An
accomplished string player, George
Anthony Figueroa has successfully toured
as both soloist and chamber musician
throughout the Caribbean, Brazil, Germany,
Mexico, and the United States. He is a
former member of the La Catrina Quartet,
winner of the 2007 Young Performers Career
Advancement Showcase, providing the group
with
a performance
at Carnegie Hall’s prestigious Weill Recital
Hall. His concert engagements have included
recitals in many prestigious chamber concert
series, including the series of the West
Coast Da Camera Society, the Music Guild, as
well as the Kent Blossom Chamber Player
Series, Johns Hopkins University’s Music at
the Evergreen and Nantucket Musical Arts
Society. Mr. Figueroa’s international
engagements also include Festival de Musica
de Camara in Mexico, where he collaborated
with musicians and ensembles such as Yo Yo
Ma, Brentano, Miami and Turtle Island String
Quartet. He has also recorded for various
public radio programs including Cleveland’s
PBS/NPR broadcast. Currently, Mr. Figueroa
forms part of New York’s prestigious Musica
de Camara, a core of young Latin American
string chamber players whose mission is to
help promote music from different Latin
American composers. He is also the Artistic
Director of Bach Fest, a multinational
Summer/Camp Chamber Music series for young
and gifted players in western North
Carolina. He also is a member of the faculty
at Appalachian State University in Boone,
North Carolina.
