Leonardo Vasquez
Viola Faculty
Boston-based violist Leonardo Vásquez is a dynamic musician and teacher who has performed across the U.S., South America, Europe, and Asia as a soloist, orchestral musician, and chamber recitalist. Most recently, Leonardo finished a two-year tenure with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as a Resident Fellow, performing with them at Symphony Hall, Tanglewood, Japan, and the greater Boston area.
Born and raised in Lima, Leonardo began his career with a solo performance with the National Symphony of Peru and a full scholarship at the Festival of Flanders in Ghent, Belgium. He earned his Masters and Bachelors degrees from Indiana University, studying under Ed Gazouleas, and served as co-principal as well as a featured soloist with The Orchestra Now at Bard College. A two-time Tanglewood Music Center Fellow, he has also held tenures with the Evansville Philharmonic and Owensboro Symphony.
Leonardo has worked extensively with members of the Juilliard, Pacifica, and Concord String Quartets. In 2017 his string quartet participated in an exchange program in Vienna at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien. Leonardo was a guest artist at Festival Internacional de Música de Cámara in Lima, Peru, as well as in MúsicaOcupa, in Quito, Ecuador.
