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Alfredo Rolando Ortiz "Harpa Vallenata" Traditional Latin American Harp Music
From a one-owner collection of traditional Latin American harp music, played by Alfredo Rolando Ortiz, one of the world's foremost harpist. 
Each record was acquired by me during my many years of travel and residence in Colombia. 
They have been lovingly cared for. 
See photos for playlists.
All the records in the collection were produced by Codiscos*. 
Plastic outer sleeves in good condition.
Plastic inner sleeve in excellent condition.
The record itself is in excellent condition. 

About Alfredo Rolando Ortiz:
Alfredo Rolando Ortiz was born in Cuba. When he was eleven years old he immigrated with his family to Venezuela. Four years later he began studying the Venezuelan folk harp with his school friend Fernando Guerrero. A year later he became a pupil of Alberto Romero on the Paraguayan harp. Just two years after his first harp lesson, he began medical school at Universidad de Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia, began performing professionally and recorded his first album. Music supported his medical studies until graduation. Five years later he moved to the United States to continue studies of Music Therapy. Two years later he married Luz Marina Otero. For eight years from the time of his graduation from medical school, he worked in the medical field as well as a harpist and recording artist, until his wife became pregnant. In order to have time for his growing family, he then decided to dedicate his life only to them and to his first love: the harp. 
With a multicultural repertoire that covers folk, classical and popular music from many countries, as well as his original compositions, Alfredo has performed for audiences of all ages and backgrounds. He has recorded many albums and is the winner of a GOLD RECORD in South America. He has lectured on a variety of subjects at universities, colleges and schools, is the author of several harp music books and articles and his compositions have been performed and recorded by classical and folk harpists in many countries. His?Venezolana for Five Pedal Harps? has become a favorite of harp ensembles around the world. 
His acclaimed ?South American Suite for Harp and Orchestra? premiered March 3, 1996. Dr Ortiz was invited to perform his Suite at the World Harp Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, in 1999, with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, having as audience over one thousand classical harpists from around the world. He has also performed his Suite in Venezuela, Guatemala, Brazil, Turkey, New Zealand, Israel and with several orchestras in the United States, among them the New Mexico Symphony, Corona Symphony Orchestra, and the El Paso Symphony. With this last orchestra he recorded his Suite, available in CD. (See Concerts with Orchestra  for more information)
On July 22, 2008, during the Tenth World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, his composition CUMBIA VERDE, created for four harps or harp ensemble, was premiered by 232 harpists, the largest harp ensemble to date.  
The World Premiere of his composition CUBAN DREAM AFTER THE STORM, for four pedal harps, was performed by the CHICAGO HARP QUARTET at CARNEGIE HALL, New York, March 26, 2015. The same quartet performed the World Premiere of his composition "PENSAMIENTOS" FOR 4 HARPS at the TEATRO NACIONAL (National Theater), Havana, Cuba, June 3rd, 2017.
Among his solo recitals and concerts with orchestra are: Solo Recital and educational audiovisual presentation about the Latin American Harps at the American Harp Society Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1976, the first time ever a non-pedal harp was presented in recital at an American Harp Society Conference.   Opening Concert of the First World Harp Congress, The Netherlands, 1983  Third World Harp Congress, Vienna, Austria, 1987  Rochas Festival of the Harp, Paraguay, 1988  Edinburgh International Harp Festival, Scotland, 1987, 1991 & 2005  World Harp Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1992 World Harp Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 1999, where he performed his "South American Suite for Harp and Orchestra" with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Soka International Harp Festival, Japan, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2013  World Harp Congress, Dublin, Ireland, 2005  Latin American Harps Encounter, Venezuela - 1998, Mexico - 2000 & 2004, Brazil - 2006  World Harp Congress, The Netherlands, 2008, when 232 harpists, including Alfredo, performed the World Premiere of his composition Cumbia Verde.    International Folk Harp Conference, 1984, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2010  Somerset Folk Harp Festival, 2013, 2014, 2015 (Also multiple recitals and educational workshops and lectures for the Somerset Folk Harp Festival in previous years)  Seventh World harp Festival (Séptimo Festival Mundial del Arpa), Paraguay, 2013  25th Anniversary of the Soka International Harp Festival, Japan, 2013  Workshops on Latin American harps music and techniques in Sidney, Australia, World Harp Congress - 2014  Concert with orchestra, performing his South American Suite for Harp and Orchestra with the Israel Stage Orchestra, during the Second Israeli Harp Festival, 2014.  First Casanare World Harp Encounter (Primer Encuentro Mundial de Arpas de Casanare), Colombia, 2015. Performances and workshop for harpists during the "Third World Encounter Masters of the Harp,"   (Encuentro Mundial Maestros del Arpa), Bogotá, Colombia, 2016 & 2018. Recital and workshop for harpists at the American Harp Society Conference, Atlanta, 2016. Recital and workshop for harpists at the Camac Harp Festival, Marseille, France, October-2016 Master Class for Harpists, World Harp Congress, Hong Kong, July -2017 Invited to perform a Solo Recital at the World Harp Congress, Cardiff, Wales, July, 2020 (due to Pandemic postponed to 2021). An ensemble of 60 or more harps will perform his composition Cumbia Verde during the Congress.
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and https://www.alfredoharp.com/home 
*Codiscos (which is short for Compañía Colombiana de Discos, meaning "Colombian Record Label") is a record label headquartered in Medellín, Colombia. It was founded in 1950 by Alfredo Díez Montoya with the name Zeida Ltd, which is today the name of its popular label dedicated to tropical music. Along with Discos Fuentes, it is one of the oldest and largest record labels of Colombia.