Carlos Zapién

Carlos Zapién is a musician, singer, pianist, cultural manager and composer.

Carlos Zapién was born in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. He studied piano and organ at the Conservatorio de Las Rosas in Morelia, Michoacán. In 2004 he obtained a degree in music from the University of Oregon, where he studied piano with Victor Steinhardt and voice with Eric Mentzel. He later obtained a master's degree at the same university in 2006. He obtained the title of Soloist at the University of Music and Performing Arts of Stuttgart, Germany, under the tutelage of tenor Francisco Araiza and soprano Dunja Vejzović.

In 2013 he was appointed Director of Music at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States of America. Zapién has composed several musical schemes of a religious nature, among them Misa de la Misericordia (2015), which was presented to His Holiness, Pope Francis in 2017, Misa al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (2013) and Mass of the Most Holy Trinity (2011). Several of his compositions are performed internationally. He is published by GIA Publications, Inc.