Jorge Saade

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Jorge Saade (born in Guayaquil, Ecuador; full name: Jorge Saade-Scaff) is violinist. [1]

Guayaquil City in Guayas, Ecuador

Guayaquil, officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador. It is also the nation's main port. The city is the capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil canton.

Ecuador Republic in South America

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, which is also its largest city.

Violin bowed string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths

The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings, usually tuned in perfect fifths with notes G3, D4, A4, E5, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow.

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Background

Saade is a "Gold Medal" graduate of the "Antonio Neumane" National Conservatory of Music. He is a "Cum Laude" graduate from the University of Miami where he received his bachelor's degree in Music. He holds a Master of Music Degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he studied with violinist and pedagogue Robert Gerle. He was accepted at the Mozarteum Institute in Salzburg, Austria, where he studied with violin virtuoso Ruggiero Ricci. He is of Lebanese background.

Salzburg City in Austria

Salzburg is the capital city of the State of Salzburg and the fourth-largest city in Austria.

Ruggiero Ricci American classical violinist

Ruggiero Ricci was an American violinist known for performances and recordings of the works of Paganini.

Duo Paganini

In 2002 together with renowned Ecuadorian guitarist Julio Almeida, Saade formed the "Duo Paganini". About the "Duo Paganini" debut recital in Cologne, Germany on October 3, 2002, Daniel Reits, music critic for the "KOELNER STADT ANZEIGER" wrote: "...with the rich and varied program From Paganini to the Andes the artists captivated the audience......the duo impress the audience with a perfect ensemble and artistry.....". The first compact disc of the Paganini Duo "From Paganini to the Andes" was released during their performance at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Argentina Federal republic in South America

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, the second largest in South America after Brazil, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Recordings

In 2005, the Guayaquil Symphony Orchestra released their first compact disc recording entitled "Música Académica Ecuatoriana", recorded live at the Guayaquil Teatro Centro de Arte on June 30, 2004, featuring Saade as a guest soloist. The second recording with the Guayaquil Symphony Orchestra under the direction of acclaimed conductor and composer Jose Serebrier was done live at the Guayaquil Teatro Centro de Arte on May 13, 2005, featuring Saade as a guest soloist with Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3. Most recently under the sponsorship of MasterCard-Pacificard of Ecuador he released "Tango, Danzon y Pasillo", recorded live with the Pan-American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Sergio Buslje in Washington, D.C..

Further career

Saade served as the Cultural and Press Attaché of the Ecuadorian Embassy and Cultural Representative of Ecuador to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. from June 1997 to February 2003.

Organization of American States International organization

The Organization of American States, or the OAS or OEA, is a continental organization that was founded on 30 April 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among its member states. Headquartered in the United States' capital Washington, D.C., the OAS's members are the 35 independent states of the Americas.

Currently Saade is the Dean and Founder of the Music School and Director of the Arts Program at the Guayaquil Catholic University, Professor Ad-Honorem of violin and viola at the National Conservatory of Music in Guayaquil, Ecuador, member of the Board of Directors of the Symphonic Foundation and Cultural Advisor of the Washington Symphony Orchestra and the Pan American Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C..

For the 2006–2007 season, Saade has been invited to perform with the Glacier Symphony Orchestra in Montana, USA, the El Salvador Symphony Orchestra, the Montevideo Symphony Orchestra in Uruguay, the Bach Camerata from Nicaragua the Ecuadorian National Symphony Orchestra and to perform recitals in Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Poland and the United States.

El Salvador Symphony Orchestra is the national symphony orchestra of El Salvador. Founded in 1922, by Paul Müller, it is one of Central America's oldest orchestras. Originally formed as the Banda de los Supremos Poderes, it was renamed the Orquesta Sinfónica del Ejército, before taking its current name. Esteban Servellón and Humberto Pacas have served as its conductors. The OSES was preceded by two earlier classical music groups, the Philharmonic Society of El Salvador (1875) and the National Orchestral Society (1910). OSES is funded by government and private sources.

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References

  1. ↑ "This Week Community Events". Washington Post . September 10, 1998. p. J6. Retrieved 31 May 2011. ECUADORIAN CULTURAL EVENT, ambassador Albert Maspons will introduce Ecuadorian classical violinist, Jorge Saade-Scaff, accompanied by Puerto Rican pianist ...
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