Cristián Cuturrufo
Christian Alejandro Cuturrufo Contador (27 June 1972 – 19 March 2021) was a Chilean musician and cultural manager, and one of the most prominent jazz trumpeters in his country. He died from COVID-19 in Santiago on 19 March 2021. Career He was born in Coquimbo, in a family of musicians headed by his father, Wilson Cuturrufo, who was an accordionist. His family was always linked to the musical traditions of the port and the popular festivals of the region. He studied classical trumpet at the ''Jorge Peña Hen Experimental School of Music'' with Professor Sergio Fuentes in La Serena, Chile, La Serena, parallelly discovering music such as Return to Forever, Kool & the Gang, Cole Porter and the Chilean Orquesta Huambaly. Later he continued his training at the Catholic University of Chile, later he traveled to Cuba to deepen his studies of popular music, Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz, inspired by soloists like Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie and Arturo Sandoval. Once in Chile, he part ...
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