- 2 0 0 2 ) ▁and ▁Academ ic ▁Director ▁( 2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 2 ). ▁A part ▁from ▁his ▁out standing ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁concert ▁perform er ▁and ▁professor , ▁during ▁the ▁Post - Re volution ary ▁period , ▁T iel es ▁promoted ▁and ▁organized ▁in ▁Cuba ▁the ▁bow ed ▁string ▁instruments ▁training , ▁fund ament ally ▁for ▁the ▁viol in . ▁He ▁dedicated ▁great ▁energy , ▁time ▁and ▁effort ▁to ▁the ▁promotion ▁of ▁activities ▁that ▁benefit ▁the ▁cultural ▁training ▁and ▁development , ▁not ▁just ▁in ▁his ▁native ▁Cuba , ▁but ▁also ▁in ▁Spain , ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁has ▁received ▁national ▁recogn itions ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Dist in ctions ▁for ▁the ▁National ▁Culture ▁and ▁the ▁Art istic ▁Te aching , ▁the ▁Di pl oma ▁to ▁the ▁Art istic ▁Mer it ▁from ▁the ▁Super ior ▁Institute ▁of ▁Art , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁the ▁ 5 0 th ▁An ni versary ▁of ▁F AR ▁Medal ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁and ▁the ▁Dist inction ▁for ▁the ▁National ▁Culture ▁Medal ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁▁ ▁Another ▁prominent ▁viol in ist ▁is ▁professor ▁Al la ▁Tar án ▁( 1 9 4 1 ). ▁She ▁was ▁formed ▁as ▁a ▁viol in ist ▁in ▁her ▁native ▁Ukraine ▁and ▁worked ▁as ▁professor ▁of ▁Chamber ▁Ens emble ▁Pract ice . ▁Tar án ▁established ▁her ▁residence ▁in ▁Cuba ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁Al la ▁Tar án ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁pr estig ious ▁viol