Latin American Quartet founded in Mexico in 1982, represents today a unique voice in the international field, which disseminates music created in Latin America in the main musical centers of the world. Integrated by three brothers, the violinists Saúl and Arón and the cellist Álvaro Bitrán, along with Javier Montiel, violinist, the Latin American Quartet has been considered by the London Times as “Owner of an instinct that definitely places it in the first division of string quartets” and by the Houston Chronicle as “one of the best quartets we’ve heard in years”.

PROGRAM

Latin American Quartet

Gabriela Ortiz (Mexico, 1964)
Mess of Four*

Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany, 1770-1827)
Quartet in E minor Op. 59 no. 2

Allegro
Molto Adagio
Allegretto
Finale-Presto

Intermission

Jacob Gade (Denmark, 1879-1963)
Jalousie

Astor Piazzolla (Argentina, 1921-1992)
Oblivion
Fugue and Mystery
Milonga of the Angel

Edgardo Donato (Argentina, 1897-1963)
In Dim Light

Astor Piazzolla
The Death of the Angel

Juan de Dios Filiberto (Argentina, 1885-1964)
Little Road

Aníbal Troilo (Argentina, 1914-1975)
The Trapper

Astor Piazzolla
fugue 9

* World premiere. Work dedicated to the Latin American Quartet in its 35th anniversary.

CAST:

Saúl Bitrán, violín I; Arón Bitrán, violín II; Javier Montiel, viola; Álvaro Bitrán, violonchelo y César Olguín, bandoneón invitado.