Natalia Esquivel
{{Short description|Costa Rican composer, guitarist, singer-songwriter and author}}
{{about|the Costa rican composer|the Argentine actress| Laura Natalia Esquivel}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Natalia Esquivel
|birth_name = Natalia Esquivel Benítez
|image =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|12|15}}
|birth_place = San José, Costa Rica
|years_active = 1993–present
|occupation = composer, guitarist, singer-songwriter, vocalist, author, poet, musical educator
}}
Natalia Esquivel Benítez (born 15 December 1973 in San José) is a Costa Rican composer, guitarist, singer-songwriter, author, poet, vocalist and academic in musical education.{{cite web |url=https://si.cultura.cr/personas/natalia-esquivel-benitez |title=Natalia Esquivel Benítez |website=Sistema de Información Cultural |location=Costa Rica |accessdate=26 May 2024 |language=es }}
Career
Esquivel studied musical education at the National University of Costa Rica; further she obtained a master's degree at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Esquivel has been actively promoting the development of reading and music for children, alongside the concept of "musicking" set forth by Christopher Small; music is conceived as a process to help build learning and enhance the pupil's abilities, including the development of competencies needed in their life.{{cite web |url=https://www.mep.go.cr/noticias/docentes-se-capacitan-fomentar-lectura-medio-musica?page=93 |title=Educators trained to promote reading through music |website=Ministry of Public Education |location=Costa Rica |date=8 March 2024 |accessdate=26 May 2024 |language=es }} Her music worshops, supported by religious authorities, have set a local precedent in this regard.{{cite web |url=http://repositorio.sibdi.ucr.ac.cr:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/7181/1/42845.pdf |title=Arte, política, cultura: elementos para una teoría crítica del Sistema Nacional de Educación Musical |pages=171–172 |website=Universidad de Costa Rica |last=Castillo Vindas |first=Luis Fernando |year=2017 |accessdate=4 July 2024 |language=es }} Another meaningful influence in her work has been the German Orff Schulwerk.{{cite web |url=https://www.revistamitt.com.mx/mitt-articulo.asp?notid=15 |title=De la Schulwerk a los Carmina Burana: Carl Orff, una música de fuertes resonancias |website=Revista Mitt |accessdate=4 July 2024 |language=es }}
Esquivel has been an artist-in-residence with Spanish composer of social music Marta Lozano Molano, conducting a musical project for rural areas and communities under social risk; its 17 songs invite to reflect on ecological and social values, based on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.{{cite web |url=https://www.ibermusicas.org/index.php/natalia-esquivel-benitez-de-costa-rica-inicia-su-residencia-compositiva-en-espana-con-la-maestra-marta-lozano-molano/ |title=Natalia Esquivel, an artist-in-residence |date=June 2024 |accessdate=4 July 2024 |publisher=Ibermúsicas |language=es }}
= Style =
Her musical repertoire is inspired by the work of Billy Joel, Ana Belén, Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, and Violeta Parra, among others.{{cite web |url=https://www.nacion.com/archivo/una-voz-muy-propia/S25SX3GZFNDIDKHXNUQHL6MKXQ/story/ |title=A voice of her own |website=La Nación |date=17 August 2000 |accessdate=26 May 2024 |language=es }}
Selected works
- Arrullos de sol y mar (Clubdelibros, 2015; 2nd ed. 2021){{cite web |url=https://www.laprensani.com/2021/07/03/opinion/2845998-mia-esquivel-es-una-nina-prodigiosa |title=Mía Esquivel es una niña prodigiosa |last=Jarquín |first=Carlos Javier |authorlink=Carlos Javier Jarquin |website=La Prensa |date=3 July 2021 |accessdate=26 May 2024 |language=es }}
- Música para el niño preescolar (EUNED, 2017){{cite web |url=https://editorial.uned.ac.cr/book/U08499 |title=Música para el niño preescolar |website=Editorial de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia |location=Costa Rica |accessdate=26 May 2024 |language=es }}
- Nana de la luna (Ocarina, 2020)
- Andamios de lluvia (Poiesis Ediciones, 2021){{cite web |url=https://www.mcj.go.cr/agenda/presentacion-del-libro-andamios-de-lluvia-de-natalia-esquivel-biblioteca-nacional |title=Presentation of Andamios de lluvia |website=Ministry of Culture and Youth |location=Costa Rica |date=14 September 2022 |accessdate=26 May 2024 |language=es }}{{cite web |url=https://semanariouniversidad.com/suplementos/loslibros/un-largo-sueno-fluvial-y-translucido/ |title=Un largo sueño fluvial y translúcido |last=Retana |first=Edmundo |website=Semanario Universidad |location=Costa Rica |date=10 May 2022 |accessdate=26 May 2024 |language=es }}
- Canto planetario: hermandad en la Tierra. Volumen I (various authors, ed. Carlos Javier Jarquín). Antology. Costa Rica: H.C. Editores, 2023.
References
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External links
- [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/natalia-esquivel/1298085675 Natalia Esquivel] - Apple Music
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Category:National University of Costa Rica alumni
Category:Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:Musicians from San José, Costa Rica
Category:Costa Rican guitarists
Category:Costa Rican women composers
Category:Costa Rican women singers
Category:Costa Rican women poets
Category:21st-century Costa Rican women writers