Bethel United Methodist Church, Lewes
February 22, 2025, 2 p.m.
“… one of the world’s most renowned string quartets and the leading proponent of Latin American music for the genre….”
Cuarteto Latinoamericano is one of the world’s most renowned string quartets and, for forty years, the leading proponent of Latin American music for the genre. Founded in Mexico in 1982, the Cuarteto has toured extensively around the world, and premiered over a hundred works written for them. Winners of two Latin Grammy Award for Best Classical Album, they also have been awarded with the prestigious Diapason d’Or, have been recognized with the
Mexican Music Critics Association Award, and have received three “Most Adventurous Programming” Awards from Chamber Music America/ASCAP.
Cuarteto Latinoamericano’s members are three Bitrán brothers: violinists Saul and Aron and cellist Alvaro, with violist Javier Montiel. They have recorded more than 100 CDs, including nearly the entire Latin American repertoire for string quartet.
Formed in Mexico in 1982, Cuarteto Latinoamericano was, from 1987 until 2008, quartet-in-residence at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Under the auspices of the Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles of Venezuela, the Cuarteto created the Latin American Academy for String Quartets, based in Caracas, which was active between 2008 and 2014. The Academy served as a training ground for five select young string quartets from the Sistema, groups which went on to lead active international careers.
