OFUNAM

The UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra (OFUNAM), founded in 1936, is one of the most important orchestras in Mexico, and its headquarters is the Nezahualcóyotl Hall, in Ciudad Universitaria. In its more than eighty years of history, OFUNAM has been led by José Rocabruna, José Francisco Vásquez, Icilio Bredo, Eduardo Mata, Héctor Quintanar, Enrique Diemecke, Eduardo Diazmuñoz, Jorge Velazco, Jesús Medina, Ronald Zollman, Zuohuang Chen, Alun Francis, Jan Latham-Koenig and Massimo Quarta as principal conductors, plus dozens of guest conductors. He has commissioned and premiered works by various Mexican composers and has had two international tours: Italy in 2014 and the United Kingdom in 2015. OFUNAM offers three seasons of concerts a year, held in the Nezahualcóyotl Hall. The orchestra also tours different schools and faculties of the UNAM.