2 gained great popularity worldwide when the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela under Gustavo Dudamel included it on their programme for their 2007 European and American tour.
[1] Written for full orchestra, the piece features solos for clarinet, oboe, piano, violin, double bass, French horn, trumpet, flute, and piccolo.
The piece has also gained an important spot in the modern concert band literature through Oliver Nickel's arrangement.
[citation needed] A short film of the same name was made in 2009 by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Ortiz Pichardo, using the piece as the main narrative device, in a Fantasia-like manner.
[3] It is set in Mexico City in the 1940s, the golden age of danzón, and the style is an homage to the Mexican cinema of the period.