Edgar Cortazar… a modern poet, three time
Latin Grammy Award nominee, four time BMI
award winner and one time Latin Grammy Award
recipient who's creations have touched the
heart of superstars such as Luis Miguel,
with whom he collaborated as a co-author
and spanish lyric adaptator on three of his
last four musical productions:

"33", "Grandes Exitos" (Greatest Hits)
and "Navidades Luis Miguel" (Christmas by
Luis Miguel); all of them becoming RIIA
certified for multiplatinum sales throughout
the whole world, making Edgar Cortazar share
credits with songwriters like:
Armando Manzanero, Juan Carlos Calderon,
Manuel Alejandro, Rudy Perez, Kike Santander
and Juan Luis Guerra among others.
     
Born from a musical family, Edgar Cortazar
has been influenced by art from generations
behind.
His grandfather, Ernesto Cortazar, composed
most of Mexico's popular music hits in the
40's and 50's which were recorded by
superstars Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante
among many others.

Songs like "No Volveré", "Ay Jalisco No Te
Rajes", "The Three Caballeros" (Disney),
"Cocula", "Yo Soy Mexicano", "La Chancla",
"El Apagón", Serenata Tapatía", “Esos Altos
De Jalisco”, “Amor Con Amor Se Paga”,
“Prisionero Del Mar”, “Tequila Con Limón”,
“Ansiedad”, “Fiesta Mexicana”, “Soy Puro
Mexicano” and many, many others are part
of the Cortazar family music catalog.
     
Edgar Cortazar's father, Ernesto Cortazar
Ducker, also kept the family tradition
and legacy creating the background music
for more than 600 movies in Mexico and his
composing skills also gave numerous artists
great hit songs in the 70's, 80's, 90's and
until today.
Some of these artists include: Jose Jose,
Manoella Torres, Alberto Vazquez, Marco
Antonio Muñiz, Cesar Costa, Enrique Guzman,
Alejandro Fernandez and Luis Miguel.

As a lyricist, Edgar Cortazar has shared
co-authorship with his father, Ernesto
Cortazar Ducker, his brother and also Latin
Grammy and BMI award winner; Ernesto Cortazar,
Tony Melendez, Adrian Pieragostino, Jose Luis
Terrazas,Jose Luis Terrazas Jr, Ismael Gallegos,
Mark Portmann, Toby Sandoval, Ricardo Montaner,
Vicky y Marisol Terrazas, Kike Santander,
Homero Patrón, Daniel Díaz, Roberto Jimenez,
Manelick de la Parra, Jeffrey Fischman,
Alejandro Asensi, Alejandro Carballo,
Rafael Esparza-Ruiz, Ximena Muñoz,
Cristina Abaroa, Johnson Enos, Oswaldo Villarreal,
Bruno Danzza, Scott Blevins, Tom Strahle,
Arthur Hanlon, Jorge Bañuelos, Rafael Rubio,
Sebastian Arocha, Denise Bradley, Facundo Monty,
Claudia Brant, Lynette Brehm, Christian De Walden,
Ricardo Díaz, Elyan Díaz, Carlos del Castillo,
Steve Dorff, Maria Entraigues, Esteban Mares,
Steve Dorff, Yoel Henríquez, Serge Colbert,
Victoria Horn, Hillary Bernstein, Alberto Mirabal,
John Reid, Rafa Sardina, Anthony Fedorov,
Ruy Folguera, Mauricio Guerrero, Daniel Avila,
Carlos Castro, Ron Irving, Molly-Ann Leikin,
Francisco Loyo, Salo Loyo, Víctor Loyo, Ana Malhoa,
Paulo Massadas, Juan Mesa, Pepe Motta, Richard Page,
D. Pickell, Michael Ripoll, Paulo Serpa, Stephony
Smith, Irene Toumainen, T. Wong and Antonio Zamora.

Edgar Cortazar’s songs have been recorded by:

Luis Miguel, Olga Tañón, Christian Castro,
Pedro Fernandez, David Bisbal, Yahir,
Jon Secada, Three Graces, Conjunto Primavera,
Grupo Montez de Durango, Pablo Montero,
Graciela Beltrán, La Mafia, Diana Reyes,
Los Primos de Durango, Grupo Liberación,
Los Horóscopos de Durango, Industria del Amor,
K-Paz de la Sierra, Grupo Iman, Carmen Jara,
Autoridad de la Sierra, Grupo Palomo,
Ponzoña Musical de Durango, Banda Machos,
Banda Guasaveña de Valentin Elizalde,
Banda Los Lagos, Angels, Salomon Robles,
Chicos De Barrio, No-Pals, Alex Arellano,
Grupo Prezisso, Priscilla y sus Balas de Plata,
Los Palominos, Rafael Mercadante, La Bandita
de Durango, Erasmo Catarino, Israel El Tillo
Nevarez, Keyla Caballero, Azucena la del Campo,
Andres Marquez (El Macizo), Isabela,
Los Tremendos de Mexico, Witchy's Band,
Los Reyes Del Camino, Ke-Zafados, Keyla
Caballero, Huichol Musical and Grupo La Onda
among many others.
     
Edgar Cortazar has also worked as a spanish
lyric adaptator in international projects
such as:

Three graces  /  2007
www.threegracesmusic.com

Wildflower Song  / Nettwerk Songs Publishing.
Spanish lyric adaptator for Doug Edwards
and David Richardson's international Canadian
hit song.

Christmas by Luis Miguel  / 2006 / Warner Records.
Spanish Lyric adaptator for Christmas standards:
-Let It Snow
-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
-Winter Wonderland


Edgar Cortazar's singular style of singing
and voice recording has made him become part
of numerous music projects as a professional
in the commercial scene.
He has participated in numerous T.V., radio and
commercial voiceover campaigns for companies
such as:

Ford Motor Company, Disney, Chrysler, Telemundo,
Univision and Frito Lay.
     
Edgar Cortazar has also become part of many
musical productions for the Disney Latin Music
Division as a composer / lead voice and
background vocal singer.
     
Some of these productions are:
     
Arrullo (Lullaby) 1996, Navidad Disney
(Disney Christmas) 1996, Canciones de Viaje
(Travel Songs) 1997, La Fiesta Dinosaurios
(Dinosaur Party) 1998 and Multiplicando!
(Multiplying!) 1998, among others.
     
As a professional singer, Edgar Cortazar
has participated in the recording of more
than 750 demo and full produced songs in
different publishing companies and recording
studios in Mexico, Canada and the U.S.