Oscar Carnero

Born in Buenos Aires, in 1970 he began his double bass studies. He is currently the soloist at the Camerata Bariloche and the Ensamble Estación Buenos Aires. He is a professor at the Schools Orchestras Provincial Program and he also serves as professor to young musicians. He studied at Music Conservatory Manuel de Falla with maestros Hamlet Greco, Ángel Ridolfi and Nicolás Finoli. He played as soloist with Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Camerata Bariloche and Orquesta de Cámara de la Municipalidad de La Plata, giving also concerts in the Golden Hall of Teatro Colón, Auditorio de San Juan, Mar del Plata, Bariloche, Uruguay and Panama. He performed many concerts along with chamber ensembles as Cuarteto de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Sinfonietta Omega and Ensamble Instrumental Buenos Aires, and he was also member of the Orquesta del Teatro Argentino de La Plata and Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón. He was part of the "Millenium Gala Concert of the Nations" in the Lincoln Center of New York invited by the The Symphonicum Europae Foundation. He was also member of the Super World Orchestra made up of musicians out of the five continents under the conduction of maestro Yukata Sado, touring across Japan. Together with maestros Thomas Martin and Catalin Rotaru, he was part of the faculty of the International Double Bass Festival. He was awarded the Konex Award 2009 in the category "String Instrument Performer".