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Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Willy Sucre studied at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in La Paz, Colby College Chamber Music Institute in Waterville, Maine, Mannes School of Music in New York, and Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland. Sucre has been conductor and music director of the Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra, assistant conductor and principal violist of the Canada Symphony Orchestra in Montreal, assistant conductor and assistant principal violist of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, principal violist and guest conductor of the National Symphony of Bolivia, principal violist and guest conductor of the Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, and principal violist and guest conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of La Paz. This past year Sucre performed with the Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra as viola soloist. In the summer of 2004 he performed as viola soloist in three concerts in Cochabamba and La Paz, Bolivia.
Photo Left: November 10, 2002 PAS concert with Michael Stordahl on Clarinet and Pamela Pyle on Piano. |
Photo Left: PAS September 15, 2002 concert with Joan Zucker on Cello with Bernard Zinck & David Felberg on Violins |
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PAS March 24 & 25, 2001 concert with the Da Vinci String Quartet. |
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Currently, Sucre is a member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and is the driving force behind the "Willy Sucre &
Friends" concerts.
During the summer, Sucre
travels throughout South America to pursue his major interests,
which are to find new works of chamber music by modern composers and to
encourage composers both here and in South America to write new pieces,
especially piano quartets. He enjoys playing with other musicians and ensembles
of diverse instrumentation. As a chamber musician, Sucre was the founder of the Cuarteto Boliviano and guest violist with various chamber music ensembles, and
for ten years the violist of the Helios String Quartet. His experience includes
extensive chamber music concerts, lectures and school demonstrations, CD
recordings, and television performances throughout South, Central, and North
America.
