• Master of Arts in Performance (Violin) at Trinity Laban 

September 2020 to July 2022. London, England 

• Licentiate of The Royal Schools of Music in Music Performance (violin) at The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music 

December 2017. London, England 

• Licentiate in Civil Engineering at Universidad de Guadalajara 

September 2009 to July 2014. Guadalajara, Jalisco; Mexico 

• Diploma in Performance (violin) at Fundación Álica Music School

August 2000 to July 2009. Tepic, Nayarit; Mexico 

Juan Carlos is a violinist with years of professional experience in performance. He is a very versatile musician, capable of adapting to any set up. Either orchestras, Chamber Music, Shootings or Private Events. 

Carlos’ professional experience in the UK includes Orchestras such as the BBC NOW, the BBC Concert Orchestra, and London Choral sinfonia. His highlights include his performance at the BBC PROMS 5, 6 and 32 in their 2024 edition, where he collaborated with the BBC NOW orchestra and the conductors Ryan Bancroft and Nil Vendetti. He also performed in the Summer at Snape Festival in its 2022 edition with the BBC Concert Orchestra where he collaborated with the conductor Barry Wordsworth. 

Carlos’ orchestral experience also includes orchestras outside the UK. From January 2018 to September 2021, he was a member of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Veracruz (Bocal del Rio Philharmonic Orchestra). During his time with the orchestra, he performed in high-profile concerts with conductors such as Jorge Mester, Peter Bay, Donato Cabrera, Lior Shambadal, and Eduardo Diazmuñoz, as well as with soloists like Philippe Quint, Ilya Kaler, Robert McDuffie, Philippe Entremont, Isabel Villanueva, and Robert Thies. Also, from 2014 to 2016 he worked as a guest player of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco (Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra).

His chamber music experience also started a while ago. From 2015 to 2016 he was the second concertmaster of “La Camerata del Nayar”. In 2017 he played in the SOS String Quartet. Venezuela Emergency Benefit Concert with musicians such as Juan Manuel González Hernánadez, Simon Wallfisch and Benjamin Hughes. Most recently he collaborated with the Waldstein Quartet in the Dartington Music Summer School Week 3 year 2023 as Viola guest player and chamber music coach. 

A couple of his recording highlights are the shooting he did for the Classical Apple App where he collaborated with the Music in Vision Agency, the renown pianist Alice Sara Ott, the conductor Karina Kanellakis, and the Eleanor Production Company. He also recorded the soundtrack for the BBC Series Doctor Who with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the producer Jake Johnson.

Carlos has joined Red Events & Distributions Ltd in November 2022 as a member of Mystery Ensemble. By October 2023, he was appointed First Violin and leader of the ensemble. Alongside his performance role, Carlos’s responsibilities also include discovering talented musicians to join the ensemble, distributing arrangements, organising rehearsals and coordinating musician’s schedules in collaboration with the company’s management. 

Carlos also engages in the creative direction of the ensemble, developing new programme concepts for the ensemble’s repertoire and refining already existing ones to better the experience of the listener. 

Over the past 2 years, Carlos has performed over 250 concerts with Mystery Ensemble in some of the UK’s most iconic venues, such as The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, Oxford Town Hall, The Stoller Hall, St George’s Bristol, Sheldonian Theatre and more.

Consisting of the best Latin American string players in the UK, Caribe Quartet specialises in playing light classical music from Latin America, South America and the Caribbean as well as unique arrangements of Latin and non-Latin popular songs. With a vast repertoire which spans all the way from traditional Danzon’s, Comparsas, Boleros all the way to bespoke arrangements of Buena Vista Social Club, and Santana - Caribe Quartet challenges the norms of the classic string quartet, as they bring danceable rhythms of the Caribbean to the elegant setting of the string quartet. 

Being part of the Caribe Quartet creates a meaningful connection with Latin-American music - a genre that resonates with Carlos on a personal level as a Mexican. It allows him to celebrate his heritage and share it with the audience. His very deep understanding of the specific tone and mood changes that this sort of music requires alongside his academic background makes him an irreplaceable member of  the quartet as this repertoire requires a great flexibility, knowledge of the repertoire and a very specific sense of rhythm.