Luis Biava is Principal Cellist of Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO). His family represents four generations of classical, Latin and jazz musicians. His first cello studies were with his uncle Miguel Uribe in his native Colombia. Mr. Biava still performs regularly in the Trio Biava-Uribe with his aunt (Blanca Uribe, piano) and his father (Luis Biava, violin).

He attended the University of Michigan, and obtained a Master’s degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Gabo Rejto, Samuel Mayes, Elsa Hilger, Oliver Edel, and Leonard Rose.

Mr. Biava has performed locally as cello soloist with the Columbus Symphony, Westerville Symphony, and Upper Arlington Civic Orchestra. He has soloed with the symphonies of the University of Michigan and Temple University. In Colombia, he has performed as cello soloist with the Bogotá Symphony, the Filamonica de Bogotá, and the Antioquia Symphony of Medellin. In March 2005, he performed the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto with the National Symphony of Colombia. He has recorded Fauré’s Elegy with the CSO.

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