Violinist and violist Leonor Falcon performs around New York City in ensembles dedicated to jazz, avant-garde, Latin, and classical music. Some collaborations and performances include Willie Colon’s band, Akua Dixon’s Quartette Indigo, Sirius Quartet, Camila Meza and the Nectar Orchestra, Arturo O’Farrill Latin Jazz Orchestra, Maelo and the Latinoexperimental Project, Karl Berger Improvisers Orchestra, OKwarteto, Mimi Jones and the Black Madonna, Linda Oh’s Aventurine, Pablo Vergara, Michael Leonhart, Sarah Bernstein’s Veer Quartet, among others.
Recent projects are Peach and Tomato, an improvising strings duo with violinist Sana Nagano, releasing a debut album, “The Ultimate Pairing,” in 2019, her solo debut album, “Imaga Mondo,” in 2017, and CHAMA, a trio of jazz and avant-rock. Leanor released her first record in 2016, a live record in 2017, and three singles in 2020 (all released on her label FalconGumba Records). https://www.falcongumbarecords.com/
Leonor has been teaching in NYC for the last 11 years to students of all ages. She primarily uses the O’Connor Method, in which she’s a certified teacher, and she has also been a faculty member at the O’Connor Method summer camp since 2016. For more information: www.leonorfalcon.com.