Carlos Molina began his performing career in 1969, after graduating from the National Conservatory of Music. That same year, he also graduated from the University of Havana's School of Law. In 1970, Molina won First Prize at the National Guitar Competition in Cuba and began his first tour of Europe upon receiving the award. Since then, he has been performing worldwide, offering concerts in more than twenty countries besides his native Cuba, including the United States, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Russia, Lithuania, Mexico, Martinique, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Venezuela. Molina has been featured in some of the most prestigious concert halls in the world, including Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), the Metropolitan Opera House (New York), the Philarmonia Theater (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Dvorak Hall (Prague), Chopin Hall (Warsaw), the Ateneo (Madrid), the Zeneakademia (Budapest), the Hall of Mirrors (Bratislava), and many others.
In 1968, Cuban composer/guitarist Leo Brouwer dedicated him the piece "Canticum," a work considered to be the first avant-garde composition written for the instrument. In recent years, other notable composers, such as the Russian Nikita Koshkin, have also dedicated pieces to him.
Come see the Carlos Molina perform on Thursday, November 15th at 7:30 p.m. at the McCarthy Auditorium, Room 6120, at Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
No comments:
Post a Comment