Echoes of Brass

Rodolfo Jorge Horta Hernández (1971-) Trumpeter. Professor of Trumpet and Chamber Music. Concert Band Director. Director of the Atenas Brass Ensemble Wind Quintet. Graduated from the National School of Arts of Cuba (E.N.A) with a Higher Middle Level degree under the guidance of Professor Marcos A. Urbay in the year 1990.

Honors:
National Culture Distinction (2017).
La Tórtola Prize (2016).
Vitral de mi Ciudad Prize (2020).
Illustrious Son of the City of San Carlos and San Severino de Matanzas Prize (2021).

Concert Music:
Principal Solo Trumpet of the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra, Cuba ((phone number hidden)3).
National Opera Orchestra ((phone number hidden)2).
Principal Solo Trumpet of the Matanzas Provincial Concert Band, Cuba ((phone number hidden)7).
Principal Director of the Matanzas Provincial Concert Band, Cuba ((phone number hidden)6).
Founder, director, and principal trumpet of the Atenas Brass Ensemble Wind Quintet in the city of Matanzas, Cuba ((phone number hidden)3).
Director of the Christian Orchestra of Matanzas, Cuba ((phone number hidden)3).

Teaching:
Trumpet Professor at the Vocational School of Arts in Matanzas, Cuba ((phone number hidden)3).
Founder of the Middle-Level Music Conservatory in Matanzas, Cuba. Head of Department, Professor of Trumpet, Chamber Music, Band, and Ensemble Practice ((phone number hidden)3).
Trumpet Professor at the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory in Ciudad Habana, Cuba ((phone number hidden)3).
Head of Department for Brass Instruments, Band Professor at the Elementary Level Music School in Matanzas, Cuba ((phone number hidden)3).

Popular Music:
Member of Isaac Delgado's Orchestra and his group ((phone number hidden)3).
Member of Yurumí and his Brothers Orchestra ((phone number hidden)7).
Collaborations with Alexander Abreu's Habana de Primera ((phone number hidden)8).
Member of Son de Oro Group in Matanzas ((phone number hidden)7).
Member of the Tropicana Matanzas Cabaret Orchestra ((phone number hidden)2).
Member of the Varadero International Cabaret Orchestra ((phone number hidden)4).
Part of the Migdalia Echavarría Septet (2003).
Member of La Clave Show Group in Madrid, Spain (1999).
Member of Gabino Pampini's Orchestra in Madrid, Spain (2004).
Member of the Los seis del Sol Septet ((phone number hidden)2).
Member of Pelayo y su IYA Orchestra ((phone number hidden)2).
Member of Sonora Caribe ((phone number hidden)4).

Tours:
Tours to Spain with the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra ((phone number hidden)4, 1995).
Tour to Spain and Portugal with the Spanish group La Clave Espectáculo (1999).
Tour to Austria and Spain with the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra (2000).
Participation in the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico with Isaac Delgado (2002).
Latin Fair of Rome and Milan, Italy, with Migdalia Echavarría (2003).
Latin Fair of Málaga, Spain, with Migdalia Echavarría (2004).
Latin Fair of Rome and Milan with Yurumí and his Brothers (2006).
Concert Tour with Yurumí to Cancún and Veracruz, Mexico (2007).
Tour to Turkey with the septet Los seis del Sol (2008, 2011).
Tour to Martinique for the recording of the CD Aydis Góspel (2013).
Participant in the 18th High School Essential Ellington Jazz Bands Festival in New York, presided over by the trumpeter Winton Marsalis (2013).
Concert Tour to Mexico, presenting the work "Yo soy el rey del Mambo," a tribute to Dámaso Pérez Prado, with Atenas Brass Ensemble and Conjuro Teatro (2018).

Recordings:
"De aire y sonido" CD by the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra, León, Spain.
"En el jardín de los poetas transterrados" CD by the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra, León, Spain.
"Salmo De las Américas" CD by José María Vitier, Abdala.
"Pueblos" CD by Aldo Amler, El Álamo Madrid.
"Son de Oro" CD by EGREEM.
"Canciones del buen amor" CD by José María Vitier, Abdala.
"Mi salsa tiene candela" CD-DVD by Yumurí and his Brothers, EGREEM.

"Juegos de Luna" by Líen and Rey, Matanzas.
"Aydis Góspel Band" CD by Martinica.
"Sonoras matanceras" CD by Sonora Yurumí.
"Popularmente Sinfónico" CD by the Matanzas Symphony Orchestra, Colibrí.