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Venezuelan violist Ramón Carrero-Martínez ​is the winner of numerous competitions, including the First Prize in the Maria Paula Alonzo Chamber Music Competition 2014 in Caracas, First Prize in Ruth Widder String Quartet competition 2018 in NYC, and Lunigiana International Music Festival 2019 Concerto Competition in Italy. His recent engagements include performances with the American String Quartet as a guest violist, a US tour with the Mark Morris Dance Group Music Ensemble​, a South Korea tour with the New York Classical Players, and his Italian solo debut.

He was the principal violist of the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and has performed with orchestras such as the Simón Bolívar Symphony and New York Classical Players. As a chamber musician, he has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Esterházy Palace, Meany Center, MET Museum, Music@Menlo, and Lunigiana Music Festival. Mr. Carrero-Martinez ​was a member of the celebrated National System of Youth Orchestras “El Sistema” ​and previously studied economics in Venezuela. He holds a BM and MM from Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of Daniel Avshalomov.