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Cuarteto Latinoamericano | |
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![]() Cuarteto Latinoamericano (From left to right) Arón Bitrán, Saúl Bitrán, Alvaro Bitrán, and Javier Montiel | |
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Origin | Mexico City, Mexico |
Genres | Latin American |
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Cuarteto Latinoamericano is a string quartet. Founded in Mexico in 1981, the Cuarteto has toured throughout Europe, the Americas, Israel, China, Japan, and New Zealand. They have premiered over one hundred works written for them. Winners of two Latin Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album, they have also been awarded the Diapason d'Or, the Mexican Music Critics Association Award, and three "Most Adventurous Programming" Awards from Chamber Music America.
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. Volume 6 of their Villa-Lobos cycle of 17 string quartets on Dorian was nominated for a Grammy Award and a Latin Grammy for Best Chamber Music Recording. Their albums Brasileiro, works of Mignone (2012) and El Hilo Invisible (2016) won Latin Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album. The work Inca Dances by Gabriela Lena Frank, recorded by Cuarteto Latinoamericano with Manuel Barrueco, won the 2009 Latin Grammy for Best New Latin Composition.