Xochiquetzal Ruiz

Long Description:

Lidia Xochiquetzal Ruiz Ortiz is a retired researcher from CENIDIM, with a background in History from UNAM and in oboe from the National Conservatory of Music. Her career has focused on music librarianship, ethnomusicology and the documentation of Mexican music. She has coordinated important projects such as the National Network of Musical Archives and created databases on Mexican music.

A specialist in Rodolfo Halffter and Blas Galindo, she has published books and articles about them and other musicians. Her work has been fundamental in the organization and preservation of score archives, such as those of the League of Composers of Mexico and the composer Ana Lara.

She has collaborated on radio programs and participated in projects such as the Virtual Library of Mexican Orchestral Music. Despite being retired, she continues with her Archive of Mexican Music, documenting more than thirty thousand works and working on a dictionary of women dedicated to music.