Internationally acclaimed by the critics, soloist of the "arpa paraguaya" (Paraguayan harp), a composer, author, educator and
recording artist, Alfredo Rolando Ortiz considers his "most important concert"
playing the harp in the
delivery room during the birth of
his second daughter, on New Year's Eve, 1980.
GOLD RECORD winner in South America,
among his most importan recitals are:
WORLD HARP CONGRESS, Holland-1983, Austria-1987,
Czech Republic-1999 & Ireland-2005
Rochas Festival of the Harp, Paraguay, 1988
Edinburgh Harp Festival, Scotland, 1987, 1991 & 2005
World Harp Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1992
Soka International Harp Festival, Japan, 1990, 1994 and 1998
Latin American Harp Encounter, Venezuela-1998, Mexico-2000 and Mexico-2004
International Folk Harp Conference, 1984, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 2000, 2003
& 2005
