Carlos Prieto

Infobox Musical artist


Name = Carlos Prieto
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Carlos Prieto
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Origin = Mexico City, Mexico
Genre = Classical
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Occupation = composer, cellist
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URL = [http://www.carlosprieto.com/ Official site]

Carlos Prieto is a Mexican cellist and writer. He plays a Stradivarius cello named "The Piatti" after Carlo Alfredo Piatti, affectionatelly nicknamed "Chelo Prieto" by the current owner. He is a promoter of contemporary, original classical instrument music by Latin American composers.

The Early Years

Prieto began playing the cello at age four, studying under the instruction of Hungarian cellist Imre Hartman and later continued his instruction at the National Conservatory of Music with Pierre Fournier in Geneva and Leonard Rose in New York. He later studied engineering and economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [ [http://www.carlosprieto.com Mexican Cellist Carlos Prieto, Classical Performer, Musician, Author ] ]

Discography

*The Sonatas by Dmitri Shostakovich
*De Bach a Piazzolla
*Tres Conciertos para Violoncello y Orquesta
*Del Barroco y del Romanticismo al siglo XXI
*Sonatas y Danzas de Mexico
*Conciertos para el fin del Milenio
*A Prieto
*Espejos (Mirrors)
*Ibarra - Zyman: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
*Cello Music from Latin America Vol. I
*Cello Music from Latin America Vol. II
*Cello Music from Latin America Vol. III
*Carlos Prieto, Cello
*J.S. Bach: The Suites for Cello. Suites No. 1, 2 and 3
*J.S. Bach: The Suites for Cello. Suites No. 4, 5 and 6
*Le Grand Tango
*Sonatas & Fantasias
*Azul y Verde
*Conciertos y Chôro

Published Works

Published Works (Portuguese)

*As Aventuras de um Violoncelo. Historias e Memorias

Published Works (English)

*The Adventures of a Cello

Published Works (Spanish)

*Cinco mil años de palabras
*Las Aventuras de un Violonchelo, Historias y Memorias
*De la URSS a Rusia, Tres Décadas de Experiencias y Observaciones de un Testigo

Published Works (Russian)

*The Adventures of a Cello, History and Memories (Russian Edition)

Awards

*1995: Mozart Medal from the Austrian Ambassador in Mexico
*1999: Achievement Award of the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York
*1999: France awarded the Order of the Arts and Letters in the grade of Officer
*2001: University of Indiana awarded the Eva Janzer Award, entitled “Chevalier du Violoncelle”
*2002: School of Music of Yale University awarded the Cultural Leadership Citation

References

External links

* [http://www.carlosprieto.com/ Carlos Prieto website]
* [http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/ejmccf/honorees/prieto.html Profile]