Lidanys Graterol

Cellist Lidanys Graterol discovered her passion for the cello at the age of eight, at the Ateneo de Coro in Falcón, Venezuela. She began her studies as a part of José Antonio Abreu’s System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras of Venezuela, known as “El Sistema”.

 

Lidanys was the first prize winner in the 2021 International Grande Music Competition, in which the award included performing in New York City at the Kaufman Music Center Merkin Concert Hall. Also a winner of the 2020 CCPA SOLO Competition, Graterol performed the Dvorak Cello Concerto as soloist at Symphony Center in Chicago, with the CCPA Symphony Orchestra. In 2022 she was part of the Pacific Music Festival, taking place in Sapporo, Japan and received coachings from members of the Berliner Philharmoniker and Wiener Philharmoniker. The next year in 2023, she toured throughout Germany with the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchester.

 

Lidanys studied cello performance at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where she studied with Richard Hirschl. Lidanys is a former member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and an affiliate artist with Guarneri Hall NFP. She performs on a cello made by Charles, J.B. Collin Mezin.