1. Magos Herrera was given the Berklee Latin Masters Award in 2015.
11 Facts About Magos Herrera
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Magos Herrera is a United Nations' spokesperson for UN Women UNITE, a program promoting the elimination of violence against women, and the UN's "He For She" campaigns to promote gender equality.
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Magos Herrera later studied with Russian opera teacher Konstantin Jadan, then moved to Boston to continue instruction in contemporary improvisation.
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Magos Herrera was part of the compilation album series Mexican Divas.
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Magos Herrera performed locally including at the New York Winter Jazz Festival.
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Later, in the summer of 2013, Magos Herrera recorded Dawn, with multiple Grammy winner, producer, and guitarist from Spain, Javier Limon.
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Magos Herrera recorded a tribute to Mexican poet Octavio Paz, by composer Felipe Perez Santiago, and she was invited as a guest artist in "La guitarra vuela", a documentary honoring the flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia.
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Magos Herrera has been an instructor since 2000, has been a guest professor for master classes and clinics at Berklee College in Boston, Central College in Pella, Iowa, Miami Dade College, Kuala Lumpur Music Academy, Escuela Superior de Musica in Mexico City, and held academic residencies in Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in Tamil Nadu, India, and the Langnau Jazz Camp in Switzerland in 2016.
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Magos Herrera produced and hosted two musical television programs for Mexico's arts and culture television channel, Canal 22, called "Acustico y Jazz Desde El Bajo Centro," with guests Ute Lemper, Jerry Gonzalez, Diego el Cigala, among others.
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In 2005, Magos Herrera was cast to be part of "Modelo para armar", a play by Pablo Mandoki that was performed at Mexico City's UNAM University Theater, Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcon.
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In 2025, Magos Herrera debuted Primero Sueno, a new opera she co-composed with Paola Prestini at The Met Cloisters based on the poem of the same name by Sor Juana.