Varinia Oyola-Rebaza

Varinia Oyola-Rebaza started playing the viola at age nine in her native country Peru. She is currently pursuing a Professional Diploma under the tutelage of Garfield Jackson at the Royal Academy of Music and recently became the violist of the London-based Alauda String Quartet with whom she performs across Europe.
She has performed in prestigious venues as a soloist such as the Auditorio Santa Ursula in Lima-Peru closing the Peruvian Musicians Cycle, and at St. James Piccadilly, and St. Margaret’s church at Westminster Abbey with the Alauda quartet. Most recently she collaborated with Composer Andrew Norman on "Susanna" for solo viola at Royal Academy of Music’s Duke's Hall.
Varinia has been invited to renown festivals such as Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, The Quartet Program, Orford Arts Center, Oberstdorf MusikSommer, Dali International Music Festival and Great Mountains Music Festival (South Korea). She has performed in masterclasses for leading violists such as Barbara Westphal, Maxim Rysanov, and Nobuko Imai.
As an advocate of new music, she has been a member of the New Juilliard Ensemble and the Center for New Music performing at the Midwest Composers Symposium and at Lincoln Center.
Varinia holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Juilliard School as a recipient of the coveted Jerome L. Greene fellowship and a Master of Arts from the University of Iowa where she served as viola and chamber music teaching assistant. Her mentors include Heidi Castleman, Christine Rutledge, Steven Tenenbom, Charles Neidich,Helene Clement, and David Holland.

Varinia Oyola-Rebaza’s tracks

• Britten Lachrymae by Varinia Oyola-Rebaza
• Manuel de Falla- Polo by Varinia Oyola-Rebaza
• Manuel de Falla - Canción by Varinia Oyola-Rebaza
• Franz Schubert Litanei for Viola and piano by Varinia Oyola-Rebaza
• Asturiana by Manuel de Falla by Varinia Oyola-Rebaza
• György Kurtag: Signs, Games and Messages by Varinia Oyola-Rebaza