Néstor Torres

{{short description|Puerto Rican musician}}

{{Infobox musical artist

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|25 April 1957}}

|birth_place = Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

|image = Torres Dalai Lama.JPG

|caption = Nestor Torres performing for the Dalai Lama at Temple Emanu-El (Miami Beach, Florida) in 2010

|instrument = Flute

|genre = Jazz, classical

}}

Néstor Torres[http://www.elnuevodia.com/ruthfernandezmuerevictimadeunshocksepticoyneumonia-1161938.html Ruth Fernández muere víctima de un “shock” séptico y neumonía.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040327/http://www.elnuevodia.com/ruthfernandezmuerevictimadeunshocksepticoyneumonia-1161938.html |date=2014-01-06 }} Patricia Vargas. El Nuevo Dia. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Published 9 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012. (born 25 April 1957){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nestor-torres-mn0000337557|title=Nestor Torres Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website=AllMusic}} is a Puerto Rican jazz flautist, born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.{{cite web|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/20655-nestor-torres|title=Nestor Torres|author=Nancy Ann Lee|publisher=JazzTimes|date=July–August 1999|access-date=2011-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916235205/http://jazztimes.com/articles/20655-nestor-torres|archive-date=2016-09-16|url-status=dead}} He took flute lessons at age 12 and began formal studies at the Escuela Libre de Música, eventually attending Puerto Rico’s Inter-American University. At 18, he moved to New York with his family. Torres went on to study both jazz and classical music at the Mannes College of Music in New York and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, among other places. His CD This Side Of Paradise was awarded Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards in 2001.{{Cite web |title=2nd Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards WINNERS & NOMINEES |url=https://www.latingrammy.com/premiacion/2a-entrega-anual-del-latin-grammy-2001 |website=Latin Recording Academy}}

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Torres is also a practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism and a longtime member of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jazzreview.com/articleprint.cfm?ID=2987|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228003035/http://www.jazzreview.com/articleprint.cfm?ID=2987|url-status=dead|title=Interview Nestor Torres|archivedate=February 28, 2005}}

In 2010, Torres joined the faculty of Florida International University as a visiting guest artist and founding director of its School of Music's first charanga ensemble.{{Cite web|url=https://newsarchives.fiu.edu/2010/10/grammy-award-nestor-torres-winner-joins-fiu-faculty/18486|title=Grammy award winner Nestor Torres joins FIU faculty|first=Contributing|last=Writer|date=October 18, 2010}}