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Alcides Rodriguez

Bass Clarinet, Atlanta Symphony

Alcides Rodriguez is currently the bass clarinetist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He received his Masters Degree in Music Performance from Northwestern University. He studied clarinet with Russell Dagon, and at the same time, studied bass clarinet with J. Lawrie Bloom and chamber music with Larry Combs. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Performance from Baylor University, where he studied with Richard Shanley. Alcides began his musical training in 1987, in the Youth Symphony Orchestra of his hometown, Guanare, Venezuela. He continued his clarinet studies at the National Conservatory of Music of Venezuela with Professors Valdemar Rodríguez and Luis Rossi respectively. While in Venezuela, he also studied with distinguished Venezuelan clarinetists such as Jorge Montilla, Daniel Granados and Carlos Mujica, as well as participating in master classes with such distinguished artists as Walter Boeykens, Paul Meyer, and Eddy Vanoosthuyse.In 1995 Alcides was a semifinalist in the clarinet competition “Ciudad de dos Hermanas” in Seville, Spain. The following year he won first place in the concerto competition of the American Youth Symphony Orchestra of Puerto Rico to play the Jean Francaix’s Clarinet Concerto. In 1997 Alcides gave the first performance in Venezuela of Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto. Alcides also won first place in the Baylor University 1999 Concerto Competition, first place in the instrumental division of the 2001 Young Texas Artist Music Competition in Conroe, second place in the instrumental division of the 2001 Kingsville Competition, runner-up in the 2001 Orchestral Excerpts Competition of the International Clarinet Association, and winner of the Northwestern University 2003 Concerto Competition. Alcides has also participated in various summer music festivals, including the National Repertory Orchestra and the National Orchestral Institute, both in the United States, and the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. Before coming to the United States, Alcides was the principal clarinetist with Los Llanos Symphony Orchestra from 1992 to 1998. He has performed as a soloist in Venezuela with Los Llanos Symphony Orchestra, Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Symphony Orchestra, Guarico State Symphony Orchestra, Falcon State Symphony Orchestra, and in the United States with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra, and the American Wind Symphony. Alcides Rodriguez is a Buffet Crampon USA Performing Artist.

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Tosca 1195
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