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Dudamel Foundation Artists
Photo by Maria Evelyn.
2022
Orquesta del Encuentro
VIOLIN
Siul Alejandro Angel Prado (Venezuela)
Nikole Alejandra Cedeño Córdova (Uruguay/Venezuela)
Ana Carola Coss Torrez (Bolivia)
Saulo Raúl Cuesta Gordillo (Ecuador)
Mariana da Silva Vilela (Portugal)
María Esther Eluchans Olivares (Chile)
Sara Galindo Cuartas (Colombia)
Federico Gallón Tobón (Colombia)
Yoandry Carolina Gómez Bislene (Venezuela)
Leslie Gonzalez (United States)
Mariaelena Gutierrez Abreu (Venezuela)
Jorge Luis Guzmán García (México)
Maria Baitzar Hadjadourian Placereano (Argentina)
Jose Gregorio Heredia Ávila (Venezuela)
Yuriko Imada Terriquez (United States)
Mariana Jacinto Santos (Portugal)
Humberto Miguel Jiménez Díaz (Venezuela)
Marcos Lombardi (Argentina)
Cristal Martinez Perez (United States)
Hera Molina (United States)
Moises Molina (United States)
Ana Molina Touza (Spain)
Karen Gabriele Nino Rosa (Brazil)
Diego Osorno Morales (México)
Sergio Paez (United States)
Eunsu Park (South Korea)
Melissa Percilla (United States)
Alejandra Valentina Pino Villafranca (Peru)
Angela Ramirez (United States)
José Gregorio Ramirez Catari (Argentina)
Luz Marina Ramírez Silva (Venezuela)
Juan Andrés Rodríguez Berrío (Colombia)
Kanon Sato (Japan)
Sarvia Sarid Toledo Navarrete (Chile)
Gonzalo Sebastián O'Phelan (Perú)
VIOLA
Dayany Valeria Aguirre Manzanares (El Salvador)
Samuel Benaim Grand (United States)
Paola Alejandra Castillo Escobar (Venezuela)
Christian Cherubini (United States)
Rocío Celeste Duette (Argentina)
Aurimar Valentina Hernández Marín (Venezuela)
Ismael Jesús Infante Pérez (Venezuela)
Oscar Ignacio Lepicheo Mendoza (Chile)
Katherine María Paredes Frias (Dominican Republic)
Martina Pastor (Argentina)
Laura Silvia Suau Radovcic (Chile)
Linda Patricia Torres Esqueda (Mexico)
Laura Torroba Bachiller (Spain)
CELLO
Siul Alberto Angel Prado (Venezuela)
Stiven Casas Zúñiga (Colombia)
Jonathan Colon (United States)
René Emiliano De Gante Canseco (México)
Lola Deambrosio Larrechart (Uruguay)
Patricio Tomás Díaz Alarcón (Chile)
Marcus Gee (United States)
Ricardo Ariel Jaimes Pozo (Bolivia)
Carlos Alfonzo Linares Anez (Venezuela)
Jairo Rodriguez Visuerte (Spain)
Estefanía Tezanos Pinto Pereyra (Colombia)
BASS
Pablo Camacho (United States)
Skyler Lee (United States)
Juan Diego Marín González (Colombia)
Jude Ian Shawn Melanson (Canada)
Daniela Jhoana Pacheco Vivas (Venezuela)
Anghelo Mateo Panchi Terán (Ecuador)
Uxue Sansiñena Blanco (Spain)
Victor Alejandro Trejo Reyes (Venezuela)
FLUTE
Jose Arana (United States)
Yoisy Astrid Guaicurba Cisneros (Venezuela)
Esteban Orozco Muñoz (Colombia)
Francisco Verastegui (United States)
OBOE
Elena Benedicto Villar (Spain)
Joseph Manuel Gonzalez Linares (Venezuela)
Elizabeth Perez-Hickman (United States)
Paola María Villalobos Ocampo (Costa Rica)
CLARINET
Eliana Patricia Arango Ospina (Colombia)
Leonardo Rafael Giménez del Boccio (Venezuela)
Jaqueline Martínez Álzate (Colombia)
Diego Alejandro Ramírez Correa (Colombia)
BASSOON
John Gonzalez (United States)
Ingrid Hernandez (United States)
Alberto Amado Martínez Ruiz (Spain)
Selene Lucia Salgado Martínez (Venezuela)
HORN
Rocío Britos Rieiro (Uruguay)
Jorge José Carrera García (Venezuela)
Manuel Alejandro Córdova Romero (Venezuela)
Andy Gonzalez (United States)
Javier Josue Griffith Pereira (Panamá)
Diego Michelle Rodríguez Sánchez (México)
Mauricio Torres Aldana (México)
Itayetzy Uranga-Caamano (United States)
TRUMPET
Victor David Aburto Balladares (Perú)
Hazael Acevedo (United States)
Roderick Alejandro Alvarado Requena (Venezuela)
Raphael de Souza Elias (Brazil)
Luis Mora (United States)
TROMBONE
Samuel Bernardo Di Giorgio Santana (Venezuela)
Gloria Andrea Ramírez Fernández (Colombia)
Symone Hutchison (Scotland)
Maximiliano Andrés Paulsen Gómez (Chile)
TUBA
Ysrraidel Jesús Ascanio Castro (Venezuela)
TIMPANI & PERCUSSION
Ricardo Antonio Ferrer Ferrer (Puerto Rico)
Juan Reinaldo Figueredo Rodas (Paraguay)
John Sunderman (United States)
Andrés Eloy Gómez Crespo (Venezuela)
HARP
America Isabel Romero Acosta (Venezuela)
2021
Orquesta del Encuentro
VIOLIN I
Andreas Siles Mellinger (Bolivia) — concertmaster
Sofia Franco Ruivo (Portugal)
Malena Verduga Martínez (Argentina)
Ana Karina Rodríguez Borges (Venezuela)
Izan Falcón Armas (Spain)
Carla Meléndez (Spain)
Francisco Ramírez Brizio (Argentina)
Daniel Sebastián Ortega (Argentina)
Joana Revez Mendonça (Portugal)
Anaís Burgos Sepúlveda (Chile)
Alex Montaño Moreno (México)
Jarec Rivera Paillalef (Chile)
Leandro Lapasta (Uruguay)
Jesús Méndez Camacho (Spain)
Dulce Karen Muñoz Huerta (México)
Laura Morena González (Spain)
VIOLIN II
Pablo Araya Betancort (Spain) — principal
Ana Gabriela Rodríguez Borges (Venezuela)
Laura García Iniesta (Spain)
Romel Jesús Henríquez Marin (Venezuela)
Libia Núñez Acuña (Venezuela)
Mariangely Rangel Garcia (Venezuela)
Jorge Gènova Roldán (Spain)
Jumana Albira Pallares Zafra (Colombia)
Edgar Roman (México)
Meriem Abad Marrín (Spain)
Alejandra Pino Villafranca (Perú / Venezuela)
Jessica Contreras Segura (México)
Yuriko Imada Terriquez (United States)
Braian Suarez (Uruguay)
Diego Juarez Quiroga (México)
VIOLA
Samuel Poblete (Chile) — principal
Isabella Rojas (Venezuela)
Carlos Romero Nuñez (Colombia)
Daniel Linares (Venezuela)
Ayelén Lobato Ferraro (Argentina)
William Aviles (Nicaragua)
Laura Suau Radovcic (Chile)
Aurimar Hernández (Venezuela)
Pamela Mañueco (Perú)
Moisés Ruíz Rivero (Venezuela)
CELLO
Ana Verena Díaz (Argentina) — principal
Leonela Velazquez (Venezuela)
Cecilia Camón Botella (Spain)
Sara García Canal (Spain)
Julián Ezequiel Giménez (Argentina)
Jairo Rodríguez Visuerte (Spain)
Estefania Tezanos Pinto Pereyra (Bolivia)
Elizabeth Sarai Rojas Arellanes (México)
Paula Torres Vega (Spain)
Konrád Varga (Austria)
BASS
José Cornejo (Chile) — principal
David Domínguez Vargas (Spain)
Diego Achahuanco (Perú)
Uxue Sansiñena (Spain)
Rubén Rodríguez (Spain)
Pablo Figueras Fernández (Spain)
Skyler Lee (United States)
Gastón Caballero (Uruguay)
2019
Argentina
Montserrat Seras, violin
China
Helen Yu, violin
Carlos So, double bass
Aaron Leung, flute
Michael Yeung, timpani
Colombia
Manuela Diaz Henao, tuba
France
Clementine Maillard, violin
Japan
Toshiyuki Hosogaya, oboe
Norway
Ingeborg Moe, clarinet
Tone Langsrud, horn
South Korea
Eunji Park, percussion
Spain
Josep Ribera, violin
David Evelio Fonseca Gonzalez, violin
Diana Poghosyan, violin
Oscar Rico Lopez, viola
Rut Mateu, cello
Isabel Peiro Agramunt, double bass
Jorge Campos Martínez, double bass
Carlos Andrés Lafarga, oboe
Antonio Lasheras, horn
Norberto López, horn
Antoni Duran, trombone
Sweden
Ingrid Ekberg, violin
Hannah Nalini Dutt, violin
Leo Lovsen, viola
United States
Daniel Egwurube, flute
Josue May, trombone
Hazael Acevedo, trumpet
Andria Chang, violin
Samantha Rosas, violin
Jackelinne Rodríguez, cello
Venezuela
Carlos Ernest Chacon Valero, violin
Siul Alejandro Angel Prado, violin
Genesis de los Angeles Antonetty Tineo, violin
Paola Alejandra Escobar Castillo, viola
Siul Alberto Angel Prado, cello
Maria Celeste del Valle Ynojosa Perez, double bass
Pablo Jose Escobar Mota, clarinet
Juan Sebastian Javie Gimenez Rodriguez, horn
Erick Gabriel Alvarez Urbina, trumpet
Diego Andrés Montes Olivar, percussion
2018
Canada
Peter Perez, clarinet
Isaac Phi, bassoon
Zoe LeBlanc, horn
Grace Hamilton, trombone
Jocelyn Blanchette, percussion
Andrew Evelyn, violin
Bernard-Edwin Kafele, violin
Rinila Haridas, violin
Gawon Suh, violin
Nancy Szeto, violin
Jennifer Ong, viola
Erica Fisher, viola
Vincent Mambo, cello
Chloe Faith Brubacher, double bass
Puerto Rico
Yeisa Alejandro, violin
Nemesis Mangual, violin
Valeria Martínez, violin
Victor Martir, violin
Jayson Rodriguez, violin
Carlos Fernandez, cello
José Quiñones, cello
Keren Torres Díaz, cello
Andres Almodovar, double bass
United States
Justin Laurenceau, trombone
Thanddnes Palmer, trumpet
Luigi Auquilla Idrovo, violin
Lailah Carter, violin
Angelo Chery, violin
Christele Cherestal, violin
Peter Cho, violin
Donovan Fuller, violin
Ashley Gibson, violin
Annabelle Lee, violin
Landon Wilkins, violin
Eliza Youngman, violin
Lola Zulps, violin
Nyasjah Brooks, viola
Erick Liang, cello
Danielle Liburd, cello
Darren Seto, cello
Alivia Carter, double bass
Joshua Sheperd, double bass
Venezuela
Luis Murillo, trombone
Isaias Fernandez, violin
Laura Perez, violin
Elena Solórzano, viola
Fabian Zambrano, violoncello
Elizabeth Liotta, double bass
2017
Bolivia/Germany
Andreas Siles-Mellinger, violin
Colombia
Juan Pablo Parra Bedoya, violin
Anderson Gutierrez, viola
Isabela Saavedra, cello
Chile
Israel Gutiérrez, violin
France
Helen Madigson, violin
Greenland
Kunuut Jensen, violin
Hong Kong
Helen Yu Ching-Shan, violin
Eric Cheng Lap Hang, viola
Thomas Hung Ka Yeung, cello
Portugal
Margarida Duarte Abrantes, viola
South Africa
Reggie Teys, cello
Sweden
Teodora Lache, flute
Georgis Hormez, clarinet
Marina Karromy, horn
Talita Afram, violin
Nor Baraq, violin
Hanna Dutt, violin
Hanna Ericsson, violin
Clementine Maillard, violin
Felicia Möller, violin
Khalid Rimawi, violin
Sanar Shansal, violin
Leo Lövsén, viola
Philip Johnsson, cello
Mia Tomovic, cello
Axel Vilborg, cello
Kai Benjamin Jack, double bass
Gabriel Kaho, double bass
United Kingdom
Frazer Grant, violin
Shihan Huang, violin
United States
Daniel Egwurube, flute
Juliana Rodriguez, viola
Moses Aubrey, double bass
Venezuela
Yarima Duran, violin
Zabdiel Hernández, violin
Pathrycia Mendoza, violin
Dudamel Foundation Mentors
Teachers
Photo by Samantha López.
2022
LA Phil, Opéra National De Paris, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor & music director
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Nathan Cole, violin
Rebecca Reale, violin
Dale Breidenthal, violin
Teng Li, viola
Robert deMaine, cello (masterclass)
Christopher Hanulik, bass
Sarah Jackson, flute/piccolo
Anne Marie Gabriele, oboe/English horn
David Rejano Cantero, trombone
Paul Radke, trombone
Thomas Hooten, trumpet (masterclass)
Matthew Howard, percussion
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
Berlin Philharmonic
Sarah Willis, horn
Vienna Philharmonic
Rainer Honeck, violin
Opéra National De Paris
Marc Geujon, trumpet
SWR Symphonieorchester (Stuttgart)
Eduardo Calzada, bassoon
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Johan Stern, cello
Colburn School of Music
Doug Tournquist, tuba
Orquesta Filharmónica De Jalisco
Ismel Campos, viola
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
Alejandro Carreño, violin (former)
Edgar Calderon, cello
Gaudy Sánchez, trumpet (former)
El Sistema Venezuela
Andrés David Ascanio, conductor / sectional coach
Ulyses Ascanio, strings specialist
Felix Petit, bass
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional De Chile
David Medina, clarinet
2021
Vienna Philharmonic
Rainer Honeck, violin
Tamás Varga, cello
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Nathan Cole, violin
Teng Li, viola
Christopher Hanulik, bass
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
Alejandro Carreño, violin
Ismel Campos, viola
2020
Princeton University
Dr. Sunghae Anna Lim, violin
2019
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Vicente Alberola, clarinet
José Vicente Castello Vicedo, horn
Cindy Albracht, violin
Christian Heubes, violin
Tony Nys, viola
Stefan Faludi, cello
Rodrigo Moro Martin, double bass
Martin Piechotta, percussion
2018
Berlin Philharmonic
Sarah Willis, horn
Maja Avramovic, violin
Simon Bernardini, violin
Joaquin Riquelme, viola
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Jens Kristian Sogaard, trombone
Johan Stern, cello
Las Vegas Philharmonic
Alex Rosales García, bassoon (YOLA alum)
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Denis Bouriakov, flute
Andrew Bain, horn
Oscar Meza, double bass
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Johane Gonzalez, cello
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
Alexis Angula, flute
Elly Saúl Guerrero, oboe
Ismel Campos, viola
Aimon Mata, cello
Jorge Moreno, double bass
Southbank Sinfonietta
Sacha Rattle, clarinet
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Kinneret Sieradzki, violin
Vienna Philharmonic
Tamás Varga, cello
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