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Venezuelan oboist Dr. Pedro Falcón developed his musical skills through El Sistema and has taken lessons and played in masterclasses with Livio Varcol, Guido Ghetti, Andreas Wittmann, Augusto Loppi, David Walter, Olivier Doise, Diethelm Jonas, Andrés Eloy Medina, Víctor Morles, Julián Ramos, and Maurice Bourgue.

At the age of 22, he won the first chair of the oboe section in the Falcón Symphony Orchestra, one of the most important orchestras in Venezuela. Passionate about teaching music to young children, Dr. Falcón taught at the Santa Ana Conservatory of Music from 2006 to 2015, where he developed an extensive pedagogical program in conjunction with El Sistema.

Dr. Falcón was active teaching in El Sistema’s innovative musical program in jails, an experience that gave him the vision that music can be taught even in the most challenging places. In 2017, he participated in a masterclass with the famous oboist Alex Klein at the IDRS Conference, and since then he has participated in masterclasses at the Chicago Double Reed Festival.

As an oboist, Dr. Falcón has performed with Citadel Dance & Music Center of St. Joseph City, Michigan, South Carolina Philharmonic, The Long Bay Symphony, Union Symphony Orchestra (USO), The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, and Aiken Orchestra.

Dr. Falcón earned a master’s degree in music performance with Jennet Ingle at Andrews University. In 2022, he worked as faculty of the Kim Noltemy Young Musician Program of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. That same year, he developed and designed a glove for Alex Klein that helped him manage his focal dystonia.

Dr. Falcón recently completed his DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Oboe Performance at the University of South Carolina under the guidance of Hassan Anderson and Rebecca Nagel. He is a member of the International Double Reed Society.