Arnold Rodríguez

Arnold Rodriguez was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1993. He was drawn to music from an early age due to the musical tradition of his home. At the age of five years he began to play violoncello. Arnold has studied in Madrid, München, Oviedo and Salzburg.

Arnold Rodriguez has a broad chamber music career. He has been invited to numerous chamber music festivals such as the “Stanford Chamber Music Festival” (UK), the “Austin Chamber Music Festival” (USA) or the “Festival Luigi Boccherini” (IT). Between 2010 and 2017 he was part of the Sarasvati String Quartet. From 2017 he plays with the Cuarteto Iberia, of which he is a founding member. He has received many awards as a chamber musician such as the 1st prize in Concurso Adolfo Salazar and in October 2014 she wins the first prize in Rotary International Chamber Music Competition in Madrid, which involves a series of concerts in Tuscany. His mentors and professors have been Tokyo String Quartet, Cuarteto Casals, Artemis Quartett, Cuarteto Quiroga, Emerson String Quartet, Vogler Quartett and Kuss Quartet. He has also been a student of Gerhard Schulz, Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet), Stephan Schilli or Ferenc Rados among others.

Arnold Rodriguez has played with orchestras like Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (OSPA) or the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (OST). He has played under the batons of distinguished conductors including Victor Pablo Perez, Perry So, Rossen Milanov, or John Holloway among others.

He performs regularly in Germany, Austria, UK, Italy, Spain and USA. Apart from his concert activity, he continues his work as a pedagogue giving lessons to young chamber music ensembles and cellists.

From 2012 he has been sponsored for chamber music by Jeunesses Musicales International.