Jorge Saade - Number of "First's"

Number of "First's"

Mr. Saade is the first Ecuadorian violinist to perform at the Carnegie Hall 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, the International Diplomatic Academy and the UNESCO in Paris, the Marble Room at Bartók 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, D.C.. 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 was recorded live at the Hanover World Expo 2000 in Germany