Aniel Caban: Viola

Aniel Cabán began his viola studies at the age of 8 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He has attended world renowned summer music festivals including Interlochen Arts Camp, Meadowmount School of Music, National Repertory Orchestra, Festival Casals de Puerto Rico, The Yehudi Menuhim Chamber Music Festival and The Sarasota Music Festival. His primary viola instructors have included Stanley Konopka, Erika Eckert, Eugene Becker and Guillermo Figueroa. He has studied Chamber Music with Peter Salaff, James Dunham, The Takács String Quartet, The Cavani String Quartet, Anne Epperson and Robert Levin.

Mr. Cabán received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Viola Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music (2002) and a Master of Music from the University of Colorado-Boulder (2006), where he was the recipient of The Gabor Ormai Viola Award. He is currently an active chamber musician in the Boulder area, as well as Principal Violist of the Boulder Chamber Orchestra and a member of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra. He plays regularly with the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Cabán currently teaches at the Peach Piano Studio and the Flatirons String Academy in Boulder.