LUIS CASAL VIOLIN/VIOLA
A concert artist in both the violin and the viola, Luis Casal was awarded “Remarkable Citizens of Panama 2015" by Panama’s National
Commission Pro Civic Values and Morals. Mr. Casal is vice president of the Sinfonía Concertante Foundation of Panama, an honorary academic adviser to the Alfredo Saint Malo Music Festival, viola instructor at The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program (MAP), and violin/viola instructor at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Lucy Moses School at the Kaufman Music Center, the Washington Heights Community Conservatory of Fine Arts, and the Opportunity Music Project. He has performed and/or given master classes in the Bahamas, England, France, Japan, Italy, Romania, Spain, the United States, and Uruguay.
An experienced orchestra player, Mr. Casal has held the position of Principal Violist ad honorem of the National Symphony of Panama, Principal Violist of the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertmaster of the Butler Symphony Orchestra in Butler, Pennsylvania, and guest concertmaster of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra.
He is co-founder and member of the Camerata Alfredo De Saint Malo, and currently performs as concertmaster of the
ADCA Symphony Orchestra, concertmaster of the BCCO (Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra), principal violist of the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, and violinist of the quartet Ensemblast.
Mr. Casal is also enthusiastic about collaborating with modern composers having premiered pieces by Carlos Bernales, Dinos Constantinides, Alexandra Dubois, Jorge Figueroa, Mikolja Gorecki, Howard Lew, Ricardo Risco, Bartosz Smoragiewicz, and Norberto Ulloa.
