Hector Vasquez - English

Hector Vasquez

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Hector Vasquez, cellist, began his musical training at the National Conservatory of his native city with the Belgian maestro Leon Roy. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Violoncelle performance) at the National Conservatory in Puerto Rico with Adolfo Odnopossof and the internationally renowned Catalonian cellist Pablo Casals. He then studied with Claus Kanngiesser at Germany’s Musikhochschule of the Saarland in Saarbrucken, and later also with maestro Sir William Pleeth in London, England, and with the Brazilian maestro Aldo Parisot at Yale University. While in England, Hector played period instruments with “The Early Cello Consort,” touring the United Kingdom and Europe.

Hector has been principal cellist of the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra, Soloist of Venezuela, the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, and the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. In Florida, where he lived in 2000-2003, he was principal cellist at the Florida Grand Opera, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Florida Chamber Orchestra, Palm Beach Opera, Palm Beach Pops, and Boca Pops. In Canada since 2004, Hector has played with the Waterloo Chamber Players, the Waterloo Community Orchestra, and he has been principal cellist of the Guelph Symphony Orchestra.

He has performed as soloist with the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra, Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, Soloist of Venezuela, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata de Solistas, Florida Chamber Orchestra, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, and the Antioquia Symphony Orchestra, Medellin, Colombia.

Hector is also active as a recitalist. His many recitals have included the Conrad Grebel Noon Recitals; K-W Chamber Music Society; various series in Colombia, including those in Bogotá, Cali, and Medellin; the Teatro Teresa in Carreno, Venezuela; and the Carnegie Recital Hall, New York.

Hector Vasquez will perform the Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major with the Waterloo Chamber Players in April 2008. And he will perform Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra in March 2008.

Gioconda Vasquez

Gioconda Vásquez is an active pianist, teacher and lecturer. During the past several seasons she has performed solo, recital and chamber musical recitals, as well as conducted master classes and lectured in the best conservatories and colleges in Venezuela. The Venezuelan government has honored Ms. Vásquez several times for being one of the country's foremost pianists, including the designation from 1981 to 1982 as the musical coordinator of the Secretary of Culture.

She studied in Germany and France. She also has extensive experience in choir direction.
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Joen Vasquez

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Joen Vasquez, el único viola en ganar "Artistas Internacional" la competencia en Nueva York, recientemente se hizo el único músico en ganar dos veces el Premio de Passamaneck codiciado de Pitsburgo. Él ejecuto un recital sobre la serie Y en la Sala de conciertos Carnegie Music Hall en Pittsburgh..

Mr. Vasquez viene de una familia de seis hermanos músicos y tiene un Master de grado de Artes de la Escuela Juilliard donde él estudió con Margaret Pardee. Él ha recibido Diplomas Di Merito y D'Honore de la Academia Chigianna donde estudió con Bruno Giuranna.

Mr. Vasquez ha ganado muchas otras competencias y premios incluyendo: Primer Premio en la Competencia de Música Internacional de Washington en 1982; Medalla De bronce en Viola Competencia Internacional de Ginebra 1983; Ganador de Augusta Symphony Competición para cuerdas en 1980; Finalista de la Competencia 1982 Internacional para Viola en Munich; y Ganador de las Audiciones de Sociedad de Concierto de Pitsburgo en 1991.

Mr. Vasquez ha funcionado como solista con muchas orquestas en las Américas, incluyendo la Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, la Windsor, Ontario Orchestra, la Venezuela Symphony, la Bogota Philharmonic en Colombia, la Orquesta Sodre en Uruguay, la Carcas Filarmonica en Puerto Rico y República Dominicana, Solistas de Venezuela en el Festival 1985 Casals en Prades, Francia, y la Sinfoníca deMaracaibo, en el Kennedy Center y Victoria, Canadá. Además, él tiene premiered muchos Conciertos escritos para él incluyendo a Penderecki Viola el Concierto en 1983.

Mr. Vasquez ganó la audición para el Asistente el Viola Principal de la Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra en 1985, una posición que él en este momento sigue sosteniendo. Sr. Vasquez es un socio fundador del cuarteto de cuerdas " Il Quattro " y puede ser escuchado en Alanna Records.

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Hector Vasquez