Gabriela Jiménez
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“Grover has been a great companion since I began learning music, and as a professional, a great ally in achieving the best artistic, aesthetic, stylistic, and musical results. I still use my Grover tambourine, which I won in the PASIC 1982 raffle.“ — |
Gabriela Jiménez is a professional musician, originally from Mexico City, who stands out for the originality of her interpretations, as well as for being the creator of her own sound and style, emphasizing the figure and importance of the Timpanist and the Percussionist inside and outside the orchestra, as an interdisciplinary and happy artist. As a member of the OSM since 1991, she has played under the Artistic Direction of the 4 main conductors, Maestros: Jorge Velazco, Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Carlos Spierer, and Carlos Miguel Prieto.
She has performed, recorded and/or presented nationally and internationally with innumerable orchestral, chamber and solo works by great composers of all time, such as the orchestral works of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok, Bruckner, Berio, etc., as well as the Concertos for Percussionist or Timpanist Soloist (some have been international, national or state premieres) by Gabriela Ortíz (who dedicated the Voltaje Concerto to him, commissioned by the OSM in 2013), David Noon, Yuri Chugúyev, Ney Rosauro, Ricardo Risco, Robert Kurka, among others, under the artistic direction of important directors of national and international prestige.
Throughout her career she has performed as part of the World Orchestra for Peace (WOP), also participated in Festivals in Mexico and abroad, such as the UNAM Percussion Weeks, CHIAPAS MX Marimba Festivals, MOSCOW Sound Universe, etc. She has also been awarded with different Awards and Medals, such as: Mozart AUSTRIA-MEXICO, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz UNAM, UNAM University Teaching Merit, Excellence in Teaching Anáhuac MX, George Schick MSM USA, National Youth OSEM, Fulbright Benito Juárez Scholarship (IIE), Tanglewood (TMCO/BSO), CONACULTA, etc.
She has stood out as a prominent Percussion Specialist teacher for decades worldwide; some of her students stand out in numerous professional orchestras, or as teachers in the area. Recently retired due to retirement from the OFCM and the FaM UNAM, she is currently the Principal Timpanist and Head of the Percussion Section of the Minería Symphony Orchestra, Faculty at the OAcademy Music Conservatory and Sinfónica Azteca, as well as soloist, lecturer, workshop leader, teacher, and frequent guest juror.
List of current Grover products Gabriela uses:
Grover 10″ Projection-Plus Single Row Tambourine – Phosphor Bronze Model
Grover 10″ Projection-Plus Single Row Tambourine – Spanish Silver Fluted
Grover 10″ Projection-Plus Double Row Tambourine – Silver / Bronze
Grover 8″ Projection-Plus Double Row Tambourine – Silver / Bronze
4 Grover 10″ Single Tambourine Bag – Black
