Festival Hill Features: Andres Avila
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Cellist Andres Avila is one of the young musicians performing this summer at Festival Hill. Photo by MaKenzie Givan
Cellist Andres Avila grew up surrounded by music. His father studied musicology and played a traditional Venezuelan instrument named the cuatro, and his brother was a double bass player who moved to the United States to continue his music studies.
Avila began his studies at Conservatorio de Música Jose Luis Paz in Maracaibo after encouragement from his father. At age 8, he was already learning…
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