Marcela Diez Martinez
Marcela
Diez Martinez

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Cultural manager and arts promoter, currently Artistic Director of the Festival de Otoño de Madrid. With a background in Psychology and Education, and raised in a bicultural family, she has lived in several countries (including the USA, Belgium, France, and Catalonia). Throughout her career she has been dedicated to promoting and programming the performing arts, gaining international recognition. In 2021 she was awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

She has held leading and advisory positions in major institutions and events: General Director of Casa Jaime Sabines, Cultural Programs Coordinator at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico, consultant for the Cultural Foundation of the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as juror and advisor for festivals in Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, and the USA. For many years she was closely linked to Festival Internacional Cervantino – the largest arts festival in the Americas – serving as Programming Director and later, in 2017–2018, as General Director. She was also the first-ever Festivals General Director in Mexico, appointed by the Ministry of Culture.

For five years she ran an innovative audience development programme at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, reaching more than 360,000 students. Today she leads one of Spain’s most important performing arts festivals – the Festival de Otoño de Madrid.