Thursday 21th, October 2004
El Cuarteto at the Bolívar Hall
7:30 pm
Free entrance
Bolívar Hall of the Embassy of Venezuelan Embassy
54 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL
Doors open at 7:00 pm

José Antonio Naranjo, Flute
Telésforo Naranjo, Double Bass
Miguel Delgado, Guitar
Raúl Delgado, Cuatro

José Antonio Naranjo was born in Caracas where he studied the flute studies in the School of Music Lino Gallardo. In 1971, a fellowship took him to Paris where he was accepted by Jean Pierre Rampal as a student in the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris. In 1974 he became the first flute of the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. He founded the Quinteto de Vientos Venezuela in 1977, and later the Trío de Cámara Bellas Artes. Nowadays he performs as a flautist of the Quinteto de Vientos Latinoamericanos. He is the first flute of the Fundación Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional and director of the Ensamble de Flautas José Antonio Naranjo. His career as performing artist in Latin America matches that in musical education, for which he has been awarded several national prizes.

Telésforo Naranjo was born and educated in Caracas where Inocente Carreño, Vicente Emilio Sojo, Eduardo Plaza and Primo Casale taught him. Omar Sansone turned him into a performing double bass player and in 1965 he entered he entered the Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela in that capacity. Since 1988 he has been the first double bass soloist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1979 he began orchestral and choral conducting with Gonzalo Castellanos, and continued studies in the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome and the Chigiana Academy of Siena. In 1980 he was named associate conductor of The Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, with which he has toured throughout Venezuela and North, Central and South America. He has accompanied Maurice Hasson, Joen Vásquez, Monique Duphil, José Antonio Naranjo and Olaf Ilzins among others.

Miguel Delgado was born in Calabozo, a town in the Llanos of Venezuela. He was a founding member of the Pro-Music Group and performed and directed Los Anauco. By working with Venezuelan luminaries such as Simón Díaz, Morella Muñoz, Lilia Vera and Cecilia Todd, his career as an instumentalist expanded into that of composer, arranger and producer of musical shows, theatre productions, documentaries and television programmes. He has taught the guitar at the Father Sojo Foundation and at the University Institute of Musical Studies (IUDEM). He is currently the manager of Creamusic, the music division of 1BC Firms.

Raúl Delgado was also born in Calabozo, but studied in Caracas at the Escuela Superior de Música and the Music School Juan Manuel Olivares. With a scholarship from Inciba, he moved to Paris for five years to continue studying in the Ecole Normale de Musique, the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique and in the group of Musical Research of the Radio and French Television. He has founded, conducted, taught and sang in some of the best known choral groups in Venezuela. For 23 years he performed with the famous Orfeón de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). He is currently the conductor of the Choir of the Industrial Bank of Venezuela.His contribution to the cultural scene has earned him the top national decorations, the Gran Cordón and the Orden del Congreso de Angostura, among them.

Programme

1 Carnaval con Gabán	Folk music
2 El Rezongón - merengue	Omar García
3 San José - waltz	Lionell Belasco
4 Vaivén - dance from Zulia	Adolfo De Poll
5 El Preñaíto - joropo	Raúl Delgado
6 La Retreta - waltz/merengue	Miguel Delgado
7 Un Poco de Luz - song	Efraín Arteaga
8 Bambuco - beach bambuco	Renato Aguirre
9 Viajera del Río - waltz	Manuel Yánez
10 Mi Canchunchú, Canchunchú Dichoso - aire oriental	Luis Mariano Rivera
11 Differences over "Guárdame las Vacas" - polo	Luis de Narváez
12 El Diablo Suelto con El Alacrán - waltz	Heraclio Fernández & Ulises Acosta