Cuarteto Latinoamericano is a celebrated string quartet from Latin America. They tour extensively in Europe, the Americas and New Zealand. The recipient of a prestigious Mexican Music Critics Association award in 1983 and “most adventurous programming" awards from CMA/ASCAP in 1997, 1999 and 2000, the group has introduced more than a hundred works written for them and has participated in over a hundred world premiers. They have recorded over forty cds, which include the complete works for quartet by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Silvestre Revueltas, Alberto Ginastera, Rodolfo Halffter, Carlos Chávez, Manuel M. Ponce, Julian Orbon, and many other Latin American composers. Their sixth, and final, album of Hector Villa-Lobos's string quartets, Quartets Nos. 4, 9 and 11, was nominated for two Grammy Awards (Best Chamber Music and Best Latin Music) in 2002. The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... World map showing the Americas CIA political map of the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Cuarteto Latinoamericano has performed with classical guitarist Manuel Barrueco. In 2006, they commissioned and premiered Bay of Pigs by Michael Daugherty. Manuel Barrueco (pronounced Mah-noo-éhl Bah-roo-éh-koh) is a classical guitarist. ... Michael Daugherty (born April 28, 1954 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American composer. ...

Formed in Mexico in 1981, Cuarteto Latinoamericano is, since 1987, quartet-in-residence at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Its members are: Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. ...

Saul Bitran - violin I, Aron Bitran - violin II, Javier Montiel - viola, Alvaro Bitran - cello

External links

• Official site
• Interview with guitarist Manuel Barrueco about working with Cuarteto Latinoamericano
• Art of the States: Cuarteto Latinoamericano performing Memorias Tropicales (1985) by Roberto Sierra