Artist Bio
Renowned as conductor, violinist, violist, and concertmaster, Guillermo Figueroa is the Music Director of both the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and the Lynn Philharmonia in Florida. Formerly, he was Artistic Director of the Music in the Mountains Festival in Colorado and Music Director of both the New Mexico and Puerto Rico symphonies. International appearances include the Toronto and Iceland symphonies, Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, and the National Symphony of Mexico. In the United States he has appeared with the orchestras of Buffalo, Detroit, New Jersey, Memphis, Phoenix, Tucson, and the New York City Ballet. His recording of Ernesto Cordero’s violin concertos for the Naxos label received a Latin Grammy. Figueroa was Concertmaster of the New York City Ballet, and a founding member and Concertmaster of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, making over fifty recordings for Deutsche Grammophon. Also accomplished on the viola, Figueroa performs frequently as guest of the Emerson, Fine Arts, American, and Orion string quartets.
