Samantha María Tarazona Vásquez was born in West Palm Beach, USA, on April 1, 2012. In 2018, she joined the National System of Youth Orchestras and Choirs of Lara State, Venezuela (El Sistema). in the Pequeño Schumann Band and the Vicente Emilio Sojo Conservatory. In 2022, she entered the National Violin School, Barquisimeto extension, and in 2023, the Simón Bolívar Music Conservatory.
She has participated in various seminars on violin technique and basic principles, led by Licentiate Raymar Cumare and Professor Rayson Cumare. In December 2022, she conducted the Barquisimeto Children’s and Youth Orchestras’ Concert. She has attended Master Classes with Maestro Carlos Luis Perdomo, Professor Ausberto Rivas, Professor Mariesther Álvarez, Professor Patricia M, and Professor Jesus Linarez. She participated in a special concert by the Children’s Violin Ensemble of Licentiate Raymar Cumare’s Chair for Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, where she excelled as principal in the second violin section.
As a soloist, she has performed J. S. Bach’s A minor Concerto. With the Lara Symphony Orchestra, she performed A. Vivaldi’s D major Concerto, a performance that earned her 2nd place in the Charleston Music Competition International contest. She has given various recitals accompanied by piano, performing works by composers such as G. Telemann, J. Vivaldi, S. Suzuki, N. Laureaux, H., E. Trott, and Venezuelan works like “El Tramao” by composer Luis Alfredo Laguna. These recitals were held at the National Violin School.
It is worth noting that she has received individual lessons from professors and maestros such as Ricardo Jerez, Ivette Cisneros, Eliana Campins, Carlos Luis Perdomo, Raymar Cumare, and Rayson Cumare. She is also part of the Young Orchestral Conductors Training Program, where she has received classes from Maestro Felipe Izcaray. As an orchestral conductor, In December 2022, she conducted masterpiece Silent Nigth with the Barquisimeto Children’s and Youth Orchestras’ Concert .she has won international awards in the online World Best Musicians Competition (December 2024) with W.A. Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” securing 3rd place, and was also awarded 3rd place in the online Bach International Competition (October 2024) with Hungarian Dance #5 J. Brahms.
Currently, she belongs to the National Violin School and the Simón Bolívar Music Conservatory, and she is part of the first violin section of the Juan Guillermo Iribarren Youth Symphony Orchestra of Barquisimeto.
You can find Samantha’s 2023 Baroque Music Competition violin performance here.
Watch Samantha Maria Tarazona perform Violin Concerto in A Minor by J.S. Bach on the violin for the 2025 Summer Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.