Luis Diaz-Santana Garza

Luis Díaz-Santana Garza studied a Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts and PhD in History, has done research of music from the baroque period until the present, performing with original instruments, such as the baroque guitar and the 19th century Mexican seven-string guitar. Member of the National Research System, is full time Professor of guitar, baroque music and Mexican music history at the Arts Department of Zacatecas Autonomous University, and has received several fellowships from CONACYT, CONACULTA, INBA and PACMYC. His recordings include Mexican songs and dances of the 19th century, the Opera San Francisco Xavier, and two records of Mexican music for guitar from the 19th century. He has published articles in Acta Musicologica, American Music, Journal of Beatles Studies, Diagonal, and Boletin Música of Casa de las Américas, and wrote, or edited, the books: Music tradition in Zacatecas (1850-1930), Transcription of baroque guitar music, History of Mexican norteño music, a dictionary of popular music, Mexican music and regional studies, and Between Norteño and Tejano Conjunto: Music, Tradition, and Culture at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Lexington Books, 2021). 
Luis Díaz Santana Garza es docente-investigador con Perfil PRODEP, y miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Nació en Monterrey, México. Es Licenciado en Música, Maestro en Humanidades y Doctor en Historia. Ha publicado artículos en revistas como Acta Musicologica, Diagonal, American Music, Journal of Beatles Studies, y en el Boletín Música de Casa de las Américas, y los libros "Tradición Musical en Zacatecas, (1850-1930)", "Historia de la música norteña mexicana: desde los grupos precursores al auge del narcocorrido", "La investigación musical en las regiones de México", "Panorama de la música popular mexicana", y "Música mexicana y estudios regionales".