Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto

Raimundo Rodulfo's THE DREAMS CONCERTO
Concerto for guitar, group and chamber orchestra

"If you are into classically-based progressive, this could be the album of the year!"
"New album from who is now Venezuela's top progressive musician. The music is grand in scale and very beautiful indeed, with loads of textures and moods."
Shroom Productions, USA
"If it was possible to combine the talents of some great musicians/composers such as Bach, Mozart, Ian Anderson, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Rick Wakeman (to name but a few) at the height of their creativity and produce a piece of music, then Venezuelan musician Raimundo Rodulfo's The Dreams Concerto would probably be the result."
"The Dreams Concerto must be at the top of the league. This must be the prog album of the year in its class especially as it is unique. In years to come, I've no doubt that the name Rodulfo will be up there with the other great composers and I mean great composers!"
Hairless Heart Herald, UK
"It's not everyday that you get to hear a recording that is just dripping with so much beauty that it almost brings tears to your eyes. This 'concerto' from musician Raimundo Rodulfo is a lush, gorgeous amalgam of progressive rock, South American classical motiffs, and folk, that succeeds on all fronts... This gets my highest rating possible."
Sea of Tranquility, USA "The Dreams Concerto" is in Sea of Tranquility's Five Star Reviews selection.
"Few musicians there are today in the universe of progressive rock that are so ambitious and qualified like Raimundo Rodulfo. This Venezuelan guitarist and composer already had published an elaborate work with his debut work Dreams in the year 2000. And with this, his second studio album, he reached a notable degree of sophistication. The Dreams Concerto is surely one of the most intelligent works of the contemporary movement of progressive rock, taking to the limit the capacity of an artist. Wasn’t that exactly the purpose of progressive rock?"
Mellotron Magazine, Argentina

"A chamber orchestra, vocals, percussionists, and your basic prog-rock band elements are featured in very colorful arrangements"
"A real showpiece full to the brim with drama and energy, thanks to a bit of flamenco juxtaposed with the more baroque classical directions, not to mention some very Steve Howe-ish speed guitar by the composer"
Progression Magazine, USA
"A magnificent fresco divided into three long movements"
Harmonie Magazine, France
"A beautiful blend between progressive rock and classical music, with Hackett influences and links to EKSEPTION and KING CRIMSON and a Latin American touch. Highly recommended for symphonic progressive lovers!"
"A complex album from Venezuela, mixturing classical music, jazz, South American folk and rock with rich instrumentation. A lot of musicians playing cohesively but, even when music is essentially melodic, maybe this album needs more than one listening to fully enjoy it, due his complexity. A sort of a King Crimson, Vivaldi and a jazz band cross. Very interesting!"
ProgArchives, USA
"What a great record this is! We hear on this disc influences from almost all the great musicians on the planet that live and had lived. The classic masters Bach, Bethoven, Vivaldi and Mozart. The progressive rock masters Steve Howe, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Robert Fripp and Ian Anderson. The jazz-rock masters Chic Corea, John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola and Allan Holdsworth. The pop masters George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. And the master of all kind of styles, Frank Zappa. Every time you listen to it you will hear new things. I almost would call it a musical journey into a fantasy dream world. Well done!"
Background Magazine, The Netherlands

"It is absolutely stunning. It is amazing and beautiful, encompassing varying moods, styles and colours… Rodulfo is a fantastic guitarist (rather, multi-instrumentalist), surrounded by equally talented folks on a variety of instruments. The Dreams Concerto is a thoroughly stunning and epic work that is a pleasure to listen to. Varied enough that you will discover something new upon each listen, but not so varied as to be disjoined - everything flows seamlessly together with a measured ebb and flow. Seek this one out."
Progressive World, USA "The Dreams Concerto" is inProgressive World's April's Five Star Reviewsfor April 2003.
"A versatile and virtuoso Venezuelan artist. This cd is truly a wide kettle of the main progressive schools that the history of music has given to us, enriched by an unique latin taste, a superior guitar playing technique and an impressive intellectual approach to music from a sure well-informed musician. An excellent album from the point of view of the exhibited technical rate... A monumental and intellectually very ambitious album for listen with the ears well connected to the brain !!"
"A monumental and very ambitious cd that I recommend to everyone's looking for complex music played with heart and brain."
Tales of Wonder, Italy
"The Dreams Concerto, in 3 movements and 6 sections, is a living musical work and in continuous expansion, whose philosophy situates in the extension of all the traditional models that have been assimilated in the creative music during the last 4 decades. Yes, creative, since the progressive rock envelope is excessively narrow to harbor the enormity of this disc that sails among the intimate and the sophisticated of jazz, folk, rock and classics and that has been planned with most greatest care and to balance different common sense tempos and states of mind utilizing an extensive rank of harmonies and tones. A must have."
Margen Magazine, Spain
"This is one of the best discs produced in Latin America the last years. It is a master work by Venezuelan musician Raimundo Rodulfo. It is a disc that shows the greatness which can be obtained from the fusion between various musical genres, from classical music to rock and jazz. I sincerely hope to barely be close to this musical legacy by Raimundo, maybe my words are short but I sincerely recommend you to listen to this work."
Música Progresiva, Costa Rica

"A really well good album coming out in 2002, with lot of Classical elements, traditional Folk, in a prog format that I highly recommand. Excellent work..."
"Believe me this song ('Sueños') is one of the best progressive songs I never heard. Absolutly Superb !"
Proglands, Canada
"This album is something really special. Rodulfo mixes classical music with rock in a way I have not yet heard before, all sounding perfectly natural... For people with a classical music background, combined with a love for prog rock, I believe this album is essential..."
Dutch Progressive Rock Pages, The Netherlands "The Dreams Concerto" is inDPRP Recommendedselection.
"Venezuelan Raimundo Rodulfo is a highly-skilled guitarist, whether playing acoustic, classical, electric, or bass guitar or even mandolin.."
"Highly recommended."
Kinesis, USA
"A disc that becomes part with full authority of the category 'irrenounceable'"
"Rodulfo, true virtuoso of guitar (and also of bass, I add) simply without to comply in accommodating and self-pleasing elucubrations, possess the innate gift of to charm the listener. The European public, mainly the Italian one, must not to ignore this Artist!"
Escursioni Musicali, Italy / Arlequins, Italy
"For those who like classical music as well as progressive rock, this might be a concept worthy of attention."
Axiom of Choice, The Netherlands
"Simply put, one of the most gorgeous pieces of symphonic rock to come along in recent memory... Highly recommended to symphonic fans who like lots of guitar and baroque influences. One of my favorites so far this year!"
"This disc has class."
Exposé Magazine, USA

"A really very beautiful CD that shines with much bright light between the productions that have come from South America in the last years. Recommended with the highest rating."
"A really very attractive disk in which the classic music is placed side by side or almost perfectly melted with progressive rock. The more classic parts, bytheway the best of the disk, bring again to mind sometimes Bach, sometimes Vivaldi, and some compositions for classic guitar and orchestra (the works of Rodrigo, for example), and are characterized for the absolute absence of drums or electric instruments and, on the contrary, by sumptuous acoustic arrangiamenti with strings, flute and classic guitar to weave continually the beautifulst melodies. In other moments, instead, with the arrival of drums and with Rodulfo who takes the electric guitar, we have a perfect merger between classic and modern music… Demand careful and participating listening to be deeply appreciated."
Eventyr Magazine, Italy

"'The Dreams Concerto' is an ambitious prime album from a very talented artist."
Colossus Magazine, Finland
"Symphonic progressive. Full of tremendous and beautiful parts. Especially the acoustic guitar parts are superb."
"Raimundo evolved a lot since his first album, and developed various of his ideas as if a dream came true. The compositions are much richer, arranged and performed... For various reasons very recommended. Both acoustic guitars as electric guitar playing / arrangements are splendid."
Psyche Van Het Folk, Belgium
"The use of several instruments besides the traditional rock instruments makes the sound very rich and much more interesting. It's a very good album."
Tombstone, Greece
"Raimundo Rodulfo reveals with 'The Dreams Concerto' his quality as composer, arrangeur and guitarist... An impressive work, which I can only recommend."
Ragazzi, Germany / Progressive Newsletter, Germany
"Sometimes I ask myself, where the people get again and again new ideas for music. In the case of RAIMUNDO RODULFO, Venezuela lodges a guitarist like the best. This versatility on his 'The Dreams Concerto' is already impressive."
Progressive Pages, Germany
"Beautiful stuff. Killer guitar plus sax, flute, harp, violin, plus lots more."
Of Sound Mind, USA
"A real classical-progressive work with strong Spanish connotations... Raimundo is an excellent guitarist, whether of classic or electric guitar. The music is crystal clear and pours as a waterfall into your wide opened ears. A very beautiful work. Doubtless."
SomethingProg, France
"The Dreams Concerto is a recommendable album in all its extension."
Periódico Letras, Venezuela/ noticierodigital.com, Venezuela
"'The Dreams Concerto' is a complex, but direct and charming album, rich in textures that evoke different sensations. Highly recommended for people of different tastes, above all for the lovers of musical fusion and quite elaborate and complete works."
Rock Total Magazine, Venezuela
"Raimundo Rodulfo announces the color and holds his word. After his first published album two years ago (Dreams - Sueños), here is what one could call his grand work... a facility of tempting listening and a cordial beauty."
Prog-Résiste Magazine, Belgium
"The music has a lot of variation and some great moments... The electric guitar solo in the end (1st Mov.) is great and is played with a lot of passion. It (3rd Mov.) includes fantastic work on classical guitar and it reminds me somehow of the classical album Anthony Phillips made together with Enrique Berro Gracia. But at the same time the high speed guitar playing reminds me of one of my guitar heroes; Al diMeola. There are beautiful parts with acoustic instruments like classical guitar, violins, flutes and harp. Also you can find some beautiful melodic guitar solos."
ProgVisions, Spain / The Netherlands

"An extremely ambitious production of an outstanding artist. One rarely gets such one perfectly thought out CD release, which musical contents and conceptual contents are in such a manner perfectly co-ordinated... It can reveal finely symphonic elegance in its fullest beauty."
Babyblaue, Germany
"Guitarist/Composer Raimundo Rodulfo brings symphonic/classic prog back into the new millennium with nods to the giants of the 70's while adding a latin flavor all it's own. Beautiful instrumentation can be found throughout especially in the guitar playing which goes from classical to flamenco to rock within a few moments."
ProgNaut, USA
"Many people with an interest in classical music, especially of the Baroque style, will get a lot out of this album. It is certainly well conceived and presented."
Classic Rock Society, UK
"This is the second by this excellent musician from Venezuela. Second achievement. The music is more symphonic (divided in 3 movements), featuring a wide range of instruments: sax, violin, flute, mandolin, harpsichord ... And of course great guitars (both acoustic and electric). On a whole, this production by the Latino Mike Oldfield should please to all adventurous ears."
Acid Dragon Magazine, France
"'The Dreams Concerto' (2001) is a magnificent fresco broken up into three long movements, for a total of almost 80 minutes. A multitude of performers, among whom one finds for example the singer Pedro CASTILLO, contribute to the richness of work."
Musea Records, France

"A musician that doesn't have anything to envy to bands that have found a good contract record. The technical style of Rodulfo betrays a visceral passion for neo-classicism, but the entire work is influenced by groups as Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield and Genesis. A product to listen second to second, and with an amazing 36 pages booklet indeed beautiful. A cd simply unique."
MilleRecords, Italy / Tempi Duri, Italy
"The previous production is exceeded as much as possible. Full heart work."
Gardenshed, Japan
"A symphonic album of high level"
August Carol, Japan "Contents have become well enough serious, featuring the classic & electric guitar which Raimundo Rodulfo plays as soloist, at the same time the classic guitar with the chamber orchestra, and the electric band which is playing in the back among different parts of the concerto. It makes enormously good..."
Gates of Dawn, Japan"Rather than calling it the solo album of a guitarist, it sounds with the power of a real symphonic rock band"
"The music has a high degree of completion which makes you think of ESTRUCTURA from the same country"
Yahoo Auctions Japan "Self-produced masterpiece, perhaps one of the best of 2002."
"A contemporary artist between the best and most brilliant ones in circulation."
"It's incredible how Rodulfo, in the middle of an ocean of style influences between which stand out primarily Steve Hackett and Steve Howe, Jethro Tull, Yes and a bite of jazzy tastes, succeeds to unite with a personal revisiting of the classic symphonies and baroque in latin key so much different instrumental sounds without being overwhelming and submerging the listeners without making them lose interest."
Movimenti Prog, Italy
"It alternates between rock parts, orchestra parts, and both in unision, and Rodulfo plays both electric and acoustic guitar with high technical skill. The opening is promising with the 24 minute long "Sueños", a symphonic cascade with exquisit interplay between Rodulfo¹s guitars, the band, orchestra and vocalists. It continues with great folk-prog parts lending an ear to both Tull and Focus." Tarkus Magazine, Norway"Excellent second CD of this Venezuelan project which played recently in BajaProg 2002. Digipack edition with book." Rock Symphony, Brazil "The Dreams Concerto is a work with a classical music concerto structure, and a chamber orchestra including progressive rock instruments, electric guitar, synthetizers, drums, bass, etc. It includes a female singer with a soprano style, although the vocals don't predominate in this work. I strongly recommend it. If you see it, don't hesitate to buy it."
"This second album of Raimundo is very good... This Dreams Concerto is an album even more academic than the first one, called Dreams, which obviously is the precursor of the sound of this excellent guitarist."
República Progresiva, Mexico

"They are still there: musicians with an unrestrained ambition and an identity between classical music and progressive rock. Venezuelan Raimundo Rodulfo is one of this kind, and after reading the thick booklet featured at this cd, you realize that the expectations become on high musical challenges. Expectations which are most fulfilled in the first part of "The Dreams Concerto", where are Sueños (Dreams) and the short Esperanza. Sueños is a 24-minutes lasting endless flow of superb musical ideas, where we are swung back and forth between traditional parts in which both the classic acoustic guitar and high-tone flute conduct, as well as parts in which Rodulfo's Hackettian/Oldfieldesque delay-crying electric guitar playing is accompanied and more than supported by a vast rock presence."
Progwereld, The Netherlands
"The Dreams Concerto is a fairly solid recent entry into the realm of South American progressive rock... The playing, particularly the guitar, is impressive throughout, with a clear nod in Fripp's general direction. Fans of modern symphonic rock or contemporary sounding South American prog who don't mind a rather bombastic, self-conscious classical angle will want to sit up and take notice of this recording..."
The Giant Progweed, USA"Great stuff! Highly recommended to fans of vintage Steve Hackett and Italian progressive rock! Probably the best progressive rock CD to ever come out of Venezuela!"
"One of my all-time favourites."
"I bought your The Dreams Concerto some months ago and I really love it - it´s really a great album."
"Great booklet, with Peter's very beautiful paintings! But your CD has suprised me not only on the visual side. Till now I have listened to it only once, so my opinion can obviously be incomplete and imperfect; nevertheless I dare say you that your music is WONDERFUL: romantic, symphonic, latin prog rock full of good ideas and rich in creative moods. I really believe that Italians could like a lot your compositions, so it's important that in my country, too, prog fans know your CDs."
"I have listened to your CD more times, and I confirm you my first impression: your music is really great, very technical but also very emotional."
"I'm your fan now! You're a real great musician and I love "The Dreams Concerto"! It was a revelation to me!"
"I do not recover yet from the astonishment of such work (The Dreams Concerto). Incredible. From the book of presentation, really fabulous in concept and content, to the musical criterion and musical capacity it is a work as not very often I listened in my life. Sincerely. I admire very much the people like you who have ambitious ideas, and not only have them but make them real. And how! I personally enjoy very much the combination of classic/rock with 'real' instruments, that so rarely are used the last times, because of money or lack of ambition."
"I liked it much, is very well done in all the aspects: performing, composition, recording, art... It is quite ambitious, and without spirit to establish any comparison, I listen to reminiscences of some bands that I like much, among them Yes (by the Howe side), Mahavishnu Orchestra and Il Rovescio Della Medaglia. The disc has a lot of personality… I am sure that internationally it will have more repercussion than here."
"What so good is your new disc!!! Today I listened to it for the first time and I was listening to it three more times. A very deep, serious and enjoyable work. It is the type of work that whenever you hear it allows you to find something new on it. It is really the more interesting CD that I have listened to this year. Congratulations."
"Very interesting South American/world music with Spanish vocals and an orchestra."
"The truth, the simple idea by which this album was developed (the equations and all of that – and I study engineering) seemed brilliant to me. It is unquestionably, one of best discs of the year, even when this year promises a lot (Wakeman, Arena, Rush, etc.). A friend bought your album and he fell in love with your music, inclusively, his wife (whom does not like anything that has an electrical guitar included) loved it."
Comments from the Public

PRIMER MOVIMIENTO / FIRST MOVEMENT (28:17)
1. Sueños (24:14)
CODA:
2. Esperanza (4:03)

SEGUNDO MOVIMIENTO / SECOND MOVEMENT (17:18)
3. Matemática y Arte II (8:01)
4. Muestreo al Azar
Suite para guitarra eléctrica, grupo y DSP / Suite for electric guitar, group and DSP (9:17)

TERCER MOVIMIENTO / THIRD MOVEMENT (32:53)
5. Baroque
Suite para guitarra clásica y orquesta de cámara / Suite for classic guitar and chamber orchestra (15:01)
6. La Gran Epopeya de la Música y las Ciencias
Suite para guitarra, grupo y orquesta de cámara / Suite for guitar, group and chamber orchestra (17:52)

All music, concepts and lyrics by Raimundo Rodulfo. All right reserved © ®.
Produced, orchestrated and directed by Raimundo Rodulfo. 2001.

Raimundo Rodulfo's THE DREAMS CONCERTO MUSICAL-MATHEMATICAL MODEL
GEOMETRIC FRACTALS GENERATION SOFTWARE

Download here the install file (~3 MB, PC Compatible). This is a software developed by Raimundo Rodulfo, which allows you to see and listen in real time in your computer the evolution of the mathematical model which controls the segment Modelo Exacto de 7! of Matemática y Arte II in the Second Movement of The Dreams Concerto, by a geometric fractals dynamic graphic representation synchronized to the music.

This is a free natured work, wherein I have approached certain classic elements in a personal fashion. This freedom has not been intentional; it is rather the effect of my little orthodox, non-academic way of doing music, which is mainly by ear and heart. I must spare from this sin the excellent musicians who have gently accepted to follow me in this bold venture. First of all, because they do know how to make music in the right way and yet have not forgotten their spontaneity. Secondly, because of their disposition to eventually swerve themselves from the traditional manner of reading and performing. Some of them have had to gather a lot of patience to decipher the sort of musical-mathematical hieroglyphic in which I have put my music in black, and to deal with extensive gaps for improvisation. Those who are serious composers have not had an easy task in adapting themselves to this atypical way of working, thus their efforts and commitment to this project are worth of my greatest gratitude.

When I started the production of my first album I dealt with two concepts initially. The first one consisted of a musical and literary work, including seven songs, each one paired with a chapter of a science-fiction story I had written directly related with the music. That first concept, enlarged by plastic and multimedia elements, was released at the end of the year 2000 in the form of the album Dreams. This Concert for Guitar, Group and Chamber Orchestra in three movements is the second project. In its lyrical and musical concept I wanted to render tribute to the unswerving spirit of the human being in his endeavors to fulfill his dreams and discern his surrounding universe. I started this work some fifteen years ago, when I composed my suite for classic guitar and chamber orchestra, which I titled Baroque as a homage to my favorite music period. That work, composed of six movements, started to expand itself to a second suite, which I titled La Gran Epopeya de la Música y las Ciencias,The Great Epic of Music and Sciences. This second suite later included an electric guitar as a solo instrument, and incorporated a traditional rock group thus completing the third movement of the concert.

The route starts with the main theme, Sueños,Dreams, a sort of modern symphony based also on the suite Baroque, but including a great deal of new elements belonging to the domain of contemporary music. When I finished composing this number I felt that although the lyric conveyed a deep feeling of optimism and hope, the melodic treatment dragged a trace of melancholy, which I felt would produce a final impression of sadness. Due to that I created a Coda in this first movement, Esperanza,Hope, where I resumed the melodic line of the main theme this time with an essentially sense of happiness, providing an optimistic finale. Then I found that inadvertently I had created a motif with a remarkable Venezuelan flavor, and therefore, decided to exploit this feature, performing it in a totally acoustic fashion and adding autochthonous instruments like the Venezuelan folk harp and maracas, in a kind of Venezuelan academic ensemble.

The second movement was born in a completely different way. Since my childhood I have always felt a great deal of curiosity and fascination for science. My professional formation in engineering has strengthened my contact with several branches of physics and mathematics. This contact radically changed my conception of music as I began to understand the links between mathematics and the different forms of arts. I decided to develop this relationship in a series of conceptual works, wherein I engaged myself in composing from a strict mathematical point of view, and in a little research and development by myself. The first attempt resulted in the song Matemática y Arte,Mathematics and Arts from the album Dreams, where I played with the contraposition of rigid rhythmic patterns and free improvisation segments. Desiring to go further with this experiment, I developed a mathematical model of timing for this project in a segment of the second movement of this work, which became the song Matemática y Arte II,Mathematics and Arts II. The concept of contraposition between the mathematical and artistic sides of musical creation returns at this point, developed on top of this model and focused in two ways: one exact, where its equations rigorously rules the instrument performance without leaving space for mistakes and improvisation; and one inexact, where the emotional human factor is free to express itself. At the end there were three sub-movements: the first one attacks the model in an inexact way, the second in an exact way, nearly automatic; and the third one brings back the emotional element, transposing the inexact model and granting extensive gaps for the creativity and spontaneity of the performer. Pushing the limits of this experiments towards the area of plastic arts, I proposed British artist Peter Rodulfo, who created all the paintings for this album and whom I worked with in the first one, to develop his own plastic interpretation of the model. It can be appreciated in this booklet along with the mathematical analysis. Simultaneously, and with the same spirit of presenting both faces of the experiment, I developed a visual representation of geometrical fractals from the equations of the model and a computer program which generates the graphics automatically. The output from the execution of the code is also included in this booklet. In order to insert Mathematics and Arts II in the concert, I integrated the harmonic and melodic elements of the suite Baroque, this time with an electronic style, and built a second part of the movement with a futuristic version of the theme of the concert, transmuting the classic elements into contemporary sounds. At this point I was able to experiment with the creation of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) functions which ended up becoming a musical expression with its own life. I also experimented with the generation of random patterns and Fibonaci, that when applied to an electric guitar and to voice samplings bring about unexpected results. This part became my Suite for Electric Guitar, Group and DSP that I titled Muestreo al Azar (Random Sampling). As a result, this movement abruptly breaks the predominance of the classic essence in the music of this work and insert experimental, electronic and fusion ingredients. I left the audience the task of digging out the hidden, camouflaged presence of the main theme.

I have not intended to tangle or baffle, with a technical jargon, the audience not interested in the mathematic and electronic experiments in arts. If this is your case, I beg you to ignore all these dry details and enjoy the work, which I expect will be able to explain itself.

Raimundo Rodulfo
Born in Maracay, Venezuela, November 25th, 1970. He pursued musical studies since 1977 until 1978 at the Escuela Sinfónica Infantil, where he started studying violin. He began autodidactic studies of classic guitar at the age of 12, and electric guitar at the age of 14. He continues his studies of guitar to date. Between 1986 and 1992 he joined several groups in which he started to compose music blending classic and contemporary elements. He performed at several festivals and shows in his country and in some professional recordings. Since 1992 he has been dedicated to his musical projects as a soloist, composing music for guitar and group. In 2000 he produced his first album, Dreams, which includes one of his work as an independent writer, the science fiction story "Dreams", and in 2001 his second album, The Dreams Concerto, a Concerto for Guitar, Group and Chamber Orchestra in 3 movements, featuring 15 guest artists, including renown musicians as Andrés Briceño, Pedro Castillo, Pablo Gil, and Carlos Orozco, and British painter Peter Rodulfo. This last release was played live for the first time at the sixth issue of BajaProg Festival in Baja California Mexico, where he was playing joined by a 7 musician ensemble, including renown drummer Andrés Briceño. In 2003 he released "To LIVE a Dream - Official Bootleg" and "To LIVE a Dream 2 - Official Bootleg", two live full downloadable virtual albums, available from his website www.RaimundoRodulfo.com and featuring music from several live performances as BajaProg, ProgJazz and concert opening for The Flower Kings. All those albums and concerts, as well as Raimundo's work as guitarist and composer, have received the best reviews and many international recognitions in more than 20 countries.
Parallel to his musical career, Raimundo Rodulfo is an Electronics Engineer, specialized in Digital Systems and Telecommunications, and he has dedicated several years to Research and Development both in the academical and industrial fields.
He has worked as a Recording Engineer in his own recording studio, for his own projects and other artists as well.
As former member of ACIC (Cultural Iniciatives Civil Society), he has participated as colaborator in four concert shows in Caracas, Venezuela, with reknown international artists, including British star Rick Wakeman, reknown Swedish Rock band The Flower Kings, virtuoso Hungarian Ensemble After Crying and Caracas Chamber Ensemble.
As independent producer/organizer, he produced the concert show ProgJazz 2001 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. He also produced and organized two academic events for the Centro Occidental University of Barquisimeto (UCLA): Pablo Gil Jazz Improvisation Master Classes (Feb 2001) and Andrés Briceño Drum Clinic Master Class (Apr 2002); and one plastic show: British painter Peter Rodulfo show, all of them at the UCLA's Auditorium.
Raimundo Rodulfo is also member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and SACVEN (Venezuelan Authors and Composers Society)

Andrés Briceño
Born in Caracas, December 12th, 1962. He started playing percussion at the age of 4 with the help of his father, Professor Napoleon Baltodano, a trumpet soloist for several orchestras in Central America, and one of the first jazz improvisers in Venezuela. Under the tutelage of his father, Andres began academic studies of music and flugelhorn, tradition that has been followed by his daughter Linda. He started autodidactic studies of drums and later attended specialization courses in USA, becoming over the years a virtuoso and innovative player. He has developed his own techniques after his research of the afrovenezuelan music and the adaptation of autochthonous rhythms to his drum. Andres has performed in more than 20 recordings of artists of different genres, among which it is worth mentioning his work with renowned pianists and jazz composers Gerry Weil and Andres Carrasquero, singer Soledad Bravo and many others. He also performed as invited artist in the album Tocando Tierra produced by Don Grusin and Frank Quintero, and performed alive with reknown international musicians as Arturo Sandoval, Paquito de Rivera, Jeff Berlin, Steve Khan, Cheo Feliciano, Trilok Gurtu, and Dave Valentin among others. In 1995, Andres produced his first solo album Gratitude, which has earned him an international reputation, and his second album is ready to be released in 2003. He has received two national awards “Casa del Artista”, as Musician of the Year (1994) and Instrumentalist of the Year (1997). He has also developed a large academic career as professor, touring for many cities inside and outside Venezuela with his Drum Clinic Master Classes. He incorporated Raimundo Rodulfo’s Musical-Mathematics Model and “The Dreams Concerto” work as part of his study program for music alumni, at his drum and percussion cathedra.
Andres Briceño uses Yamaha drums, Zildjian cimbals, Remo drum heads and Vic Firth drumsticks.

Linda Briceño
She began percussion and trumpet studies at an early age by the hand of his father, Andres Briceno. Linda has participated in several seminaries with the Spanish Brass Ensemble of Spain, and with the Sonoso Brass Ensemble. She currently studies with Professor Jose Rodriguez, and plays with the Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil de Chacao, with whom she has accompanied Ensamble Gurrufio and other artists. She has performed with her father in several jazz festivals, including the Festival de El Hatillo and the Festival del Ateneo de Caracas. Linda played trumpet in the album Tocando Tierra, where she performed with renowned musicians like Bela Fleck, Don Grusin, Alex Acuna, Pedro Eustache and Abrahan Laboriel, among others.

Pablo Gil Rodulfo
Born in Madison, Wisconsin, USA in 1965. In 1992 he was awarded the Diplome de Enseignement Superieur des Musiques Modernes, from the C.I.M., Paris, France; and in 1995 he was awarded the Medaille d'or en Saxophone del Conservatoire National de Region de Paris and the Premier Prix de Saxophone de la Ville de Paris. In 1996 he obtained his Degree in Arrangement, Composition, Piano and History of Jazz from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et Danse de Paris. In 2000 he obtained an M.A. in Jazz Performance from the New York City College, USA. There he studied under Ron Carter, Bruce Barth, Steve Slagle and Rich Perry. Simultaneously with a successful career as a sax player, flautist and composer, Pablo has undertaken teaching as adjoint professor at New York City College, and instructor at Paris C.I.M. and Ars Nova, Caracas, Venezuela. He has played and/or recorded with Ellington Orchestra, Chico O'Farrill Big Band, Jon Benitez, Steve Turrel, Brian Lynch, Ron Carter, Dan Carrillo, "Patato" Valdes, Hector Martignon, Allen Hoist, Orlando Poleo, Herve Sellin, Francois Jenny Clark, Giovanni Hidalgo, Biella Da Costa and Soledad Bravo, among others. He has performed for more than 10 years in countless shows and jazz festivals around the world, being renowned as a master player. He recently formed and led a latin jazz band in New York called "Afromantra", whose first album, Latinjazzensemble, has received the best critiques from the specialized media. He currently leads his own band in Caracas, the Pablo Gil Jazz Ensemble, and released in 2003 the album "Major Delights".

Pedro Castillo
Singer, musician, composer, arranger, radio announcer and characterizer. He is a founding member of the renowned Venezuelan symphonic rock group "Tempano", that recorded several world famous albums: "Atabal Yemal", "Childhood's End", and "The Agony and the Ecstasy". Pedro was also a member and composer of "Aditus" which whom he recorded several successful albums in his country. He is well known for his talent in the advertisement field in Latinamerica and USA. He has performed with Guaco, Frank Quintero, Ilan Chester and Ricardo Arjona, among others. Pedro also performed as a guest singer in the album Tocando Tierra, produced by Don Grusin and Frank Quintero. He is currently working as "Ashwave" in a project of the post rock movement called Moving Futures which will be released in 2002, while he simultaneously pursues his career as singer and guitar player-singer for Tempano.
www.pedrocastillo.com / www.tempano.com

César Romano
He began his studies of music and violin at the Conservatorio Jacinto Lara at the age of 6. He performed with the Orquesta Sinfonica Infantil since 1977, then with the Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil and the Orquesta Sinfonica Profesional, where he continued pursuing his studies and currently belongs to. He has also played with the Orquesta de Camara de la UCLA and has participated as composer, arranger, conductor and session musician with several popular groups, singing and playing different instruments, including violin, viola, cuatro, guitar and mandolin. He played the violin in Amistad from the album Dreams of Raimundo Rodulfo.

Lermit Martínez
He pursued studies of piano and music since the age of 7. Since 1988 he has belonged to the group Jer, with whom he has performed in numerous festivals and shows both in Venezuela and USA. He was musical director of the Coral Humoristica "El Gordo de la Alpargata", has played with several pop groups and performed in several recordings as session musician, arranger and composer in the field of Publicity. He played the keyboards in Raimundo Rodulfo's album Dreams. Lermit is a Computers Engineer specialized in Networks and Telecommunications.

Alejandro Socorro
He pursued music studies for three years at the Conservatorio Vicente Emilio Sojo and three levels of percussion with Professor Orlando Poleo. He has participated in workshops of percussion at the Universidad Central de Venezuela with Professor Felipe Rengifo and drums with Professor Simón Bolivar. He has performed with the Jazz Quintet of Professor Eduardo Betancourt, the Jazz Sextet of Profesor Ignacio Valera, the Ensamble of Huascar Barradas, the group of Nancy Machado and several groups of latin jazz.
He is an Information Systems Engineer and Business Organization Technician. He has been an entrepreneur in engineering and construction projects for the last 14 years.

Manuel Rojas
Born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela in 1978. He began his music studies at the Conservatorio Vicente Emilio Sojo and since early age started flute studies with renowned professors like Luis Julio Toro,Ensamble Gurrufío, Jose Antonio Naranjo y Nicalis Alley. He has performed as guest in several groups and the Orquesta Nacional de Flautas at the International Flute Convention in Atlanta, USA. He has also been member of the jury at several international music festivals. He currently works as a flute teacher in several conservatoires and as a flute player and founding member of the Venezuelan academic ensemble Manoroz, along with the renowned harp player Carlos Orozco.

Carlos Orozco
Born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela in 1966. At the age of six he began singing and playing maracas in his father's group. At the age of seven he was an accomplished cuatro player, and at 9 a bass player. He felt attracted to the harp at the age of 15 and at 18 was a master player. Carlos Orozco is considered an innovator and a creator of a new style in the Venezuelan folk music since 1989 when he started amazing audiences for his agility and skills in festivals both in Venezuela and abroad. He has performed in more than 200 music productions, accompanying a huge quantity of singers in Venezuela and Colombia. He has recorded instrumentals songs in North and South America and Europe. Carlos Orozco has represented Venezuela in many events like the III Latin-American Musical Encounter, and the 4th, 5th and 7th editions of the Martinique harp festival. He has also performed at several editions of the Festival de Villaviciencio and the Alirio Diaz Festival. Along with flautist Manuel Rojas he is a founder and composer of the Venezuelan academic ensemble Manoroz, whose homonymous first album, as well as the second one, has received the best reviews in Venezuela.

Carlos Rodríguez
Professional musician since 1981. At an early age he pursued music studies at the Conservatorio Vicente Emilio Sojo. He has belonged to several national and international jazz, rock and pop groups as a composer, arranger and player of several instruments, like electric and acoustic bass, piano and guitar. He played the electric bass in the songs Labyrinth and Friendship from Raimundo Rodulfo's album Dreams. He currently leads his own latin jazz band, performing in Italia and Venezuela.

Euro Olivero
Born in Elorza, Venezuela on April 22nd, 1974. Son and grandson of musicians, Euro begins following in the steps of his elder brothers who were harp, cuatro and maraca players. At the age of 6 he starts his apprenticeship of cuatro, at 8 of harp and at the age of 10 he performs in public for the first time. In Apure State it is said the best harp players "learn by seeing..." Euro was not an exception. Being just a child he stealthily used his eldest brother's instrument to "play and learn by himself". Simultaneously, he learned playing maracas but harp was still his main attraction. Euro currently shares his time as a student of Animal Production Engineering with his career as a professional harp player, with more than 270 recorded pieces, most of which he has enriched as an arranger and composer.

Beatriz Rivas
She began singing at an early age performing in school festivals since the age of 8 and as a soloist since 1993. She has studied canto with professors Gerardo Herrera and Eduardo Lanza, and sung with the Orfeon del Colegio Universitario Fermin Toro and the Coro Femenino Bautista Plaza as a lyric soprano. She has been a member of several pop and rock groups as lead voice and composer. She is currently the lead singer for the pop group Medussa Band.
She has studied and performed in jobs of modeling, acting, ballet, advertising and radio and TV ads. She is also a Business Organization Technician.
In 2002 she won the Venezuelan TV talent contest "Estrellas de la Música" ("Music Star"), which earned her a record label and TV artist contract.

Ricardo Furiati
He started his music career as a baritone chorus singer, between 1975 and 1987. He pursued studies at the Conservatorio Vicente Emilio Sojo and played the counterbass with the Escuela Sinfonica de Lara. He performed with several latin jazz groups, and between 1987 to 1989 with the pop-rock group Crit's, with whom he shared scene with the best artists of the genre.
He is a Systems Engineer with an MBA in Finances. He is an entrepreneur in the national software industry and a certified radio announcer.

César Hernández
Born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela on December 27th, 1963. He began singing at the age of 18 and belonged to several rock groups. He performed in the Opera Cavalleria Rusticana, as a baritone for the Schola Cantorum. He later joined the Coro of Colegio Universitario Fermin Toro and took part in the Cathedra of Dramatic Canto with Professor Fanny Saxton, of the UCLA. He is the current lead singer of the pop-rock group Perfectos Extraños.

Peter Rodulfo
Born in Washington D.C. on February 6th, 1958. His early childhood was spent in India and Australia; he was later educated in East Anglia, England, at the Norwich School of Art between 1975 and 1979. Rodulfo has generated a prolific production including paintings, sculptures, collages, embosses and constructions with numerous and diverse materials. His work has been exhibited in personal, collective and open expositions during the last 20 years. In his own words:
"I mainly work from recollection and imagination. I am more interested in the inaccuracies of memories than in their precision, for that reason my work travels in the boundary between dreams and reality. If a landscape draws my attention as a theme worth painting it is just because it seems to concern an inner preexistent landscape. My influences are too diverse as to count them sensibly. I am myself a blend of nationalities. I spent my early years in different countries and the first piece of art I saw was in the Caves of Adjunta, in India. It was in India, in 1963, that I understood that I should spend my life painting, an intention I have pursued to this very same day."
The collaboration between Peter and Raimundo began in the year 2000 with the album Dreams, which included four of his paintings inspired in the music and concept of the album. Peter has contributed with five new paintings for The Dreams Concerto inspired in its music and lyrics: the main one, Explorer, for the cover; an artistic frame for the back cover; and one painting for each movement of the work, including the one created as a reply to the mathematical model Mathematics and Arts II, at the second movement.
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