About
Blanca Fuentes
Mexican composer, pianist and cultural producer from Mérida, Yucatán.
Her work brings together piano performance, contemporary composition and interdisciplinary projects. Her music has been presented at festivals, theatres and cultural venues across Mexico and performed by ensembles and orchestras.
She holds a degree in Musical Arts with a specialisation in Piano from the Universidad de las Artes de Yucatán. Her training spans composition, electroacoustic music and performance.
She has performed as a collaborative pianist at national and international gatherings and written original music for concerts, stage productions and audiovisual projects.
She is the founder and director of the Mujeres Músicas Contemporáneas Festival and the founder of Academia La Blanca.
Recognition and performances
- Founder and director of the Mujeres Músicas Contemporáneas Festival, since 2021
- First prize in chamber music, Encuentro de Músicos de Cámara y Sinfónicos Yucatecos 2019, for «Estampa Yucateca»
- Seven of her works, in her own orchestrations, performed by the Mérida City Children and Youth Orchestra (2025)
- «Conversaciones en un confidente», commissioned by the Quinteto de Cañas de las Fronteras (2026)
- Raíces Entrelazadas, a staged concert supported by PECDA 2024
