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ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ (b. 1951)
Cuban composer Armando Rodriguez studied guitar and
music theory at the National School of Arts in Havana, Cuba, and served in the
same school as professor of guitar and composition. In 1978, he received the
Cuban National Artists and
Writers Musical Composition Award. His music was thoroughly performed in
Cuba by performers and ensembles, including the National Symphony Orchestra and
the Cuban National Ballet. Rodriguez has resided in the U.S. since 1985. He
received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the State of Florida in
1991. His music has been performed by such renown artists as pianist Max
Lifchitz and Beatriz Balzi, guitarists Flores Chaviano and Carlos Molina, double
bassist Luis Gomez-Imbert and the Relache Ensemble,
and in such events as the Bang on a Can Festival in New York, Subtropics in
Miami, Los Primera Jornadas de Musica Contemporenea de Sevilla, the Sao Paulo
Bienal, and the Latin-American and Caribbean Music forums. His work has been
broadcast in the US, Canada, Europe and Latin America.
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