ENGLISH
Venezuelan born cellist Aristides Rivas leads a versatile musical career, combining different performing and educational projects. As a cellist he plays with Boston Ballet, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, A Far Cry, Grammy nominated (best contemporary jazz album Sounding Point [Emarcy Records]) and touring band Julian Lage Group, and the emerging Voci Angelica Trio, which specializes in international folk music. Aristides also performs solo recitals and chamber music concerts, collaborating with artists such as multi Grammy winner Paquito D’Rivera and pianist Gabriela Montero. As an educator, Aristides teaches at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, Project Step in Boston and in his private home studio in Jamaica Plain. Inspired by his own training in the Venezuelan music/social program El Sistema, he has recently co-founded an afterschool music program in the city of Everett, MA, providing low cost music education for the community. Among the most prestigious venues, Aristides has performed at Carnegie Hall, Caramoor Music Festival, Jordan Hall in Boston, Newport Jazz Festival, Tanglewood, Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, North Sea Jazz in Netherlands, and the Barbican in London. Aristides studied at Baylor University in Texas and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. His teachers include Roberto Zambrano (Venezuela), Nicolai Sarpe (Venezuela/Italy), and in the US, Gary Hardie, Natasha Brofsky, and Darrett Adkins. Aristides has also studied privately with Bernard Greenhouse and Natalia Gutman.
ESPAÑOL
Aristides Rivas nació en Barinas, Venezuela. Actualmente reside en la ciudad de Boston en los Estados Unidos, y se desempeña como solista, músico de orquesta y profesor de violoncello con posiciones en la Orquesta Filarmónica de Boston, principal de la Orquesta de New England, cellista del Julian Lage Group, una banda de jazz quienes fueron nominados a los premios Grammy, y tambien el Voci Angelica Trio. Como maestro de violoncello, Rivas enseña en la Universidad de Massachusetts en Lowell, en Project Step y también en su estudio privado en Jamaica Plain. Aristides ha aparecido en escenarios prestigiosos tanto de la musica clasica como del jazz, tales como el Carnegie Hall y el Caramoor Music Festival con Paquito D'Rivera, el Jordan Hall de Boston con la pianista Venezolana Gabriela Montero, los festivales de jazz de Newport y Tanglewood en los Estados Unidos, Montreal Jazz en Canada, Montreux en Suiza, North Sea Jazz en Holanda, entre otros, con el Julian Lage Group. Rivas ha realizado sus estudios superiores en la Universidad de Baylor en Texas y el Conservatorio New England en Boston. Sus profesores en Venezuela fueron Roberto Zambrano y Nicolai Sarpe, en los Estados Unidos Gary Hardie, Natasha Brofsky y Darrett Adkins. Rivas tambien ah realizado estudios privados con Bernard Greenhouse y Natalia Gutman.
