To Alfredo Escande, for his application to and talent for teaching 

Alfredo Escande has become a specialist in explaining the deep concepts of the "Escuela de Carlevaro", and in teaching his new technique to guitarists from many different parts of the world. Alfredo Escande has also served as Abel Carlevaro's assistant in international courses between 1978-2000 in Montevideo, Buenos Aires and La Plata (Argentina) and in Erlbach, Germany. At the same time, has taught his own courses on "Escuela de Carlevaro" in Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Switzerland, and Uruguay. Alfredo Escande has given concerts in Berlin, Prague, different cities of Holland, Spain, Switzerland, as well as Buenos Aires, La Plata, Santiago de Chile, Valparaíso and Viña del Mar. From 1992 to 1996 he has been vice president of "Centro Guitarrístico del Uruguay" and, from 1994 to 2005, has been one of the conductors of the weekly television program "La guitarra y sus intérpretes" broadcast on National TV of Uruguay. 

His book "Abel Carlevaro - Un nuevo mundo en la guitarra", an extensive and deep investigation on Carlevaro's life and carreer, has been published in  2005 by Aguilar, Ediciones Santillana, Montevideo. An essay,  "Sor, Aguado, Carlevaro - Continuidades y rupturas" in which Mr. Escande analizes Carlevaro's originalities in a reference to Sor and Aguado's writings, has been published also in 2005 by Editorial Barry, Buenos Aires. "Don Andrés y Paquita - La vida de Segovia en Montevideo" has been published by lulu.com in June 2009. A deep investigation about the time in which Andrés Segovia lived in Montevideo and, at the same time, a complete biography of the great pianist Paquita Madriguera (Segovia's second wife). "Don Andrés and Paquita" was translated to English by Charles and Marisa Postlewate and was published by Amadeus Press in June, 2012.