Alvaro Bitran - Mi Chelada - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

TRACKS 1. Echú Alejandro Cardona 2. Telegramas Alejandro Cardona 3. Profecía Alejandro Cardona 4.Usted Gabriel Ruiz 5. Vayamos al Diablo Astor Piazzolla 6. The Day After Miguel del Aguila 7. Lo que Vendrá Astor Piazzolla 8. Dan-Són Enrico Chapela 9. Jog-Alap Sidartha Siliceo-Alvaro Bitrán 10. Ciudades Oscuras Eduardo Gamboa 11. Mountain Song Nawang Kechog-Alvaro Bitrán 12. Digital Gabriela Ortiz 13. El Tiempo y el Olvido Cesar Olguín Álvaro Bitrán Álvaro Bitrán was born in Chile of a family of distinguished musicians. He started playing the cello at the age of seven and concluded his formal studies at Indiana University under the guidance of world renowned cellist Janos Starker. In 1982 he founded the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, a string quartet that now enjoys world-wide recognition. In addition to frequent tours of both North and South America, the quartet also tours Europe, Israel and New Zealand. Recent performances have included New York's Carnegie Hall, Washington's Kennedy Center and Milan's Teatro Alla Scala. His recordings (more than 50 in all) have appeared in various labels such as Dorian, New Albion and Urtext and have received several prizes, including two Grammy Nominations in 2001 Best Chamber Music Performance and Best Classical CD at the Latin Grammys. Álvaro Bitrán is regularly invited to play as soloist with some of the major orchestras in our continent Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina and Venezue- la symphony orchestras, Dallas Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle and San Antonio Symphony in the U.S. and Ottawa's National Arts Center Orchestra in Canada, among others. Álvaro Bitrán is firmly committed to the creation of new music for his instrument and has premiered and recorded many new works dedi- cated to him. He has recently released two cello and piano CD's featuring new mu- sic by Latin American composers, as well as traditional repertoire.