Arrangers

Composer, Arranger

Luis Fernando Ruiz

Luis Fernando Ruiz (1960) obtained his music education from the System of Youth and Children Orchestras of Venezuela under José Antonio Abreu’s guidance. He was principal of the horn section of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra for over thirty years. His international music career has been active throughout several decades, as a performer, horn teacher, and brass section coach, in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He has conducted ensembles, bands, and symphonic orchestras in Venezuela and the Americas. He has also composed and arranged music for diverse ensembles. Currently, he is the director of the National School of Horn of the “Sistema” in Venezuela.

Composer, Arranger

Javier Montilla

Javier Montilla (b. 1973) Caracas, Venezuela. Montilla has obtained his music education in flute performance from the System of Child and Youth Orchestras of Venezuela, the University Institute of Music Studies of Caracas (IUDEM, now UNEARTE), the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He has been an active arranger and member with diverse ensembles, and has also written pieces for various chamber formats.

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Composer, Arranger

Jorge Montilla

Jorge Montilla (b. 1970) Considered one of the finest clarinetists in Latin-America and one of the world’s best Eb clarinet players. He is also well known as a composer and arranger for clarinet ensemble. Montilla holds a master’s degree and an Artist Diploma from Indiana University. He has taught at Arizona State University and was chairman of the Clarinet Department at the Conservatory of Music Simón Bolívar and clarinet professor at the Latin American Academy of Venezuela. He currently serves as assistant clarinet professor at University of Iowa School of Music. Montilla represents Rossi Clarinets, D’Addario Reeds, Clarinet classics, Gao’s accessories, and BG ligatures and keeps a hectic international career as a soloist.

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Composer, Arranger

Nicolas Real

Nicolas Real (b. 1969) is a flutist, teacher, composer, and a former member of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. He holds a master’s degree from Central Michigan University and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from Temple University. His works have been commissioned and premiered by flute ensembles in the USA and Venezuela, such as the Massachusetts Flute Choir, the Brannen-Cooper Fund at Brannen Brothers Flutemakers, Inc., and the National Flute Orchestra from Venezuela, among others.

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Composer, Arranger

Orlando Cardozo

Orlando Cardozo (b. 1970) is a Venezuelan multi-instrumentalist who plays the clarinet, mandolin,and Venezuelan cuatro. HIs performances as a soloist or member of ensembles have been praised in reviews in the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Martinica, U.S.A., and Venezuela. He is well known in Venezuela as a composer, receiving important awards such as second prize at the “Primer Salón Nacional de Jóvenes Compositores, 2001” (Venezuela) and honorific mention in the “Premio Municipal de Música, 2003” (Caracas, Venezuela). His output includes works for chamber, symphonic, choral, soloist, and electro-acoustic settings. Cardozo received a bachelor’s degree in composition (Cum Laude) from the IUDEM (Caracas) and a master’s degree in composition from the Simón Bolívar University (Caracas).

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Leonardo Deán Díaz

Leonardo Deán Díaz is a bassoonist, teacher and arranger. He is currently Principal Bassonist of the National Symphony Orchestra of Uruguay and a teacher with the Child and Youth Schools of Uruguay. In Venezuela, he was a teacher at the National Bassoon Academy, principal bassoonist of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and professor at the “Universidad Experimental de las Artes” (UNEARTE). He obtained a Bachelor’s degree from UNEARTE and a Master’s degree from the “Simón Bolívar” University, under the tutelage of George Sakakeeny. As a performer and arranger, he has made important contributions to the Latin American literature for the bassoon, especially about Venezuelan compositions. He wrote a thesis on “The History of the Bassoon in Venezuela” and a “Critical Analysis of the Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra by the Venezuelan composer Eduardo Lecuna.” He has participated as a soloist and jury in international competitions such as the Meg Quigley Vivaldi and the Gillet-Fox Competition, in addition to having participated in projects of the International Double Reed Society (IDRS), the Organization of American States (OAS) and the “Corporación Andina de Fomento” (CAF).