Studies
Amador began studying guitar at Havana Municipal Conservatory (Amadeo Roldán) with renowned professorWork
Efraín Amador is credited for having achieved the inclusion of the Cuban “lute” and “tres” performance techniques in the academic programs of art schools in Cuba. He has closely collaborated with his wife Doris Oropesa in numerous performances> and has served for many years as a professor at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA). During the year 2012, Efraín Amador visited the United States, where he was invited to participate at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. In San Francisco he was received by renowned guitarist David Tanenbaum, who hosted Amador's two hours lecture concert, where he exposed the characteristics and principles of the “Cuban School of tres and laud”. At the same city, Amador participated in a TV and radio broadcast, and ended his tour in Oregon, where he played at the Oswego County and at the Hispanic Art and Culture Festival in Portland. During that trip, Efraín Amador also recorded a CD at a Studio in Los Angeles, California.Granma Newspaper, Cuba, November 12, 2012.Musical compositions
Amador's ample catalog of compositions include: ''Choir'' * Oye pionerito, coro infantil * Pobre niño siboney, coro infantil * En un rincón de Viet Nam, coro infantil, 1968 * Canción del siglo, coro mixto * He recorrido, coro infantil; 1969 * Un río es un niño, 1973, coro infantil ''Choir and orchestra'' * Tríptico, 1978 Guitar * Cuatro comentarios sobre Leo Brouwer, 1970 * Suite para un cacique, 1972 * Invención núms. 1-5 * Contrapuntos cubanos y Guajira, 1975 * Estudio para la mano izquierda, 1976 * Dos estudios con el dedo quinto y Preludio con tumbao, 1976 * Differencias sobre tres temas cubanos, 1977 * Fantasía del son, Fantasía y Son de la mano diestra, 1981 * Preludio espirituano núms. I y II, 1987 * Estudio en Mi menor, 1988 Guitar and piano * Canto latinoamericano ''Lute'' * Escuela del laúd campesino, 1983-1986 * Son para un amigo, 1985 * Cuatro preludios, 1995-1996 * Concierto, para laúd y orquesta de guitarra, 1988-1989 ''Lute and piano'' * Fantasía guajira, laúd, guitarra y piano, 1983-1984 * Suite campesina núm. 1, 1984-1985 * De lo real maravilloso (Homenaje a José Manuel Rodríguez), 1986-1987 ''Tres'' * Escuela del tres cubano, 1986 * Regreso a mi tres, 1986 * Rondó campesino, 1986 * Primavera en Estocolmo, 1991 * Variaciones sobre aires sureños, 1992 * Estudio en estilo barroco, 1998 ''Tres and piano'' * Guanabaquiste, 1986 * Variaciones para amanecer, 1998 * Tres and orchestra * Concierto, tres y orquesta sinfónica, 1987-1988 * Concierto para amanecer, orquesta de guitarra, 1991 * Violin and piano * Sonata amanecer, 1986 * ''Voice and guitar'' * Al final del año de la alegría, Traza prodigios * Tarde es para el árbol * Tal vez una canción de amor * Y las palabras, textos: Alex Fleites, 1979-1980 * Celia, 1980, texto: Efraín Amador * Poema para dos, texto: Alex Fleites * Días de Etiopía, texto: Nelson Herrera Ysla, 1981 ''Voice and piano'' * Para la palma una nave, 1976See also
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External links
* YouTube. Fernando Murga and Efraín Amador con sus alumnos en el ISA, Habana. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dixz1BMHTTE * YouTube. Escuela cubana del tres y el laúd, Fernando Murga "Murguita", Efraín Amador. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiC-KQ2KIQc YouTube. Efraín Amador. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H9r4wUR0_Y {{DEFAULTSORT:Amador Pinero, Efrain Cuban composers Cuban male composers Living people 1947 births Cuban guitarists Cuban male guitarists Cuban classical guitarists Instituto Superior de Arte alumni Academic staff of the Instituto Superior de Arte Cuban male musicians