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In 2001 Altamira commenced her radio broadcasting programme "Barroco de dos mundos" (Baroque from Two Worlds) on the
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Altamira has sung solo parts in numerous concerts in various countries with the
Millennium Ensemble, as well as with the New Philharmonic Orchestra, later Metropolitan Orchestra and finally Millennium Orchestra. She has participated in festivals and concerts in
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Hernando Franco, Pedro Bermúdez, and Gaspar Fernández, as well as orchestral songs by Luis Felipe Arias, Rafael Alvarez Ovalle, and Rafael Juárez Castellanos. At the same time, she has cultivated European baroque and classical repertoire, performing
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Ensemble. After a new period in
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award for the best theatre music. At the same time she began to devote herself to the project of reviving
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playing, and was a member of various choral organizations and music groups. After a performance tour through
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Medal. She is also a founding member of the
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