Violin concert in partnership with Aspria la Rasante - Astrid Rios of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra

In partnership with Aspria la Rasante, Cambre Expo is proud to present a recital by Astrid Rios of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra.

As with previous concerts, the doors will open at 6 p.m., as we will be presenting an exhibition of paintings and photographs.

Biography of Astrid Rios:

Born in Honduras, she took her first steps in music in Tegucigalpa. During her final year of studies, she was invited to travel to various Central American countries, joining the Young Orchestra and Choir of Centroamérica (JOCCA) festival.

She was engaged by the Honduras Philharmonic Orchestra for 3 years before beginning her university studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. After taking part in the Festival Internacional de Música Pochote as a soloist, she began her studies at the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR). In Costa Rica, she plays with the country's most renowned orchestras: Orquesta Nacional de Costa Rica, Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia, Orquesta Sinfónica de la UCR, among others, as Konzertmeister and soloist in some of them. At the same time, she gave violin lessons at various private academies and became assistant professor of music theory at the UCR.

Astrid has received masterclasses from Rachel Barton Pine, Augustin Leon Ara, Andreas Neufeld, Erez Ofer, Niek Baar, Saul Bitran, Rachel Wong, Harvey Thurmer, Lin He, and Roberto Alonso Trillo.

She received a full scholarship for two consecutive years to attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. She participated in the soloist competition and was selected as concertmaster and section leader on several occasions.

She completed her baccalaureate in violin at the UCR with distinction. She then began her second bachelor's degree, this time at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, with Leonid Kerbel and then Veronique Bogaerts. She continued to perfect her skills with a master's degree in violin with Ayako Tanaka and a second didactic master's degree. During her stay in Brussels, she attended masterclasses with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Hilary Hahn, and took masterclasses with Guillaume Sutre, Erin Keef, Florent Brémond and Vicente Anton.

Astrid has played with the Orchestre du CrB, the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, the Accademia de la Esperanza in Bruges, Accademia Vicino (IT), Etesiane Orchestra, the Orchestre Sotiropoulos (Montpellier) and is employed as Konzertmeister of the Orchestre des étudiants de Louvain-la-Neuve (OSEL), as well as numerous orchestral and/or chamber music projects such as the Festival Courant d'Air, Carte Blanche Violon and the Festival de Femmes dans la musique, among others.