Nelly Guevara
Violin Faculty at California State University, Northridge, CAOver the past 10 years, she served as the Assistant Principal 2nd violin, Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires, Teatro Colón ArgentinaShe was Assistant Concertmaster Gulbenkian Orchestra PortugalWith the Albeniz String Quartet, they were top String Quartet at the Reina Sofía School of Music SpainWinner of the Young Soloists & Gold Medal Competitions National Symphony Orquestra of Costa Rica Costa Rica
Originally a Honduran/Argentinian violinist, Nelly Guevara received her Bachelor's Degree at the National Institute of Music in Costa Rica, where she studied with J. Castillo.
She also earned her Artist Diploma at the "Reina Sofia School of Music" in Madrid, where she studied with Rainer Schmidt and Marco Rizzi, and at the International Institute of Chamber Music of Madrid with Prof. Ralf Gothoni.
She was honored as a member of the “Albeniz Quartet”, the top string quartet at the Reina Sofía School of Music, receiving the award from Her Majesty the Queen Sofía of Spain.
She also won the gold medal at the “Young Soloists Competition” of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica and subsequently performed with the orchestra as a soloist.
She attended several international music festivals in America and Europe such as the Ibero-American Orchestra, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, World Orchestra, and the Santander Music Festival.
She participated in violin master classes with Leon Spierer, Ana Chumachenco, Oleh Krysa, and Mauricio Fuks. She received chamber music lessons with members of the Alban Berg String Quartet members and Menahem Pressler.
Guevara has had the privilege of working under the direction of multiple renowned conductors and artists including Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, V. Ashkenazy, Carl St. Clair, Eiji Oue, Lawrence Foster, Jordi Savall, P. Zukerman, Midori, Joshua Bell and M. Maisky, among others.
She has held positions with orchestras such as the National Symphony Orchestras of Costa Rica and Colombia, a position as assistant concertmaster at the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Portugal, and recently at the Teatro Colón with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires in the position of assistant principal 2nd violin.
She graduated with a master’s degree in music performance at CSUN where she served as an assistant to Dr. Lorenz Gamma. She is now a violin faculty member at CSUN.