Ana Paola Rincones

At an early age, she began her musical studies inside the Youth and Children’s Orchestras of Venezuela at Margarita Island, where she was a member of the Symphony Orchestra of Nueva Esparta state. Ana Paola continues her studies at the Simón Bolívar Conservatory of Music in Caracas, with the tutoring of Andrés Eloy Rodríguez, and furthermore at the Latin-American Flute and Piccolo Academy alongside Enver Cuervos.

Ana’s other studies and experience includes courses and festivals in Greece, Spain, France, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and many others. She has been under the tutoring of great Maestros such as Peter-Lukas Graf, Michael Hasel, Jean-Louis Beaumadier, Philippe Bernold, Birgut Ramsl, Alexa Still, Claude Lefebvre, Wil Offermans in addition, some of the most renowned Venezuelan Maestros: Antonio Naranjo, Marco Granados, Raimundo Pineda, Enver Cuervos, Víctor Rojas, Nicolás Real, Andrés E. Rodríguez, and more.

Ana Paola participated in the IX edition of the "Union de las Artes" (Arts Union) Festival in Guama-Yaracuy (2003), also participated at the Primer "Encuentro Latinoamericano de Flauta" (1st. Latin-American Flute Meeting) in Caracas (2000); the XVI "Festival Internacional de Música de Cámara de la Colonia Tovar" (XVI Colonia Tovar Chamber Music International Festival); "Encuentro Nacional de Flauta in Caracas (2006)" (National Flute Meeting 2006); "Academie Internationale d'Ete de Nice" in France (2008) (Nice International Summer Academy); The International Flute Summer Course in Spain (2008); "Flutemeetings" in Greece 2009 and, the Flute Academy in Villa de Leyva - Colombia (2010) where she won the second place for her outstanding participation; XVII Festival Latinoamericano de Música (XVII Latin American Music Festival) in Caracas 2012; the World Flute Festival in Argentina (2012); XVIII – XIX Festival Latinoamericano de Música (XVIII – XIX Latin American Music Festival) in Caracas 2013-14 and many others.

In 2007, Ana Paola Rincones won the competition to play in the flute section of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra at Caracas-Venezuela. In 2010 she qualified as finalist in the “II Concurso Nacional de Flauta y Piccolo de Jóvenes Solistas Yamaha” (II Young Yamaha Soloists Flute and Piccolo National Competition) in flute and piccolo category.

She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from the “Universidad Experimental de las Artes”. Nowadays, she was a flute and piccolo player for the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher Ana Paola has more than 10 years of experience with students around Venezuela in “núcleos” (centers) of the Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela. Additionally, she became in one of the flute teachers of Simón Bolívar Conservatory of Music, "El Sistema", Latin-American Flute and Piccolo Academy, and had a private lessons studio.

As a performer, Ana Paola participates as a flutist and piccoloist in academic projects and is constantly cooperating with composers of contemporary music made in and out of Venezuela, also she is associate director of ASOFLAVEN (National Flutist Association of Venezuela).

Her first album “Elegante Guajira” vol.1 is a tribute to her Colombian roots, album that won the Pepsi Music Awards 2017 as Best Classical Album, she is also making inroads into the design with the collaboration of industrial designer Adriana Toledo, with whom it was possible to launch her first line of flutebags called “Auctor”. Also, is studying a Master in Music at the Simón Bolívar University under the instruction of Andrés E. Rodríguez.

Ms. Rincones is a Tv Host of the tv show “El País Orquesta” (the orchestral country) who talks about the orchestras and musical ensembles of the Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela. Ana Paola Rincones is based in Los Ángeles performing with classical, experimental and modern music in different projects, she also teaches for Santa Monica Youth Orchestra, Pluralistic School One, A Place Called Home and, maintains a private flute studio.