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1 April 2007
David Garlitz has played guitar, electric bass, and tres (a Cuban guitar with strings tuned in three pairs) in performances with pianist Elio Villafranca, the grammy-award winning Relâche Ensemble, and the US touring company of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, among others. He has performed and studied with various nationally recognized musicians in Cuba, including tresero Daniel Cos of the Santiago-based group Moneda Nacional. After completing a Masters’ Degree in Ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, he moved to Paris where he recently recorded with Parisian salsa group La Contrabanda, performs regularly with the son septet Barrio del Este, and started the trio Çasonando. He currently teaches guitar and electric bass at Ecole Koenig, a bilingual music school on the Left Bank.