Alfredo Rolando Ortiz

Alfredo Rolando Ortiz (December 10, 1946) is an internationally acclaimed soloist of the Paraguayan harp, a composer, author, educator and recording artist. Biography Alfredo considers his “most important concerts” playing in the delivery room during the birth of his second daughter, on New Years Eve, 1980, and for the birth of a grandson from each of his two daughters. Dr. Alfredo Rolando Ortiz was invited to compose a piece to be premiered on July 22, 2008, during the Tenth World Harp Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Originally created for four harps or harp ensemble, the classical composition, titled “Cumbia Verde,” was performed by 232 harpists. Alfredo 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 studies 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 con