From the CEO’s Desk to the Concert Stage: Jorge Mejía on His New Classical Album & Balancing Life as an Artist and Executive
Jorge Mejía, president and CEO of Sony Music Publishing Latin America & U.S. Latin, has released a new classical album titled *If These Walls Could Talk*, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios and performed live in Miami with the Frost Symphony Orchestra. The album is a narrative-driven piano concerto inspired by a historic Miami Beach building where Mejía once lived, weaving fictional stories across three movements. He balances his executive role with his artistic career, drawing on both to inform his work in the music industry. The album blends classical composition with storytelling, featuring audience participation during live performances.
- ▪Jorge Mejía released *If These Walls Could Talk* on April 24, initially on Apple Music, with a wider release scheduled for May 8 via Infusion/The Orchard/Sony.
- ▪The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra and includes a piano concerto and six sextets for string quintet and piano.
- ▪Mejía performed the work live at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami with the Frost Symphony Orchestra under conductor Gerard Schwarz.
- ▪Each movement of the concerto tells a fictional story tied to a historic 1922 Miami Beach building, featuring characters from different eras in the city’s history.
- ▪Mejía, a Latin Grammy-nominated composer, studied piano in college and began his music industry career through an internship at Sony Music 30 years ago.
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