This article analyzes the creation and consolidation of the Foro Internacional de Música Nueva Manuel Enríquez from the field theory of Pierre Bourdieu. This event which takes place annually in Mexico and whose purpose is to present current concert music has been a musical reference scenario from 1979 to date. Therefore, throughout this paper the advent and development of this space is studied trying to understand the context in which it took place, its foundation and how it came to be consolidated in the Mexican music scene, while discerning the importance that had Manuel had Enríquez as the architect of the Forum. For this, a historical line is generated through which it is possible to understand an important part of its operation, that is, to observe how it is constituted, what its dynamics are and what kind of habitus it has generated.
Keywords:
Manuel Enríquez, Foro Internacional de Música Nueva, Mexican music history 20th century, Contemporary music, Music festivals, Cultural field
Macias Osorno, G. (2021). Manuel Enríquez: architect of the International Forum of New Music. Study of a cultural field. Revista Musical Chilena, 75(235), pp. 132–151. Retrieved from https://rchdt.uchile.cl/index.php/RMCH/article/view/54558