Raul Garcia - viola

Colombian Violist Raul Garcia has established himself as one of the most promising artists of his generation. Career highlights include Assistant principal violist with the Colombia Symphony Orchestra during 2006-2009; Chamber and solo performances at the most prestigious concerts halls in his native country, Carnegie Hall and the Leonard Bernstein Memorial Stage. He is a First prize winner of numerous competitions including the II Colombian Viola Competition; the Soloist Competition in FOSJA, and the Yale School of Music Georgina Lucy Grosvenor Memorial Prize. An avid chamber musician, he appeared at the St. Lawrence Quartet Chamber Seminar, Yellow Barn, Young Artist Program, and the Pacific Music Festival. Mr. Garcia holds a BM Degree from Juan N. Corpas university studying with Anibal Dos Santos; And a Master in Music and Artist Diploma degrees from The Yale School of Music with Jesse Levine, Toby Appel and Ettore Causa. Currently Raul pursues a Doctoral degree at Rutgers University with Choong-Jin Chang.

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