Orlando Otey (February 1, 1925 – October 23, 2011) was a Mexican-born pianist who gave his first concert at age 5 at the Teatro Iris in Mexico City.
[1] He became known as "The Chopin of Mexico" at age 14 because his playing and compositions were decidedly romantic in style.
[2][3] At age 17, Otey became a faculty member at the University of Mexico School of Music.
In 1946 he moved to the United States to pursue piano and composition studies at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
[4] In 1949 he competed as one of three US pianists in the Chopin Centennial Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland.