ALBERTO PUERTO

Versatile Cuban American guitarist who stands out in his potent and sensitive interpretations of diverse types of guitars. 

His search promotes improvisation and a lustrous freestyle, replete with musical colors and delightful and invigorating ambiances, always sustained by an enthralling interpretive technique, at once making his way in the fusion of classical music with Latin jazz, instrumental music, and Latin American music, and transcending the musical world to connect sound with other arts, ennobling the stage experience. His trajectory expounds a contrasting repertoire, manifested in a variety of styles from Baroque music to popular Cuban music using elements of jazz, both as a soloist and with various chamber music projects.

COLLABORATIONS

He has collaborated with important artists from the US, Spain, Cuba, Czech Republic, Canada, etc. Alberto Hernandez, guitarist -ConPaz Duo-Cuba, Jiri Sommer-ex violinist of the Valladolid Symphony and the Prague Opera-Czech Republic, Jose Luis de la Paz -flameco guitarist and composer- Spain-US, Yetzabel Arias-Soprano-Miami, US, Jodi Penner-Soprano-Canada-US, Yaroldy Abreu-percussionist with Chucho Valdes-Cuba, Otto Santana-jazz percussionist and leader of Otto Jazz Trio-Miami, US, Ruly Herrera-jazz percussionist and leader of The Real Project, Isanusi Rodriguez-Classical dancer-Cuban Ballet of Miami, US, Niurca Marquez-dancer and choreographer, soloist invited by the Miami Guitar Orchestra for the Concierto de Aranjuez, soloist invited by the Florida Chamber Orchestra for the Concierto Andaluz in the Miami Dade County Auditorium.

CONCERTS

Concerts of note: Baroque and Cuban music concert, University of the Arts (Berlin, Germany), UFRR Universidade Federal de Roraima-Brazil, Grace Arts Florida, US, Art Basel Miami, US, LnS Gallery Miami, US, Miami Dade County Auditorium, US, Spanish Cultural Center in Miami, US, Cernuda Arte Miami, US, Adrienne Arscht Center, Miami, US, among others.  He is currently sponsored by the prestigious luthier Bill Glez, developing various projects with guitars such as- classical-: Sakurai Kohno (Japan), José Ramírez (Spain), Carlos Rodríguez “El Grillo” (Cuba), Bill Glez -classical and flamenca- (Miami US), Jorge de Zofía -flamenca-(US, Spain) among others, demonstrating, with each of these, excellence of execution. 

FESTIVALS: 

Festivals of note: Festival of Renaissance and Baroque Music “Misiones de Chiquitos”, Bolivia, Miami International Ballet Festival, USA, International Bach Fest, Bolivia, Latin American Music Festival, Boston, USA, among others.