Horacio Contreras has gained esteem through his activity as a performer, pedagogue and researcher. He is a founding member of the Reverón Piano Trio, and a faculty member of the University of North Texas and the Music Institute of Chicago.

 

He is represented by Meluk Kultur Management and Halac Artists alongside his colleagues of the Reverón Piano Trio. Horacio has collaborated for performances as a concert cellist, recitalist, and chamber musician with prestigious artists, festivals, and institutions in the US, Latin America and Europe.

 

Recent engagements include chamber concerts at festivals and series such as Casals, National Gallery of Art, Chamber Music International (Dallas, TX), and Music in May (Santa Cruz CA); and concerto performances in the US and Venezuela. Horacio’s pedagogic materials have been published by Carl Fischer. His students have made solo recordings and won awards at national and international competitions including Johansen, UNISA  (South Africa), and the Milwaukee Symphony concerto competition. His former students include top-prize winners of the Paulo, Casals, Stulberg, Klein and Aspen Festival concerto competitions. They have been appointed in positions in schools of music and orchestras in Europe and Latin America. Horacio spends his summers teaching at Center Stage Strings at the University of Michigan.

 

He is the founder and Artistic Director of Strings of Latin America, an initiative that partners with the Sphinx Organization to foster diversity in the field of western art music. He studied in Venezuela, France and Spain, and holds degrees from theUniversity of Michigan. For more information visit horaciocontreras.com.