He is one of the most prestigious musicians in Trujillo-Peru. He is a composer, arranger, and conductor. He started to study piano at age 4, then he studied violin, and graduated in the specialty of Composition at the National Conservatory of Music of Peru. At the same time, he conducts orchestral conducting studies with David Mckenzie (USA), Sun Kwak (Korea) and Wolfgang Trommer (Germany) as well as attending the Ibero-American Orchestra Festivals (1997) Mercosur Festival Orchestra (1998) Youth Orchestra of the Andean Countries (2000) as a violinist and guest conductor. In 1997 he started the project called "System of Youth Orchestras in Peru" with Maestro José Antonio Abreu, which included his country in the great world network of youth and children's orchestras and choirs. At age 24, he made his first debut as a conductor at the Trujillo Symphony Orchestra (2000). Later, he performed various activities: Prolific Symphony Orchestra, Piura Symphony Orchestra, Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra (Spain), Philharmonic Orchestra of Andalusia (Spain), Musical Director of the Company of Opera Romanza in Peru (2006), Symphonic Orchestra of Xalapa, Mexico (2014), Cadaqués Symphony Orchestra of Spain (2015), Rossini Philharmonic Orchestra, of Italy (2016), Opera Camerata de Washington (2015). He was appointed Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of the National Conservatory of Music of Peru in 2006-2007 and in 2008, he was summoned as Resident Musical Director of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of Izmir (Turkey). In 2009, he was appointed Musical Director of the "National System of Youth Orchestras in Children of Peru" and then in 2011 he was Artistic Director of "Sinfonía por el Perú". He currently directs the Trujillo Symphony Orchestra since November 2016.
He started his music studies at the age of 6 flute and choral singing. When he was 7, he started with mandolin, at the age of 8, he entered the System of Orchestras in Venezuela to study Choral singing and Violin in the nucleus "San Agustín" in Caracas. He belonged to the YOUNG ARCOS Orchestra until the age of 12 who entered the Simón Bolívar Music Conservatory and the Caracas Youth Symphony Orchestra for six years. At the age of 18, he began to study his piano studies. Later when he was 20, he entered the orchestra system as a professor in the Violin and Mandolin chairs, played in the Simón Bolívar Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and participated in the "Simón Bolívar" and "Alma Llanera" system. He took orchestral conducting classes with maestro Gregory Carreño and choral conducting with Beatriz Miranda considered the nation's living Cultural.
He started in music at the age of 9 in the school band called "San Martin de Porres." He played percussion and trumpet until 2011. In 2012, he met Arpegio and decided to learn French Horn with a great friend and teacher, Kevin Guevara. He received masterclasses from Jacob Cirkel (Germany). Classes with Luise Becher (Germany), Wilson Anticona (Peru) and Miller Reyes. He participated in the Orchestra of Barro and Droste-Hülshoff-Schule (Berlin, Germany), on a national tour in 2013. Also, during an international tour in 2016, he played the first horn at the Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin, Germany), Droste-Hülshoff- Schule (Berlin, Germany), Grosse Kirche Fluntern (Zürich, Switzerland), Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (Geneva, Switzerland) and Yehudi Menuhin Forum (Bern, Switzerland). He supported as soloist in the Trujillo Symphony Orchestra. He worked in Arpegio in 2014, Chimbote as an instructor of metal winds and in 2015 - 2016 in the Symphonic Orchestra of Piura, giving concerts in the north of the country and knowing a lot of repertoires. He did a course on "Orchestra Conducting" with maestro Vlad Agachi (Romania) in 2015. He is currently the first member of the Orchestra of Barro and is a member of the Arpeggio Symphonic Band.
He started his music at El Sistema in the nucleus of San Agustín in Caracas - Venezuela when he was 7 years old. When he was 12 years old, he received his first violin and became part of the Conservatory Orchestra Simon Bolivar. At the age of 16, he decided to spend all his time learning music and entered the music conservatory to study more. At the age of 26, he worked in different orchestras in Venezuela: Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra since its foundation as the main violin, Symphonic Orchestra of the Young Arches year 2008. In 2015, he was the concertmaster at Symphonic Rock Orchestra and made a year in the Classical Latin Orchestra as concertmaster, and National System of choirs and youth or children's Orchestra of Venezuela from 1997 to 2016. He also studied a teaching component to be able to play as a strings teacher and teacher at the Simón Bolívar Music Conservatory in Caracas and invited from the Francisco de Miranda Symphony Orchestras and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela to share a platform.
He started music when he was 11 years old. He played trumpet and bugle in the school band. When he was 12 years old, he started playing Euphonium until he finished school. He entered the preparatory section of the Conservatory in the specialty of Violin and studied there for 2 years. Then he resumed the Euphonia and in 2012, he entered the professional career of Music in the specialty of Euphonia. He finished the race in 2016. During the race, he was part of different groups in the conservatory such as the Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, the Conservatory Children's Orchestra, the Conservatory Band, the Metals and Choir Ensemble, as a musician within the orchestra and as a soloist. He also received masterclasses from Steven Mead (United Kingdom), Brian Frederiksen (USA), Roland Szentpali (Hungary) and Víctor Delgado (Peru), as well as local classes and support from professors Mario Castillo Solano, Walter Rojas Sayán, Marco Rodríguez Sánchez, Edinson Quispe Paredes, Fernando Fernández Muñoz and Michael Glenn Mott. In addition, he participated with the Orquesta de Barro on an international tour playing at the Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin, Germany), Droste-Hülshoff-Schule (Berlin, Germany), Grosse Kirche Fluntern (Zürich, Switzerland), Conservatoire de Musique de Genève ( Geneva, Switzerland) and Yehudi Menuhin Forum (Bern, Switzerland). At the same time, he played as a soloist with the Trujillo Symphony Orchestra on 5 occasions, performing with Teófilo Álvarez Álvarez, Sir Edward Elgar, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He also worked preparing candidates for the conservatory in Music Theory, Musical Reading, Solfege and Audio-Perceptive, as well as for the preparatory section, as well as for the upper section (Professional Music School).
He started to play guitar when he was the age of 10. He felt curiosity for string instruments when he was13. He joined the school band and learned saxophone until he was16, which he graduates. He rejoined a Ska band from 2010 to 2017 playing electric bass. In 2009, He took classes with David Ruiz. This time he prepared to apply the FOBAS Music Conservatory where he received classes with José Rodríguez and in Lima with Juan Carlos Rivera. He belonged to the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra of the UCV, the Antonio Vivaldi Camera Orchestra, and the Trujillo Symphony Orchestra. He completed Intensive Strings Course 2018 at the National Conservatory of Music with Gerson Zavaleta and attended the International Double Bass Festival Cusco 2018 watching Masterclass with Marcos Machado double bass. Currently, he plays for the Orquesta de Barro and the Arpegio Earth Orchestra supports the Chimbote Orchestra and is the Reinforcement of the Trujillo Symphony Orchestra.
At the age of 11, he started playing the saxophone at the emblematic educational institution "José Andrés Razuri." He finished school and came to Trujillo to continue his music training. He entered the Regional Conservatory "Carlos Valderrama" in the saxophone specialization. Additionally, he plays the transverse flute and the whole family of saxophones; soprano, alto, tenor and baritone. He participated in the "First Musical Congress" - Chepén. He is currently studying music theory in a particular way and plays for a group of great Peruvian folklore trajectory. At the age of 19, he is part of the Orchestra of Barro where he plays the traverse flute. Also, he plays the saxophone in the Symphonic Band of Arpeggio.
She graduated from the Professional Career in Music Education - Main Instrument: Percussion. She is currently a member of the Symphonic Orchestra of Trujillo and Professor of Percussion Specialty at the Regional Music Conservatory of the North "Carlos Valderrama". She has been Percussion Capo of the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of the city of Piura (2002 - 2012). Also, she is a professor of Percussion of the Garden Crib "Walking" - Piura (2012), Garden "Our Lady of Lourdes" (June 2012 - 2013) and the Percussion Program of the Piura Foundation (2007 - 2012). She was Soloist (Timpani) in the Total Percussion Concert on November 2011 and accompanied by the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Piura, August -2007. She participated in the National Wind Festival of the Regional Conservatory of Music of the North Carlos Valderrama (2009 - 2011) as a percussionist. In the concert FUNK - JAZZ of the National University of Piura held on June 2009. In the Percussion Quintet FIVE PERCUSSION ( 2007 - 2010), in the Municipal Orchestra of Loja - Ecuador (2005 - 2006), and in the International BACH Festival in August 2002. She was invited as a jury of the 2nd Primary School Contest of Peruvian Cajón Iluminando Tus Manos (2006 and 2007) and recorded some songs of the Orchestral Group CD of the University of Piura (2011).
She started her musical studies at the age of 10 years with violin and viola. She entered the Regional Conservatory of the Public North "Carlos Valderrama" in the specialty of "Music Education" in 2016. She is the 5th cycle, which is a member of the Orchestra of Barro de Arpegio playing viola and percussion. She belongs to the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the conservatory and collaborates in the Symphonic Orchestra of Trujillo. Additionally, she teaches instruments and carrying out her studies.
She started music when she was 9 years old. She plays classical guitar and manages in singing and chorus groups in school and in the church. In 2013, she entered the conservatory "Carlos Valderrama" performing gradually in various instruments such as classical guitar, electric guitar, piano, and percussion. She was part of the "Youth Conservatory Symphony" playing the electric bass. In 2016, she entered composition and later she decided to specialize in Music Education. She is currently studying her career and teaching students. This allowed her teaching music classes in education centers and music workshops for youth and adults.
He obtained bachelor degree from the Regional Conservatory of Music of the Public North "Carlos Valderrama". He began to play the guitar at the age of 15 years and began to study at the age of 18 at the school of artistic training "Mario Urteaga Alvarado" in the city of Cajamarca. He spent one year for the study. Then he entered the program called "Fobas" at the Conservatorio Regional de Música del Norte Público "Carlos Valderrama" in Trujillo, 2007. He finished his professional studies in the guitar specialty. When he was in the 6th cycle, he applied and accepted his candidacy at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Versailles France. He participated in several guitar recitals and was one of the finalists of the "I Classical and Folkloric Guitar Contest" Luis Peralta organized by the Conservatory of Music "Andrés Segovia" - Huancayo Perú. He constantly took master classes with several teachers in the world of the guitar, such as Ericka Santeck from the National Conservatory of Austria, Óscar Contreras from Markham Colege, Juan Carlos Arancibia from Hochschule für Musik Detmold (Germany), Brad DeRoche (USA) and also classes with Abel Velásquez from the National Conservatory of Music.
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Verónica Valencia Velásquez studied in the Instituto Superior Leonardo Da Vinci and has worked at Arpegio since 2008. She manages all matters regarding scheduling, materials and the enrollment of students in the academy.