William is a Venezuelan cello performer. He started his music career in the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela in 1998. In 2004, he received an Outstanding Career in Music Award from Trujillo State, Venezuela. He successfully auditioned to join the cello section of the Regional Mérida State Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Merida State Symphony Orchestra, where he performed from 2007 to 2014. Most recently, he was awarded an Artist Diploma in Cello Performance from Duquesne University, where he studied with Adam Liu.
He began studying voice performance at Universidad de Los Andes in 2011 and that same year he won an audition to join the university’s choir. He participated in productions as a baritone (opera and musical theater).
As a teacher, he has worked in the System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, and several international festivals. As a performer, he has played with world-renowned conductors, including Benjamin Zander, Gustavo Dudamel, Joshua Dos Santos, and Cesar Ivan Lara. He has also performed in several
international festivals with musicians from institutions such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic and Gothenburg Symphony.
Currently he is a candidate for the M.M. in Performance at Duquesne University, while he performs with orchestras in the area, such as Butler County Symphony Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, and Wheeling Symphony Orchestra.