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Biography |
Ilmar Gavilan, a native of Havana, Cuba has had a remarkable and fascinating career which has taken him all over the world. Mr. Gavilan's studies began at the Havana Conservatory of music in his native country. At the age of 14, he was selected for advanced studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Later studies took him to the Reina Sofia School of Music in Spain and the Manhattan School of Music in New York. Mr. Gavilan's mentors include Glenn Dicterow, Zachar Bron, Maia Glizarova, and Abraham Stern, as well as having had private lessons with Yehudi Menuhin, Ruggiero Ricci and Isaac Stern. He is currently a DMA candidate at Rutgers University mentored by Arnold Steinhardt. Mr. Gavilan's solo performances included the Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, Detroit, Milwaukee, Phoenix, and Saint Louis symphonies and has made solo recital appearances in Cuba, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and Venezuela. Mr. Gavilan also won 1st Prize at the Sphinx Competition, and top honors at the Lipinsky-Wieniaswsky International Violin Competition in Poland, and the International Henryk Szeryng Violin Competition. His U.S. recording debut Aires Y Leyendas was released in 2002 to respectable sales and a prominent positioning by the Tower Records chain store. His second record titled "Gavilan plays Gavilan" is entirely composed by his father Guido Gavilan and is soon to be released. Ilmar Gavilan is currently the concertmaster of the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra as he regularly substitutes for the New Jersey Symphony and is the first violinist of the Harlem Quartet. He also teaches violin at the Juilliard School Music Advancement Program where he facilitated advance studies, Pre-College Division.
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