Evelio Tieles

Evelio Tieles Ferrer (August 8, 1941, Havana, Cuba) is a renowned Cuban violinist and professor that has organized and promoted the instruction of bowed strings instruments in Cuba.

Evelio Tieles began to study music in Cuba with his father, Evelio Tieles Soler, when he was just seven years old, and continued at a later time with professor Joaquín Molina.

Between 1952 and 1954, Tieles studied violin in Paris, France, with Jacques Thibaud and René Benedetti. In 1955 he returned to Paris and studied at the National Superior Music Conservatory in that city. In 1958, he continued his musical training at Conservatorio Tchaikovsky in Moscú, where he was a disciple of renowned violinists David Oistrakh and Igor Oistrakh. Tieles graduated in 1963 and by recommendation of the Conservatory he pursued his Master’s Degree from 1963 to 1966, with the same mentioned professors.

Tieles received also professional training from the prestigious violinists Henryk Szeryng and Eduardo Hernández Asiaín. He received also a degree in History of Art in 1981, and obtained his Master’s Degree in 2010 from the Superior Institute of Art (ISA), today named as University of the Arts, in Havana, Cuba.

Evelio Tieles has offered numerous presentations as a concert performer, in a duo with his brother, pianist Cecilio Tieles, or accompanied by the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra and other symphonic and chamber ensembles. He participated frequently as a soloist in the “Jornadas de Música Contemporánea de los países socialistas” presented by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), and performed along with prestigious conductors such as Thomas Sanderling, Boris Brott, Enrique González Mántici y Manuel Duchesne Cuzán, entre otros.

In 1969, Tieles performed in México, invited by famous violinist Henryk Szeryng, and has conducted concert tours through numerous countries in North America, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

Evelio Tieles worked in the National School of Arts and the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana, Cuba, where he served as Professor and Head of Chair of Bowed String Instruments since the inception of both academic institutions. He also served also as National Advisor of Bowed String Instruments since 1967 to 1981, and between years 1997 and 2004. Tieles is currently Professor and Consultant Professor at the University of the Arts (formerly Instituto Superior de Arte [ISA]).

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