Jorge Saade
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Jorge Saade is violin
ist.
in Washington D.C., where he studied with violinist and pedagogue Robert Gerle. He was the first Latin American accepted at the Mozarteum Institute in Salzburg
, Austria
, where he studied with violin virtuoso Ruggiero Ricci
. He is of Lebanese background.
, the Honduras National Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
of Venezuela, the Arlington Symphony Orchestra, Thayer Symphony Orchestra, the Pan-American Symphony Orchestra, the Kutztown Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Ana Chamber Orchestra of Costa Rica, the Guayaquil Symphony Orchestra, the Loja Symphony Orchestra, the National Conservatory Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Cuenca Chamber Orchestra, the “Antonio Neumane” Chamber orchestra, the "Antonio Vivaldi" Chamber Orchestra, and has performed concerts and recitals in London
, Paris
, New York
, Vienna
, Berlin
, Rome
, Moscow
, Budapest
, Stockholm
, The Hage, The Vatican City
, Washington, Miami, Bonn
, Hamburg
, Cologne
, Bremen
, Hanover
, Düsseldorf
, Viersen
, Salzburg
, Sao Paolo, Bogotá
, Buenos Aires
, Mexico
, San Salvador
, Managua
, Montevideo
, Quito
, San José
, Tegucigalpa
, Caracas
, Santiago
and Puerto Rico
.
in New York and has appeared in such prestigious halls as the Manuel M. Ponce at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in México City
, the Beethoven House
in Bonn
, the “Franz Schubert Haus” and the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna
, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Italo-Latinamerican Institute in Rome, the Bolívar Hall in London http://www.venezlon.co.uk, the International Diplomatic Academy and the UNESCO in Paris, the Marble Room at Bartok National Radio in Budapest
, the Teresa Carreño Theater
in Caracas; the National Auditorium in San José, Costa Rica
; the Rubén Darío
National Theater in Managua
; the "Manuel Bonilla" National Theater in Tegucigalpa
; the Kennedy Center, and the Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department in Washington DC. Mr. Saade performed at the Library of Congress
` “Coolidge” Auditorium using the Library’s “Fritz Kreisler
” Guarnerius violin and bow, becoming the only Ecuadorian to perform in this famous concert hall and one of the few violinists in the world to have the honor to play on this violin.
In 1993 Mr. Saade became the first Ecuadorian violinist to release a compact disc recording ”Recital” together with Canadian pianist, Adam Wegrzynek. His second compact disc, “Danza Ecuatoriana” together with Ecuadorian pianist Boris Cepeda
http://www.boriscepeda.com was recorded live at the Hanover World Expo 2000 in Germany
.
in Washington DC from June 1997 to February 2003.
Currently Mr. 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 DC.
For the 2006-2007 season, Mr. Saade has been invited to perform with the Glacier Symphony Orchestra in Montana, USA, the El Salvador National 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.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist.
Background
Mr. 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 Bachelors Degree in Music. He holds a Master of Music Degree from The Catholic University of AmericaThe Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops...
in Washington D.C., where he studied with violinist and pedagogue Robert Gerle. He was the first Latin American accepted at the Mozarteum Institute in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, where he studied with violin virtuoso Ruggiero Ricci
Ruggiero Ricci
Ruggiero Ricci is an Italian-American violinist known for performances and recordings of the works of Paganini. He was born in San Bruno, California. Ricci's brother was cellist and his sister Emma played violin with the New York Metropolitan Opera.He is the son of Italian immigrants. His...
. He is of Lebanese background.
Awards
During his career, Mr. Saade has been the recipient of many awards and decorations, including the “Keys to the City of Miami” presented to him by the Dade County Commissioner. In 2000, he was decorated by the President of the Ecuadorian Congress with the “Congressional Award for Cultural Merit”. For his work for Ecuadorian arts and culture the President of Ecuador honored him as a "Commander" of the National Merit Order, proclaiming him "Ecuador's Cultural Ambassador". In 2004 , the Ecuadorian Congress honored him with its highest cultural decoration, the "Dr. Vicente Rocafuerte" Medal for Cultural Merit and the Minister of Culture and Education of Ecuador decorated him with the highest cultural decoration given by the Ministry, the Medal for Cultural and Artistic Merit in First Degree. Most recently, the Guayaquil Journalist Association honored him with the "Angelo Negri" Medal for Cultural Merit.Soloist
Mr. Saade has been featured as soloist with the Czech Virtuosi Orchestra, the Washington Symphony Orchestra, the Czech-Moravian Virtuosi Orchestra, the Hellenic Camerata from GreeceGreece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, the Honduras National Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
The Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar is a Venezuelan orchestra. It is the apex of the nation's system of youth orchestras under the auspices of Fundacion del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de las Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela, known colloquially as El Sistema...
of Venezuela, the Arlington Symphony Orchestra, Thayer Symphony Orchestra, the Pan-American Symphony Orchestra, the Kutztown Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Ana Chamber Orchestra of Costa Rica, the Guayaquil Symphony Orchestra, the Loja Symphony Orchestra, the National Conservatory Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Cuenca Chamber Orchestra, the “Antonio Neumane” Chamber orchestra, the "Antonio Vivaldi" Chamber Orchestra, and has performed concerts and recitals in London
London
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, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, New York
New York
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, Vienna
Vienna
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, Berlin
Berlin
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, Rome
Rome
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, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Stockholm
Stockholm
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, The Hage, The Vatican City
Vatican City
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, Washington, Miami, Bonn
Bonn
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, Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Cologne
Cologne
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, Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, Hanover
Hanover
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, Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
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, Viersen
Viersen
Viersen is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east of Venlo ....
, Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, Sao Paolo, Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Mexico
Mexico
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, San Salvador
San Salvador
The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...
, Managua
Managua
Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in...
, Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Quito
Quito
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...
, San José
San José, Costa Rica
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
, Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
, Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
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.
Number of "First's"
Mr. Saade is the first Ecuadorian violinist to perform at the Carnegie HallCarnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in New York and has appeared in such prestigious halls as the Manuel M. Ponce at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in México City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, the Beethoven House
Beethoven House
DetailsThe Beethoven House in Bonn, Germany, is a memorial site, museum and cultural institution serving various purposes. Founded in 1889 by the Beethoven-Haus association it studies the life and work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven.The centrepiece of the Beethoven-Haus is Beethoven's birthplace...
in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, the “Franz Schubert Haus” and the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Italo-Latinamerican Institute in Rome, the Bolívar Hall in London http://www.venezlon.co.uk, the International Diplomatic Academy and the UNESCO in Paris, the Marble Room at Bartok National Radio in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, the Teresa Carreño Theater
Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex
The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex , also known as Teresa Carreño Theater , is the most important theatre of Caracas and Venezuela, where performances include symphonic and popular concerts, opera, ballet and plays...
in Caracas; the National Auditorium in San José, Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
San José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
; the Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
National Theater in Managua
Managua
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; the "Manuel Bonilla" National Theater in Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...
; the Kennedy Center, and the Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department in Washington DC. Mr. Saade performed at the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
` “Coolidge” Auditorium using the Library’s “Fritz Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately...
” Guarnerius violin and bow, becoming the only Ecuadorian to perform in this famous concert hall and one of the few violinists in the world to have the honor to play on this violin.
In 1993 Mr. Saade became the first Ecuadorian violinist to release a compact disc recording ”Recital” together with Canadian pianist, Adam Wegrzynek. His second compact disc, “Danza Ecuatoriana” together with Ecuadorian pianist Boris Cepeda
Boris Cepeda
Boris Cepeda is a German-Ecuadorian Pianist and Diplomat.- Biography :Boris Cepeda got his first piano lessons at four...
http://www.boriscepeda.com was recorded live at the Hanover World Expo 2000 in Germany
Duo Paganini
In 2002 together with renowned Ecuadorian guitarist Julio Almeida, Jorge 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, ArgentinaArgentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
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 Mr. 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 Mr. 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 DC.Further career
Mr. Saade served as the Cultural and Press Attaché of the Ecuadorian Embassy and Cultural Representative of Ecuador to the Organization of American StatesOrganization of American States
The Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States...
in Washington DC from June 1997 to February 2003.
Currently Mr. 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 DC.
For the 2006-2007 season, Mr. Saade has been invited to perform with the Glacier Symphony Orchestra in Montana, USA, the El Salvador National 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.