Wingel_Mendoza
Mainz, Germany
Wingel Pérez Mendoza was born in Mexico City (1982). Wingel was awarded (first prize) with the “Armin Knab Wettbewerb für Komposition” with the piece Cuitlahuac for large Orchestra. In addition, he got the first prize in the composition competition "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen" with the piece “Der Hase des Mondes”. In 2017, he got again the scholarship for young composers “Jóvenes creadores” by the National Fund for Culture and Arts in México (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes). In 2017 and 2019 he was awarded by the Freundeskreis Musikhochschule Mainz e.V. in order to pursue his studies in Klangkunst-Komposition. As an Improviser, Wingel looks for different devices as a source of sound, from analog to digital and programming, such as; tape recordings, tape loops, toys, DJ turntables and Supercollider for audio Synthesis. Moreover, he had improvised for different theatres and dance companies. In addition, he had improvised as a soloist and with different ensembles. His pe