Violin & Viola Lessons with Samuel D.

Samuel D., Brazilian violist, began his musical studies at age 12. Samuel has spent a large part of his musical journey pursuing the career of an orchestral musician, and he has performed with orchestras such as the Experimental Repertoire Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra, USP Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Municipal Theater of São Paulo, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Lagrange Symphony, Albany Symphony, Schwob Philharmonic, Lynn Philharmonia, South Florida Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony and Palm Beach Symphony.

As a chamber musician, he was a member of Camerata Fukuda (of which he was principal for one season) and he also participated in the chamber music series from the Experimental Repertoire Orchestra as a member of some of the string quartets. In 2015, he was invited to perform in a series of chamber music concerts with members of the Berlin Philharmonic at the music festival in Trancoso, Brazil. In 2019, he played his first concert as a soloist with Park University Orchestra. In 2023 Samuel was awarded by Columbus State University with the Schwob School of Music’s Senior Performance Honors as result of his senior recital.

As a teacher, since 2023, Samuel is a mentor at Samuel Vargas Foundation where he enjoys guide music students from south of America.

Currently Samuel is a first year DMA student in music performance at Cleveland Institute of Music under guidance of Professor Sheila Browne.