Kate Torralba To Represent The Philippines At MUSICMEX In Mexico City
Holding its first-ever iteration this 2025, the Mexico City-held event is a “premier music showcase festival dedicated to fostering collaborations, cultural exchanges, and business opportunities in music.”
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Kate Torralba is heading to Mexico City this month to represent the Philippines at MUSICMEX.
Officially holding its first-ever iteration this 2025, MUSICMEX is a “premier music showcase festival dedicated to fostering collaborations, cultural exchanges, and business opportunities in music,” held in Mexico City in Mexico. Notably, Kate Torralba will be performing at the even on June 19, 2025 (Thursday) at Jardin Jacarandas.
“I’ve always heard amazing things about the music scene in Mexico from musician-friends in Berlin and Tokyo,” said the singer-songwriter in a press statement. “I’m so psyched to finally experience it myself, and even more I feel so lucky to have been chosen to represent my country in this international music industry event.”
“I think what sets me apart from other musicians is that I am a multi-hyphenate artist, my many creative transmissions inform my performance onstage,” she emphasizes, promising “an intimate and engaging show with storytelling in between songs.” “No set is ever the same because every
crowd is different, and I always say that the show can only get as good as the crowd is.”
Accompanying Torralba in representing the Philippines are MC Galang and Ian Urrutia, the co-founders of The Rest Is Noise PH — a Manila-based “music publication, curator, and events producer.” The two will be part of a panel discussion with the topic “Cultural Rhythms: Expanding Mexican Music to Southeast Asia.”
Alongside music, Kate Torralba is recognized for her involvement and success in other artistic and creative fields. This includes being a fashion designer, a Palanca Award-winning writer, as well as a filmmaker who has gained three nominations at the International Silent Film Festival Manila for her short film Ha-Ha-Hambog. In addition, she is also a mentee of National Artist for music, Ryan Cayabyab, who discovered her thanks to the first Elements National Songwriting Camp back in 2010.
In other news, following her time at MUSICMEX, Kate Torralba is set to release her yet-to-be-named sophomore album sometime in late 2025. It will serve as the follow-up to her debut album Long Overdue, which came out in 2013.
Listen to Kate Torralba’s Long Overdue below:
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