EXPERIENCE
April 2020
Florida International University. Miami, FL, USA
Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting.
December 2013
Universidad Nacional Experimental de las Artes. Caracas, Venezuela
Bachelor in Music, Instrumental Performance (Viola).
CERTIFICATES AND WORKSHOPS
September 2023 – Present
The Juilliard School. New York, NY, USA.
Orchestral Conducting with Maestro Mark Shapiro.
June 2023
The Juilliard School. New York, NY, USA.
Conducting Opera Recitatives and Advanced Conducting Intensives with Maestro Mark Shapiro.
August 2021
Los Angeles Conducting Workshop and Competition. Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Conducting Workshop with Maestro Neil Thompson and Dr. Scott Weiss.
August 2018
Venezuela Central University. Online.
Digital Marketing Certificate.
May 2018
Berklee College of Music. Online.
Music Business Foundations Certificate.
November 2017 & April 2015
Inocente Carreño Conservatory. Caracas, Venezuela.
Conducting Workshops with Maestro Dick van Gasteren.
November 2009
Mozarteum Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria.
Chamber Music Workshop with Hagen Quartet’s violinist Rainer Schmidt.
September 2009
Latin American Academy of String Quartets. Caracas, Venezuela.
Chamber Music Workshop with the Latin American Quartet.
March 2022
Selected to participate in the 2022 Nino Rota International Conducting Competition in Italy (Conducting).
August 2021
Finalist in the 2021 Los Angeles Conducting Workshop and Competition (Conducting).
August 2021
Selected to participate in the 2021 Antal Dorati International Conducting Competition in Hungary (Conducting).
April 2020
Participant at the 28th World Music Competition (Conducting).
April 2020
Graduate Performance Award from Florida International University (Conducting).
November 2017
Latin Grammy winner for “Bidimensional” with Guaco and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra (Violist).
November 2008
Latin Grammy nominee for “Fiesta” with conductor Gustavo Dudamel (Violist).
April 2021
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
November 2020
Golden Key Honour Societ
Adams, John
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Bach, J. S
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3
Orchestral Suite no. 3
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Egmont Overture
Coriolan Overture
Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 5
Symphony no. 6
Symphony no. 7
Berlioz, Hector
Roman Carnival Overture
Bernstein, Leonard
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Brahms, Johannes
Symphony no. 3
Symphony no. 4
Castellanos, Evencio
El Río de las Siete Estrellas
Santa Cruz de Pacairigua
Dvořák, Antonín
Symphony no. 7
Symphony no. 9
García, Andrés
Temperamental
Haydn, Joseph
Symphony no. 102
Symphony no. 104
Haydn, Michael
Horn Concerto no. 2
Hindemith, Paul
Symphonic Metamorphoses
Holst, Gustav
The Planets
Ives, Charles
The Unanswered Question
Liszt, Franz
Piano Concerto no. 2
Mahler, Gustav
Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 5
Mendelssohn, Félix
Symphony no. 4
Violin Concerto
Mozart, Wolfgang A.
Horn Concerto no. 3
Horn Concerto no. 4
Symphony no. 25
Symphony no. 35
Symphony no. 41
The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Violin Concerto no. 5
Orff, Carl
Carmina Burana
Rossini, Gioachino
La Gazza Ladra Overture
L’Italiana in Algeri Overture
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Danse Bacchanale
Schumann, Robert
Symphony no. 4
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1
Symphony no. 5
Symphony no. 10
Symphony no. 12
Stravinsky, Igor
The Firebird
The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky, Piotr I.
Romeo and Juliet Overture
1812 Overture
Slavonic March
Symphony no. 1
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 4
Symphony no. 5
Telemann, Georg P.
Viola Concerto in G major
Vivaldi, Antonio
Concerto in D minor RV127
Concerto in G minor RV156
Wagner, Richard
Tristan and Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Williams, John
Excerpts from “Fiddler on the Roof”
Escapades
Jurassic Park
Raiders March
Star Wars Suite
Superman March
The Duel
Bizet, Georges
Carmen
Rossini, Gioachino
Selections from “The Barber of Seville”
Aria “Cruda sorte amor tirano” from “L’Italiana in Algeri”
Recitativo and Aria “Come Tacer” from “La Cambiale di Matrimonio”
Aria “Di tanti palpiti” from “Tancredi”
Aria “Miei rampolli femminini” from “La Cenerentola”
Aria “Si ritrovarla io giuro” from “La Cenerentola”
Quartet “Zitto, zitto, piano, piano” from “La Cenerentola”
Delibes, Leo
Coppelia
Minkus, Ludwig
Don Quixote
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
New River Symphony Orchestra, USA
All-County Honors Gold Orchestra – Broward County, USA
Leaders Youth Symphony Orchestra, USA
The Miami Symphony Orchestra, USA
Miami Ocean Orchestra, USA
Venezolanos Unidos por la Música (VUM) Ensemble, USA
National Youth Orchestra of the RNOCIJP, Panama
Florida International University Symphony Orchestra, USA
Florida International University Festival Orchestra, USA
Florida International University Filarmonia Orchestra, USA
Florida International University Choir, USA
Simón Bolívar Choir, Venezuela
Children Choir of Venezuela
Salvador De Bahía Youth Symphony Orchestra, Brazil
Teresa Carreño Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
Juan José Landaeta Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
Francisco De Miranda Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
Yaracuy Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
Ezequiel Zamora Youth Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
Inocente Carreño Youth Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
Evencio Castellanos Youth Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
José Francisco Del Castillo Youth Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
Güiria Youth Symphony Orchestra, Venezuela
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