Ebedit Fonseca - Violin 1

Ebedit Fonseca is a Venezuelan violinist formed in El Sistema and trained at the Latin American Violin Academy under Francisco Díaz, Sergio Celis, and José Francisco del Castillo. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Venezuela and Peru, and in 2013 received an Honorable Mention at the Juan Bautista Plaza National Violin Competition. In 2015, he toured Europe as a member of the Caracas Youth Orchestra. By 2017, he was appointed soloist and member of the Piura Symphony Orchestra in Peru.

In 2022, Fonseca was awarded a scholarship to pursue a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance at Roosevelt University under the guidance of Almita Vamos. He is currently a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (third chair, first violin section), the West Michigan Symphony, and The Orchestra of San Antonio (TX). He was also named runner-up for the Grant Park Music Festival Fellowship.

Michigan Arts & Culture Council
National Endowment for the Arts