Raúl Aquiles Delgado, a young conductor and cello player, was born to a renowned family of Venezuelan musicians in 1989. He started his professional conducting studies under the guidance of Venezuelan maestros such as Rodolfo Saglimbeni, Alfredo Rugeles, Teresa Hernandez, and his father, conductor and composer, Raúl Delgado Estevez. These important figures have been his main tutors throughout his career.

 

     At the same time, Raúl attends regular classes and seminars with famed maestros such as Antonio Mayorca, Pablo Castellanos, Eduardo Marturet, Mario Benzecry, and has continued with the guidance and advice from the founder of the National Network of Youth and Children Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela, maestro José Antonio Abreu.

 

     He began his cello studies with maestro Alejandro Sarda, and has attended master classes and lectures with maestros German Marcano, Omaira Naranjo, Franci Vasquez, Gary Hoffman, and Nicolae Sarpe. In spite of this, Raúl Aquiles Delgado has not abandoned his passion for the cello, combining this passion with his conducting career. He is currently studying at the Academia Latinoamericana de Violoncello and is being tutored by maestro William Molina. He is an active participant in chamber music events, collaborating and performing with different groups.

 

     He has performed, since 2009, the role of conductor of the San Antonio de Los Altos Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Altos Mirandinos Youth Symphony Orchestra. At the same time, he performs activities such as itinerant conductor, at a national level, of “El Sistema”. Additionally, Raúl Aquiles has been invited to conduct the National Flutes Orchestra, the Guárico Symphony Orchestra, the Miranda Symphony Orchestra, the Trujillo Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Caracas Youth Symphony Orchestra, and others. 

 

     More recently, he had the responsibility of working as Assistant conductor of maestro Eduardo Marturet in conducting the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. Among his most praised presentations, it is important to mention his conducting of the Aragua Youth Symphony Orchestra and Choirs of Antonio Estevez’ Cantata Criolla