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Patricia Quintero

Patricia was born in Havana, Cuba, and started playing the violin at the age of eight. She graduated with a degree in Music Violin Performance from The Superior Institute of Arts, University in Havana, Cuba. Since then, she has performed as a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Havana and the Philharmonic orchestra of Caracas, Venezuela. Patricia worked as a Concertmaster at the Opera and Ballet Symphony Orchestra in Cuba, and Chamber Orchestra of Havana. She has played in orchestras conducted by renowned conductors such as Claudio Abbado, and Gustavo Dudamel, she also founded the Havana String Quartet and collaborated with artists such as Leo Brouwer, E. Gismonti, and Edin Karamazov.

Patricia is proud to be a member of the Sphinx Virtuosi and has toured around the country at major venues including Carnegie Hall, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Library of Congress. As a former member of the Vera Quartet, the 2016-2018 Graduate Quartet in residency at the Jacobs School of Music earned prizes at numerous competitions including Yellow Springs, Plowman, M-Prize, St. Lawrence Prize at the Wigmore Competition, and the Astral Artist 2018 National Audition. She has attended festivals such as the Chamber Music Residency at the Banff Centre, Robert Mann Seminar, Aspen Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the McGill International String Quartet Academy.

Patricia holds a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance from University of Southern Mississippi, as well as a Diploma in Solo Performance, and a Performers Diploma in Chamber Music from the Jacobs School of Music where she studied with Professor Mauricio Fuks and Pacifica Quartet. She is currently based in Houston, TX, and frequently plays with the Houston Symphony, and the Houston Grand Opera.