Catán, Daniel
(1949–2011)
Catán, Daniel * April 3, 1949 – † April 8, 2011Catán, DanielDaniel Catán Born in Mexico City, Daniel Catán Porteny is a Mexican composer whose operas and other works have been performed internationally. He studied music throughout his childhood and adolescence but took a degree in philosophy from the University of Sussex in 1971. He received a PhD in music from Princeton University in 1977, and then embarked on a productive period of travel and composition in which he showed particular interest…