Carlos Herrera Barraza began his studies with cellist Rita Plaza Aliaga at the age of 15. In 2006 he began his formal studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile with Professor Patricio Barría and later with Julio Barrios Wattson, achieving the degree of Musical Interpreter mentioning Violoncello with maximum distinction, and in 2019 he obtained the degree of Master in Arts mentioning music under the tutelage of Martin Osten.

Carlos has taken cello lessons complementing his university studies with great teachers such as Olga Levkina and Jorge Román. He has also studied with teachers such as Heidi Litschauer, Umberto Clerici, Yuri Christiansen, Karen Ouzounian, Peter Wiley, among others.

He is currently working as assistant soloist of the Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre, where he has also recently become interim soloist of the violoncello section and is also a violoncello instructor in the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of the FOJI.

When is he going to be at the Festival?

Concert 2 - Crescendo

Kelly-Marie Murphy, Dark Energy for String Quartet

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasy Quintet

Concert 3 - Hommages

Kryzstoff Penderecki, Clarinet Quartet

Franz Schubert,String Quintet in C major D.956

Concert 4 - Closure

Johannes Brahms, String Sextet in B-Flat Major Op.18