GET TO KNOW ME!

I’m Emilse Rios, an artist, fully focused on music. My professional development as a double bass player began at the José Luis Paz Music Conservatory in Maracaibo Venezuela in 2006 with Maestro Maciej Zlotkowski. At the same time, I studied Sociology at “La Universidad del Zulia”.

Although my passion is music, being a Sociologist gave me a parallel vision and
sensitivity, which match with one of the primary objectives of the institution where I became a musician, the National System of Orchestras of Venezuela >> “Recognize music as an opportunity for personal development in the intellectual, spiritual, social and professional ”.

Since 2009 I became part of the “Latin American Academy of Double Bass”
(Caracas-Venezuela) under the tutelage of Maestro Felix Petit, where I participated
in many recitals as soloist and Master Classes with Maestros like Klauss Stoll (Berlin Philharmonic), Edicson Ruiz (Berlin Philharmonic) among others.

As a teacher I’ve been part of the staff of the Latin American Academy of Double Bass and the Simón Bolívar Music Conservatory, also participated in the formation of the double bass section of many youth orchestras belonging to
“El Sistema” (Sistema Nacional de Orquestas y Coros Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela) and “Música para la Equidad”
(Program of Youth Orchestras of Buenos Aires).

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I had the opportunity to be part of several symphony orchestras like: Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra (2007-2009), The Orchestra of the Americas (2008), Caracas Youth Orchestra (2010-2013), The Simon Bolivar Baroque Orchestra (2015-2016), Municipal Orchestra of Florencio Varela (2017-2019), among others; Also I received severals invitations to participate in many double bass sections such as: The Buenos Aires Philharmonic (2017), The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra (2010-2015) participating, with the latter, in multiple international tours such as the Lucerne Festival (2010) with Maestro Claudio Abbado, BBC Proms London (2010), Mahler Festival at the Walt Disney Hall (Los Angeles 2012), Salzburg Festival (2013) , Tchaikovsky Festival at Walt Disney Hall (Los Angeles 2014) with maestro Gustavo Dudamel. I was also invited on many occasions with various orchestras to perform concerts in large venues such as the Royal Festival Hall in London, the Henry Le Boeuf Hall of the Palace of Fine Arts in Brussels, Die Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, La Philharmonie de Paris, among many others. I’m currently associate principal at the Municipal Symphonic Orchestra of Avellaneda and the Teachers’ Orchestra of the Argentine Catholic University (UCA); Also, I’m constantly invited to be part of multiple independent artistic projects.

2023 Emilse Ríos | Double Bass Player