Edna Vázquez is a fearless singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist whose powerful voice and musical talent transcend the boundaries of language to engage and uplift her audience. She is a creative musical artist with a vocal range that allows her to paint seamlessly with her original material, an intersection of Mexican tradicional, rock, pop, and other genres. Ms. Vázquez’s passion for music and performance grew from her bicultural roots, with songs deeply rooted in universal human emotion, and she has traveled far and wide spreading her message of light, love, and cultural healing.

Ms. Vázquez has led her own projects including the Edna Vázquez Quartet (later Quintet), the rock band No Passengers, and the Edna Vázquez Band. She also participated in the Latin Grammy’s all-female mariachi fusion band Flor de Toloache. In 2022 she participated in Canto en Resistencia (Powerto the People!) with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. She also performed at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Phil and pianist Lang Lang, performing Destino, a film collaboration between Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney. Ms. Vázquez currently performs with the acclaimed “little big band” Pink Martini and collaborates with orchestras across the world. She makes her San Francisco Symphony solo debut with this performance.

Canción de Obsidiana was created in 1989 by its director, Victor-Mario Zaballa. The ensemble strives to create an atmospheric landscape of timeless sounds with original compositions incorporating traditional Mexican hand-made acoustic indigenous instruments and electronic musical instruments. The wind and percussion instruments are replicas of pre-Columbian pieces from museum collections made by Mr. Zaballa. The ensemble has performed at Lincoln Center, Theater of the New City in New York, deYoung Museum, Mexican Museum, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, The Lab in San Francisco, Monterey World Music Festival, Tucson Museum of Art, and Oakland Museum.