Valdemar Rodriguez Masterclass
Clarinet Masterclass and Q&A - May 29
Clarinet Masterclass and Q&A
Accepting applications from clarinetists all over the world. Please submit a video performing the piece you would work on with Mr. Rodriguez in the masterclass.
Finalists will be asked to play live over Zoom as part of the selection process. We will facilitate meeting time that works for the selection panel and the contestant. Applications Due May 8.
Valdemar Rodriguez was Principal Clarinet of the Orchestra Simón Bolívar Symphony for 35 years. Rodriguez has performed as a soloist under the baton of Jose Antonio Abreu, Gustavo Dudamel, Eduardo Mata, Mario Benzecry, Alfredo Rugeles, Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Giancarlo Guerrero, Patricio Aizaga, Cesar Ivan Lara, Fabio Mechetti, Edmond Colomer and Dietrich Paredes, among others. He has been a jury member of important international clarinet competitions, including the Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition, the "Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition, “Clarinet Competition in Kortrijk ”, International Clarinet Competition in Ghent, UNISA Clarinet Competition among others. For 20 years he was Deputy Executive Director of the “Simón Bolívar Foundation of“ El Sistema ”and of the Simón Bolívar Music Conservatory of Venezuela. At present he is the President of the Foundation “Movimiento Musical Notes en Red”, Director of the Latin American Academy of Clarinet "Luis Rossi", Professor of Clarinet at the University of the Arts and Professor of Clarinet in the Master of Music at the Simón Bolívar University of Venezuela.