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Luis Quintero |
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Luis
Quintero is one of the most important Venezuelan classical guitar players
with an impressive international professional career. Mr.Quintero’s
purity of technique, exceptional musicality and great virtuosity have
earned him recognition among the most discerning audiences.
Luis
Quintero studied at the José Angel Lamas School of Music in Caracas,
where he graduated in 1984. He is the first and only Latin American to
complete post—graduate studies in classical guitar at THE JUILLIARD
SCHOOL OF MUSIC in New York
thanks to the “Artistic Excellence Fellowship” of Juilliard,
which he won. He concluded his studies under the guidance of Sharon Isbin
in 1993.
Luis
Quintero was catalogued “Prodigy Child” when he was eleven (11) years
old in the Guitar World Festival in Martinique, where he shared stage with
John Williams, Alirio Díaz, Leo Brouwer and others great guitarists. At
the age of 14, Luis Quintero made his debut at Carnegie Hall, in New York.
Since then, he has been
invited to the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. Quintero
is also a permanent guest performer with the principal Venezuelan
Orchestras and his presence is required in Music International Festivals,
where stands out the "Festival y Academia Nuevo Mundo" in
Maracaibo, Venezuela, maybe one of the festivals of
more artistic importance in Latin America.
Quintero
has won both the Antonio Lauro Biennial prize for professional
interpreters granted by the National Council for the Culture—CONAC—
and the Rodrigo Riera Competition, in Venezuela. He has also won
international prizes in México and Puerto Rico. The Venezuelan Government
awarded Luis Quintero the “Order José Félix Ribas” in first
class for his contribution to international cultural activities. Among his honors we can mention:
Keen
to produce a full anthology of the Latin American composers, Quintero has
recorded four CDs : Vol.I “Joyas Latinoamericanas: VENEZUELA
—Antonio Lauro”— Vol.2 “Joyas Latinoamericanas: COLOMBIA /
VENEZUELA Genti1 Montaña y Rodrigo Riera”- Vol.3 “Joyas
Latinoamericanas: PARAGUAY—Mangoré”— Vol.4 “Joyas
Latinoamericanas: BRASIL —Villalobos”. At the present, he is recording his new compact disc and is dedicating a lot of his time to the composition of guitar pieces. The Suite Latinoamericana is his first production with 5 movements: Milonga, Bambuco, Cueca Chilena, Chorinho y Pajarillo. Luis Quintero has just returned from a concert tour through Northern Europe, where the public of Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Norway and Denmark have joined the circle of admirers of this great Venezuelan guitarist and his noble instrument. |
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“Luis
Quintero exquisitely extols the Venezuelan, Latin American and Universal
art, born in the guitar like the most natural flowers of the tree of the
music”.
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“What struck me first was the obvious strength in Quintero’s fingers. The playing was always firm but full of musical contraste. Bursts of speed were executed with a deep confidence and 1 could sense that Quintero felt the music he played deeply. A recital by a perforrner who oozed buckets of joyous musicality”.
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"Luis Quintero is a very virtuous player, who has a perfect knowledge of the instrument that he performs magistraly"
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