New York-based Venezuelan violist Ramon Carrero-Martinez won Grand Prize at the 2022 Fischoff Competition as a member of the Terra String Quartet and has won other competitions in the US, Italy, and Venezuela. He has toured the US with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Branford Marsalis, performed as guest violist with the American String Quartet, and made his debut as a  soloist in the US with the New York Classical Players in the World Premiere of James Ra Triple Viola Concerto. Carrero-Martínez has performed at Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Chicago Symphony Hall, and Esterhazy Palace, among other venues. He was a member of the celebrated Venezuelan National System of Youth Orchestras “El Sistema” and holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Daniel Avshalomov. For more info visit – ramoncarreromartinez.com