Mexico Foremost Flute Artist, Gay and International Dies of Heart Attack

 

• By Norman Lebrecht
•  (Thursday 2021)

Elena Duran informs us that Alejandro (Alex) Vázquez had a heart attack 

in the night, then was rushed to hospital where he had another and died. 

He was Mexico’s foremost flute, playing principal flute in several orchestras 

as well as various other instruments.

In 2017 he travelled to New Delhi to study North Indian Classical Music

 with Pandit Kailash Sharma.