Venezuelan violist Ramón Carrero-Martínez is a prize winner of numerous competitions in the US, Italy, Australia, Japan, and Venezuela, including the Grand Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, Second Prize in the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and Third Prize in Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa.
Mr. Carrero-Martinez recently was appointed as a member of Ensemble Connect at Carnegie Hall for their 2023-2025 season. He has toured with the Grammy Award-winning, conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, premiered James Ra’s Concerto for Three Violas with the New York Classical Players, was a Senior Seminalist of Sphinx Competition 2023. In the summer of 2023, he performed Peteris Vasks’ Viola Concerto with the Classical Music Institute Orchestra of San Antonio.
A versatile soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician, he has performed with Terra String Quartet, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Exponential Ensemble, Mark Morris Dance Group as well as New York City Ballet, Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, New York Classical Players, Experiential Orchestra, and Riverside Symphony among many others.
As an educator, Mr. Carrero-Martinez is a faculty artist at the San Antonio Classical Music Institute as well as a member of the faculty of the Bronx-based music program UpBeat NYC, and the Orchestrating Dreams Program in Inwood. Both of these New York City programs are inspired by the philosophy of Venezuela’s National System of Youth and Children Orchestras, “El Sistema.”
Ramón was a member of “El Sistema” and holds a B.A. and M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Daniel Avshalomov. Beyond his musical activities, he enjoys cooking, playing chess and is an incurable salsa dancer.
MAJOR TEACHERS
- Daniel Avshalomov,
- Jesus Alfonzo Carreño,
- Carmelo Mendez
- José Manuel Román
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SOLO APPEARANCES
2023
Soloist with the Classical Music Institute Orchestra
Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra by Pēteris Vasks,
Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts,
June 10th, 2023.
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2021
Soloist with New York Classical Players
World Premiere of James Ra – Concerto for Three Violas – as viola 2
W83 Auditorium, New York, NY – Sep 17, 2021
Jordan Hall, Boston, MA – Sep 18, 2021
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2019
SOLOIST WITH ORCHESTRA
Orchestra Le Metamorfosi, Toscana, Italy
ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
2023-Present
Experiential Orchestra, sub violist
2022-Present
New York City Ballet, sub violist
2022-Present
Riverside Symphony, sub violist
2021-Present
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, sub violist
2018-Present
Metropolis Ensemble, sub violist
2016-Present
New York Classical Players, member, and featured violist
2011-2012
Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Guest Violist, Caracas, Venezuela
2007-2015
Teresa Carreño Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, principal violist
CHAMBER MUSIC
2023-2025
Ensemble Connect, Carnegie Hall
2022
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
2022- present
Exponential Ensemble
2021-2023
Terra String Quartet
2018-2019
Deka String Quartet
2010-2015
Teresa Carreño String Quartet, founding violist
2019
Mark Morris Dance Group US Tour, music ensemble member
2019
American String Quartet, Quintet performances, guest violist
AWARDS
2023
Silver Medal, Medalbourne International Chamber Music Competition
2023
Bronze Medal, Osaka International Chamber Music Competition and Festa Senior semi-finalist, Sphinx Competition
2022
Career Development Prize, Banff International String Quartet Competition
2022
Grand Prize, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
2019
Winner, Lunigiana International Music Festival Concerto Competition
2018
1st Prize Winner, Manhattan School of Music Ruth Widder String Quartet Competition
2014
1st Prize Winner, Maria Paula Alonzo Second Chamber Music Competition
FESTIVALS
2023
Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival
2022
Four Seasons Winter Festival in June (North Carolina)
2021
Valley of the Moon Music Festival (California)
2016- present
Classical Music Institute of San Antonio, Faculty/Artist/Soloist (Texas)
2019
Lunigiana International Music Festival (Italy)
2018
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival (New York)
2017
Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute ( California)
2016
Musica Mundi International Chamber Music Festival (Belgium)
2014
Esterhazy Palace String Quartet Festival (Austria)
2013
Salzburger Festspiele (Austria)
2010
Beethoven Fest (Germany)
SOLOIST RECITALS
2020, january
SoapBox Gallery,Brookyln, Nueva York
2019, november
Featured Recital at the Brooklyn Center Chamber Music Festival
Brooklyn, Nueva York
