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Dudamel Foundation Artists

Two students playing tuba and trombone.

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

A cello teacher speaks with a cello student while both look at a music stand.

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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