He participated frequently as a soloist in the “Jornadas de Música Contemporánea de los países socialistas” presented by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), and performed along with prestigious conductors such as Thomas Sanderling, Boris Brott, Enrique González Mántici y Manuel Duchesne Cuzán, entre otros.
He has also served at the Superior Conservatory of the Barcelona Lyceum as Professor and Head of the Division of Bowed String Instruments, Chief of the Chamber Music Department and Academic Director, between the years 1986 and 2007.
Apart from his outstanding career as a concert performer and professor, Evelio Tieles has dedicated great energy, time and effort to the promotion of activities that benefit the cultural education and development, not just in his native Cuba, but also in Spain.
Evelio Tieles founded along with the Cuban double-bassist Orestes Urfé the National School of Arts Chamber Orchestra, in 1981.
He also created the Contemporary Music Festival of Havana, and founded along with his brother Cecilo, the Tieles Duo, to which many composers, such as Ramón Barce, Xavier Benguerel, Harold Gramatges, José Ardévol, Nilo Rodríguez, Salvador Pueyo and Gottfried Glöckner, among others, have dedicated original compositions.