Leonor Falcon

Violinist and violist Leonor Falcon grew up in Venezuela where she was classically trained since age 6 under the tutelage of Ivan Perez and Virginie Roibilliard, among others. While in her home country, she was part of the acclaimed chamber music group Virtuosi de Caracas and was a member of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela, all the while honing her skills in jazz and improvised music. As a freelance musician she was very active in the local music scene performing with many pop, rock, and latin groups as well as doing recording session work.

Currently Ms. Falcon is an active performer in New York City with ensembles that are dedicated to jazz, avant garde, latin and classical music. She also collaborates with the Dali String Quartet in Philadelphia every summer teaching improvisation workshops and recently has taught master classes in Cataluña, Spain. She also has been teaching violin and viola in New York City for the past 5 years to students of all ages. Ms. Falcon is a certified violin teacher for the Mark O’Connor Method.