Carlos Prieto (cellist)

Carlos Prieto
Background information
Born 1937
Origin Mexico City, Mexico
Genres Classical
Occupation(s) cellist
Website Official site

Carlos Prieto (born 1937) is a Mexican cellist and writer.[1] He plays a Stradivarius cello named the "Piatti" after Carlo Alfredo Piatti, affectionatelly nicknamed "Chelo Prieto" by the current owner.[2] He is a promoter of contemporary, original classical instrument music by Latin American composers. The Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition [3] is held every two years in Mexico. His son, Carlos Miguel Prieto, is music director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico.

The early years

Prieto began playing the cello at age four, studying under the instruction of Hungarian cellist Imre Hartman and also Mexican cellist Manuel Garnica Fierro. He continued his instruction at the National Conservatory of Music, with Pierre Fournier in Geneva, and Leonard Rose in New York. He also studied engineering and economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),[4] university which appointed him in 1993 member of its Department of Music and Theater Arts Visiting Committee.

Music career

He has played with orchestras from all over the world, the Royal Philharmonic in London, the Chamber Orchestra of the European Union, the American Symphony Orchestra in New York, the Boston Pops in Symphony Hall, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, the Spanish National Orchestra, the Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra, the Irish National Orchestra, the MAV Budapest Orchestra and many others. He has been invited to many of the world’s most prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall[5] and Lincoln Center in New York,[6] Kennedy Center in Washington; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles; Roy Thomson in Toronto; Barbican Hall and Wigmore Hall in London; Salle Gaveau and Salle Pleyel in Paris; Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia; Auditorio Nacional in Madrid; The Beijing and Shanghai Concert Halls; the Europalia, Granada, Berlin Festivals, etc.[7]

In 2007-2011 he played a series of concerts with Yo-Yo Ma in Mexico, Caracas, Spain and Chicago.[8]

He is since 1995 Chairman of the Foundation of the Conservatory of Las Rosas, the oldest conservatory of the Americas and Mexico’s most ambitious music education project. Every three years, the National Council for the Arts of Mexico and the Las Rosas Conservatory organize the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition, so named in recognition of his career and his work in the promotion and enrichment of Latin American cello music. The next competition will take place in August, 2015.

He was appointed Honorary Member of the Fine Arts Advisory Council of the University of Texas at Austin. In 2011 he was elected Member of the Academy of the Spanish Language.

Discography

Espejos (Mirrors)

(urtext digital classics jbcc 015)

Le Grand Tango

(urtext digital classics jbcc 014)

Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonatas

(urtext digital classics jbcc 123)

Conciertos y Chôro

(urtext digital classics jbcc 023)

Azul y Verde (Blue and Green)

(urtext digital classics jbcc 024)

Aprietos

(urtext digital classics jbcc 045)

Tres siglos: tres obras para violonchelo y orquesta

(urtext digital classics jbcc 178)

Tres conciertos para cello y orquesta

(urtext digital classics jbcc 083)

Sonatas y danzas de México

(urtext digital classics jbcc 033)

Del barroco y del romanticismo al siglo XXI

(urtext digital classics jbcc 093)

From Bach to Piazzolla

(urtext digital classics jbcc 101)

Seven world premieres

(urtext digital classics jbcc 183)

Bach vol. I

(PMG CLASSICS DIGITAL 092104)

Bach vol. II

PMG CLASSICS DIGITAL 092106)

Sonatas y Fantasías

(urtext digital classics jbcc 017)

Conciertos para el fin del milenio

(urtext digital classics jbcc 047)

Published works

Spanish

English

Portuguese

Russian

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Mexican Cellist Carlos Prieto, Classical Performer, Musician, Author
  2. ↑ The Adventures of a Cello, by Carlos Prieto
  3. ↑ Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition Winners Announced
  4. ↑ Carlos Prieto: Around the World With the Cello
  5. ↑ MUSIC: DEBUTS IN REVIEW Feb. 19, 1984
  6. ↑ Review/Music; 3 Concerts Conclude Series of Mexican Work January 13, 1991
  7. ↑ CIdaho State University to present renowned cellist Carlos Prieto in special concert May 9 at Stephens Performing Arts Center
  8. ↑ Yo Yo ma and Carlos Prieto at INBA, 11-01-13 on YouTube

External links

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