MARACAIBO · VENEZUELA
A story that began at home
My love for music began sitting at the piano with my dad and singing Queen and Luis Miguel songs at home with my family.
My musical life took a turn when I joined the small núcleo of the Fundación del Niño Zuliano, part of Venezuela's El Sistema. There, where my mom always took me, I heard the Zulia Symphony Orchestra for the first time.
"There I heard a symphony orchestra for the first time... and I knew that was where I belonged."
LA CRÈME DE LA CRÈME
Sinfónica de la Juventud Zuliana Rafael Urdaneta
The orchestra was founded in 2005 as the Vivaldi Orchestra, and I was part of it from the very beginning, for more than 10 years. During that time we shared the stage with great guest artists, took on demanding repertoire and grew professionally in a way that marked me forever.
I must mention those who made it possible from the start, such as Maestro Rubén Cova and Maestro Hernán Rodríguez.
El Sistema
MY SCHOOL
2
INTERNATIONAL TOURS
+10
YEARS IN THE SJZRU
HIGHLIGHTS
From Maracaibo to the world
2006
INTERNATIONAL TOUR
Colombia
Santa Marta, Barranquilla and Cartagena
2007
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA
With Gustavo Dudamel
and Rattle.
Under the baton of Dudamel and Sir Simon Rattle.
2011
INTERNATIONAL TOUR
Italy
Bergamo International Culture Festival.
Rovereto, Bergamo, Milan, Rome.
MAJOR REPERTOIRE
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Beethoven
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Tchaikovsky
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Shostakovich
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Mahler
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Dvořák
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Lalo
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Ginastera
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Evencio Castellanos
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Arturo Márquez
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etc.
FESTIVALS
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International Festival of Culture
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Villa-Lobos Festival
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Young Talents Festival
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Zulian Young Violinists Festival
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Zulian Cello Festival · etc.
CONCERTS AND SERIES
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Young Soloists Series
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Concert with the Manos Blancas choir and Huáscar Barradas
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MACZUL anniversary
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El Sistema anniversary concerts
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Composition department concerts
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Young Conductors Course with Sung Kwak
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Christmas concerts · etc.
ALBUM
Sweet memories
TODAY · ITALY
I'm still an orchestral musician
The orchestra never left my life. Today I still work as an orchestral cellist in Italy too, with new colleagues, new repertoire and the same excitement as the very first time.
