The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) and the National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta) presented the Intercultural Festival in San Francisco Mexico MEX I AM: live it to believe it, by which the Mexican government seeks to attract attention entrepreneurs and investors in science and technology in California, the seventh economic power in the world.
"We believe that this project will conquer Mexico to San Francisco through the culture," said Undersecretary for North SRE, Sergio Alcocer, who noted that the population of this city is "highly sophisticated" America.
In a joint press conference, Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, Conaculta president, said that from July 31 to August 5 renowned speakers and artists will be presented at the Yerba Buena Center for The Arts Theater and The Contemporary Jewish Museum.
Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, this festival "becomes a prop for investment and for the presence of Mexico in California and throughout the United States. We need to achieve excellence in the presence of the state of California, the seventh largest economy in the world. "
This project UNAM institution in coordination with the Mexican Foreign Ministry and Conaculta this forum conceived as a strategy to raise awareness of what is in Mexico in terms of art, culture and science joined, the consul of Mexico in San Francisco Andres Roemer.
Roemer emphasized that a large number of companies and research projects that are working with Mexico in this area of northern neighbor. He said MEX I AM: live it to believe it, is an interdisciplinary conservatorship in which there will be art and science, folkloric ballet, theater, film, music and contemporary dance, "in which we are talking about Mexico XXI Century," said .
During that week will quote Mexican artists such as Elisa Carrillo, prima ballerina of the Berlin State Ballet; Alfredo Daza, a member of the Berlin Opera; the Tambuco grouping, with four Grammy nominations; jazz musician Héctor Infanzón of Citadino; Vicky Araico, first prize at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Natalia Lafourcade singer and the Ballet Folklorico de Amalia Hernández.
Is also referred to the participation of members of the Simon electronic show Murcof + Geilfus, musician Horacio Franco, astronaut Jose Hernandez, visual artist Favianna Rodriguez, the National Science Award Ranulf Romo; Rosario Marin, the first Mexican woman to be treasurer of the United States government and the Humboldt quartet UNAM.
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