Pedro Falcòn

Pedro Falcon is a young oboist from Venezuela, who developed his musical skills in El Sistema in Venezuela. At the age of 22, he won the first chair of the oboe section in the Falcon Symphony Orchestra, one of the most important orchestras in Venezuela. Pedro also is passionate about teaching music to young children. Pedro was the oboe professor at the Santa Ana Conservatory of Music from 2006 to 2015, where he developed an extensive pedagogical activity in which he participated in the creation of the nucleus from El Sistema. Pedro also was an active teacher in the innovative musical program by El Sistema in jail; this experience gave him the vision that music can be taught even in the most challenging places. Pedro conducted sectional workshops for the Falcon Youth Symphony Orchestra from El Sistema 2006-2015. When Pedro participates in El Sistema, he took oboe lessons and master classes with Livio Varcol, Guido Ghetti, Andreas Wittmann, Augusto Loppi, David Walter, Olivier Doise, Diethelm Jonas, Andrés Eloy Medina, Víctor Morles, Julián Ramos, and Maurice Bourgue. In 2017, he participated in a master class with the famous oboist Alex Klein at the International Double Reed Society Conference. In 2018, he participated in oboe masterclasses with Sherry Sylar, Stephen Colburn, and Lisa Kozenko at the Chicago Double Reed Festival. Pedro was the first oboist in the St. Joseph Municipal Band from 2016 to 2019. Also, Pedro has participated as an oboist at Citadel Dance & Music Center of St Joseph City, Michigan, South Carolina Philharmonic, The Long Bay Symphony, Union Symphony Orchestra (USO), The United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, and Aiken Orchestra. Pedro got a master's degree in music performance with Jennet Ingle at Andrews University. In 2022 Pedro worked as faculty of the Kim Noltemy Young Musician Program from the Dallas Symphony, a program based on el Sistema. Currently, Pedro is pursuing a Doctoral degree in Musical Arts at the University of South Carolina under Hassan Anderson. Pedro is a member of the International Double Reed Society.