Elias Abraham-Foscolo

El futuro no pertenece a quien lo espera, sino a quien lo prepara!!! Born in Mendoza (Argentina), city where starts his clarinet´ studies at the age of nine. In September 2009 he obtained his bachelor´s Degree in Clarinet at the “Universidad Nacional de Cuyo” with his thesis “Music, path to a better world.” He has attended courses and master classes of clarinet with recognizes professors: Alain Damiens, Romain Guyot (France), Favio Di Cassolla, Frédéric Rapin (Switzerland), Anton Hollich (Germany), Calogero Palermo (Italy), Jon Manasse, Jonathan Colher (USA), Harri Maki (Finland), Valdemar Rodríguez (Venezuela), François Benda, Cristiano Alves, Ovanir Buosi, Diego Grandene (Brazil) and in Argentina with Mariano Froioni, Carlos Céspedes and Mariano Rey. He has participated at the Principals South American Festivals like: “Campos do Jordao”, “Santa Catarina” and “Canela” (Brazil), “Guadalquivir Orchestral Festival” (Bolivia) and “Mercosur Youth Symphony Orchestra” (Paraguay). He has worked conducted by Maestros like: Lior Shambadal (Israel), David Svec (Check Republic), David Handel, Jay Friedman (USA), Darco Butorak (Canada), Roberto Minczuk, Alex Klein, Ricardo Castro (Brazil), Nicolas Rauss (Switzerland), Lucía Zicos (Argentina), having the opportunity of playing Clarinet and Bass Clarinet at Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben", Wagner's "Lohengrin" and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" together with prominent soloists such as Miriam Freidman (Violin), Romain Guyot (Clarinet), David Walter (Oboe), Mílan Turkovic (Fagot), Ori Kam (Viola), Richard Bishop (Piano) among others. In Argentina he has been selected through a competitive process to participate in the Cycle of “Young Talents” 2006 and 2008 with the Symphony Orchestra of the National University of Cuyo to perform C.M. von Weber´s N°2 and W.A. Mozart's KV-622 Concertos. Between 2008 and 2009 he has been taken a postgraduate course at the Liceo Conservatory in Barcelona (Spain), fellowship awarded by the Fundación Carolina. In December 2009 he finished in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) an Open Course in Clarinet at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Recently he was selected soloist to play join Philharmonische Orchester Budweis (Check Republic) the Ástor Piazzolla´s piece “Contemplación y Danza” at the International Summer Academy Biel (Switzerland); country where is living and taking his studies from Master´s Degree performance in clarinet. At age 24, he is known in his country as a prominent cultural developer. He has participated in courses and conferences in “culture, art and society”, of which his latest participation in the Conference of Cultural Entrepreneurs of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is worthy of mention. He is creator and artistic advisor of the EJMT (“Youth Meeting Music for All”) – Orchestral Festival which is celebrated biannually in Argentina-. He is President of the AMT (“Music for All Association”); Institution whose aim is to stimulate the practice and study of classical music while attempting to raise collective awareness of the importance and of the social role that music entails.