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The year of 2007 was one of great artistic developments!! In March, Alfredo was featured at OPB TV Oregon ArtBeat program. Those scenes were recorded at Alfredo's home, his guitar studio and at the Central Library and finally on the streets of downtown Portland.

In March he presented a sold out "Latin Impressions" concert at The Old Church in Portland that was a great success.

Following that concert he performed in Brazil at Toca do Vinicius in Ipanema, Allianca Francesa in Copacabana as well as another concert at the famous "Clube do Choro" de Brasilia.

In the month of June, Alfredo collaborated with his guitar arrangements with artist and writer Lynn Darroch in the release of "Beyond the Borders"CD, this lead to many public presentations.

In the months of July and August Alfredo had for the second time the honor and privilege to represent his native country of Peru at the V International Guitar Festival in Arequipa, Peru and also presented a master class to the guitar students.

October was a memorable month for Alfredo, he had the privilege to be the featured artist at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC for the Millennium Concert Series, and also was invited to give a workshop in Latin-American music at Montgomery College in Maryland. While in Washington DC, Alfredo coordinated with the Peruvian Embassy and Consulate, and with his friends Billy Castillo and Jose A. Paz Soldan, a benefit concert to raise funds for the earthquake victims in Ica, Peru. Finally, he closed his tour by performing a fourth recital at the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute.

In the month of October Alfredo Muro presented another great concert "Six Latin Strings" at The Old Church in Portland.

For this year of 2008, the agenda is full of more exciting projects, he will be traveling for the fourth year to Brazil, this time to the city of Sao Paulo.

In April, Alfredo Muro will be featured in concert, "Latin America,Encounter and Magic", with Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto at the Nordstrom Benaroya Hall in Seattle, sponsored by Viva La Musica Club in collaboration with the Seattle Symphony.

During the month of May, Alfredo will start recording his 6th CD, dedicated to his Latin American roots, to be released at the October concert, 2008.

On July 8th of this year, Alfredo will present a concert "Four Friends, four Guitars", featuring "Duo Dos Americas", Jim Bosse (USA) and Alejandro Davila (Argentina), and Alberto Cumplido (Chile).

Alfredo has been invited to play this year at several International Guitar Festivals, Dominic Republic, Chile, Argentina and Colorado Springs Guitar Society Concert Series.

Wow, another very busy year!!!!