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Alfredo Muñoz
Havana, Cuba June 20th, 1949. Violinist.
He began to study music at Marta Abreu Institute going from the Arts
National School, to the Amadeo Roldan Conservatoire and finally to
the Arts University. Guillermo Portela, Emulio Hospital and Radosvet
Boiadjiev were some of his professors. He also received master classes
from Professor Irina Bashkova in 1976. Since 1987, he became a member
of National Symphony Orchestra and the National Concert Music Center.
He has played as a soloist with Camagüey’s, Matanzas’
and Oriente’s Symphony Orchestras, with Cuba’s National
Symphony Orchestra and Ecuador’s National Symphony Orchestra
with Brindis de Sala and Música Eterna Chamber Orchestras,
with Matanzas’ and Camagüey’s Chamber Orchestras, with
the Philharmonic orchestras of Bogota (Colombia) and Lublin (Poland)
and the Northern Bohemian Chamber Orchestra (Czechoslovakia).
He has also played with remarkable orchestral directors highlighting
Manuel Duchesne Cuzán (Cuba), Guido López Gavilán
(Cuba), Gonzalo Romeu (Cuba), James Frazer (USA), Marek Pijarewski
(Poland), Libor Pecek (Czechoslovakia), Ricardo del Carmeu (Guatemala),
Tomas Balheritz (Hungary).
As a soloist and member of Trio White has offered several concerts
at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) and Slaneikov Sofía (Bulgaria)
Halls, Novosibirsk Theater (Russia), Sans Sausci Potsdam Castle (Poland),
Belles Arts Theater (Mexico), National Arts Center (Mexico), Maestro’s
Theater (Moscow), Teresa Carreño Theater (Caracas), and the
Archipel Theater, (Guadalupe) in the French Antilles.
He has given masterful classes in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela,
being also professor at Amadeo Roldán Conservatoire and the
Arts University (ISA).
Muñoz has been awarded with: Polish Culture Merit, 1988 and
a Distinction for his work related to the National Culture, 1997.
Awards
 1977.
1st Prize, Violin Contest (ISA)
1978.
1st Mention in UNEAC (National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists)
Contest.
1982.
1st Prize and Prize to the best interpretation of Cuban Music in UNEAC
Contest
1993.
José Ardévol National Music Prize.
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