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César Avilés is a violinist/composer born in Puerto Rico in 1985. He graduated from the Conservatory of Puerto Rico with degrees in music performance and composition. His professional debut as a composer occurred when he was invited to play his Caprice no.1 for violin solo on the Fox News in a commercial about the Eastern Music Festival musicians, where he was the concertmaster of the orchestra in in the 2007 season. The same year the Eastern Music Festival chamber orchestra performed one of his most acclaimed pieces ("Viejos Tiempos", for string orchestra), which was also performed by the Bayamon Symphony Orchestra in their concert Season in Puerto Rico. In 2008, Cesar was the first place winner of the Puerto Rico Conservatory concerto competition which led to a performance as a soloist with the conservatory orchestra and the premier of his Violin Concerto "A Violinist's Dream," performed by Aviles, with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra. As a violinist he has performed with the Puerto Rico Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras. He is a current member of the World Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra of the Americas. Cesar has been in several workshops and festivals around the world and has taken master classes with today's most prolific figures in music.
