performing at major venues and festivals in Mexico alongside soloists such as Lucia Gutierrez, La Marisoul, Iraida Noriega, Argentina Durán, and Arturo O’Farrill, among others.
He has given clinics at various national and international universities, including the University of Northern Colorado (2019) and the University of Texas (2022), as part of the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC) Symposium, where he presented his works “Ayotzinapa” and “Suite La Mexicana,” respectively. He also performed at the renowned jazz venue Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in New York with the WPUNJ Jazz Orchestra (2015).
Among his commissioned works is the score for the short film “Preludio,” produced by Gran Angular and featuring actor Damián Alcázar. He has been a recipient of the FONCA grant (Jóvenes Creadores 2017–2018) and the Cultural Projects Development Program (Fomento a Proyectos Conversiones Culturales, 2019).
He also won the Young Composers Competition (2017) of the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra (OSX) with his composition Tlaital Toteutsi, and received 3rd place in the 1st Mario Ruiz Armengol Composition Competition (2021) with his work Contingencia Mexicana for oboe and chamber ensemble.
He is a member of SACM (Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico), ISJAC (International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers), and the Recording Academy (GRAMMYs).