Ernesto Cortazar II was born in Mexico City into a family of composers. Ern… Read Full Bio ↴Ernesto Cortazar II was born in Mexico City into a family of composers. Ernesto's father, Ernesto Cortazar Sr., was an accomplished composer respected in his field and was named president of the Society of Authors and Composers.
When Ernesto Cortazar II was 13 he tragically lost both of his parents in a horrible auto accident. Despite tragedy Ernesto preceded with his intense studies by attending a music academy, and by age 17, he began scoring for movies.
At age 18, Ernesto completed his very first musical score for the motion picture "La Risa de la Ciudad". The main musical composition for this film was Ernesto's piano piece titled "River of Dreams." With this film, Ernesto Cortazar won the award for Best Background Music for a Latin American Film at The Cartagena Festival. Since then, Ernesto has composed musical scores for more than 500 motion pictures.
Ernesto traveled to more than 25 countries and performed his original compositions for political figures such as President Menem of Argentina, Nikita Krushev of the USSR and entertained in such prestigious venues including The Kremlin (USSR) and The Mexican Presidential House.
Ernesto's incredible performance was requested and enjoyed by many of Hollywood's biggest celebrities including Charlton Heston, Danny de Vito, Michael Bolton, Octavio Paz, and The Rolling Stones.
Ernesto Cortazar found even bigger fame being the #1 artist on the #1 music website in the world. Out of 130,000 artists Ernesto leaded the way with over 14,000,000 downloads to his compositions on MP3.com fromm 1999 to 2001 and his sites were visited for more than 4,000,000 viewers.
Including the U.S., Ernesto sold over 30,000 CD's to 69 countries without any record label, management company or agency.
In 2001, Ernesto moved from Los Angeles to Tampico, Mexico to live his last years near his family. Ernesto Cortazar II died in 2004 but his legacy remains with his music and his two sons, Ernesto Cortazar III and Edgar Cortazar, who are succesfull songwriters on the Latin Market.
Ernesto Cortazar's Official Website - www.ernestocortazar.net
Facebook Fan Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ernesto-Cortazar-Piano/108847232720
MySpace Site - http://www.myspace.com/ernestocortazar
Twitter - http://twitter.com/ErnestoCortazar
When Ernesto Cortazar II was 13 he tragically lost both of his parents in a horrible auto accident. Despite tragedy Ernesto preceded with his intense studies by attending a music academy, and by age 17, he began scoring for movies.
At age 18, Ernesto completed his very first musical score for the motion picture "La Risa de la Ciudad". The main musical composition for this film was Ernesto's piano piece titled "River of Dreams." With this film, Ernesto Cortazar won the award for Best Background Music for a Latin American Film at The Cartagena Festival. Since then, Ernesto has composed musical scores for more than 500 motion pictures.
Ernesto traveled to more than 25 countries and performed his original compositions for political figures such as President Menem of Argentina, Nikita Krushev of the USSR and entertained in such prestigious venues including The Kremlin (USSR) and The Mexican Presidential House.
Ernesto's incredible performance was requested and enjoyed by many of Hollywood's biggest celebrities including Charlton Heston, Danny de Vito, Michael Bolton, Octavio Paz, and The Rolling Stones.
Ernesto Cortazar found even bigger fame being the #1 artist on the #1 music website in the world. Out of 130,000 artists Ernesto leaded the way with over 14,000,000 downloads to his compositions on MP3.com fromm 1999 to 2001 and his sites were visited for more than 4,000,000 viewers.
Including the U.S., Ernesto sold over 30,000 CD's to 69 countries without any record label, management company or agency.
In 2001, Ernesto moved from Los Angeles to Tampico, Mexico to live his last years near his family. Ernesto Cortazar II died in 2004 but his legacy remains with his music and his two sons, Ernesto Cortazar III and Edgar Cortazar, who are succesfull songwriters on the Latin Market.
Ernesto Cortazar's Official Website - www.ernestocortazar.net
Facebook Fan Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ernesto-Cortazar-Piano/108847232720
MySpace Site - http://www.myspace.com/ernestocortazar
Twitter - http://twitter.com/ErnestoCortazar
River Of Dreams
Ernesto Cortazar Lyrics
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Vilma Barbosa Figueiredo
Maravilhoso! 🌷
Lisette Parker
This brought tears to my eyes. It is so very moving and beautiful. Thank you so much for posting and sharing this.
Arturo Morones
Gran obra musical, evocadora de sueños juveniles
Carmem Netto
LINDO E INDESCRITÍVEL ! OUVIR E SENTIR !
Antonia Forni
Cenário ! Música! E o dedilhado de E.Cortazar no piano me fascinam!!!!
Julieta Munar Elnas
Tears in my eyes ....
Even how many times i play this music...I can really felt deep...my path & my journey in this world....
Malu Pezzin
Parabéns a Andreea por nos permitir ouvir tão belo som !
MARIA APARECIDA DA FONSECA Silva
Cancoes maravilhosas de Ernesto Cotazar. Eu adoro!
Ourisvaldo Guerra
Obrigado querida Andreea pelas belas musicas, que tocam o coração, na interpetração magistral de Ernesto Cortazar.
Isa Rocha
Maravilhoso!!!!!!!!!!!!