World-renowned cellist Carlos Prieto ’59 returned to campus for an occasion to carry out and to debate his new memoir, “Mi Vida Musical.”
On the April 9 occasion within the Samberg Convention Middle, Prieto spoke about his childhood at MIT and his subsequent profession as an expert cellist. The speak was adopted by performances of J.S. Bach’s “Cello Suite No. 3” and Eugenio “Toussaint’s Bachriation.” Valerie Chen, a 2022 Sudler Prize winner and Emerson/Harris Fellow, additionally carried out Phillip Glass’s “Orbit.”
Prieto was born in Mexico Metropolis and commenced learning the cello when he was 4. He graduated from MIT with BS levels in 1959 in Course 3, then referred to as the Metallurgical Engineering and in the present day Supplies Science and Engineering, and in Course 14 (Economics). He was the primary cello and soloist of the MIT Symphony Orchestra. Whereas at MIT, he took all accessible programs in Russian, which allowed him, years later, to check at Lomonosov College in Moscow.
After commencement from MIT, Prieto returned to Mexico, the place he rose to turn into the top of an built-in iron and metal firm.
“Once I returned to Mexico, I used to be very energetic in my enterprise life, however I used to be additionally very energetic in my music life,” he instructed the viewers. “And at one second, the music overcame all the opposite actions and I left my enterprise actions to commit all my time to the cello and I’ve been doing this for the previous 50 years.”
Throughout his musical profession, Prieto performed all around the world and has performed and recorded the world premieres of 115 compositions, most of which have been written for him. He’s the creator of 14 books, a few of which have been translated into English, Russian, and Portuguese.
Prieto’s honors embrace the Order of the Arts and Letters from France, the Order of Civil Benefit from the King of Spain, and the Nationwide Prize for Arts and Sciences from the president of Mexico. In 1993 he was appointed member of the MIT Music and Theater Advisory Committee. In 2014, the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences awarded Prieto the Robert A. Muh Alumni Award.
