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David Gutiérrez Ledesma (Salamanca, Guanajuato, September 17, 1937) is a Mexican Pianist and Professor.

Biography
David Gutiérrez was born in Salamanca (Guanajuato, Mexico) on September 17, 1937, son of  María Ledesma Costa and David Gutiérrez Rivera, who was clarinetist. His father taught him solfeggio and understanding his musical ability, in the 40s, he sent him to the Diocesan School of Sacred Music in León, with teachers like Miguel Bernal Jiménez. In the 50s, Gerhard Münch, a German musician who was escaping the war, came to the school in León, and became one of his teachers. In 1966, together with Alfonso Salgado Sánchez, he founded the Miguel Bernal Jiménez Choir and the following year José Rodríguez Frausto, director of the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Guanajuato invited him to play Poulenc's concerto for two hands with Rodolfo Ponce Montero. In 1968 he founded the Guanajuato Music School Choir. In 1970, the year of Beethoven, he made a statewide tour presenting the music of this composer, interpreting, among other works, the Twelve Contradances by this German composer. From 1971 to 1974 he directed Claude Debussy's Mozart Requiem and Mermaids. In 1976 he recorded the complete works for voice and piano of the composer Silvestre Revueltas, with his student Edith Contreras Bustos.

Prizes y Awards

 * In 2003 he was awarded the Diego Rivera prize by the state of Guanajuato for his career and "his contributions to the development of musical culture in the state of Guanajuato and Salamanca.
 * In April 2023, there was a tribute festival in both, the city of Salamanca and in the state capital, Guanajuato, in honor of David Gutiérrez with five days of concerts performed by more than 100 national and international artists and alumni of the maestro.