Uruguayan violinist Javier Orman has been called an “excellent musician, called for great things in his career” (Revista Sinfónica, Uruguay) and his performances have been qualified by the press as "exciting, vibrant" (La Industria, Peru) and "passionate, exuberant" (klassicaa.com). He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife Janai, a soprano at Los Angeles Opera's Young Artist Program.
In 2011, Javier formed Dúo del Sol with guitarist Tom Farrell. Together, they have performed their original compositions all around Los Angeles and recently released their first album, 'Mirá', available at duodelsolmusic.com, iTunes and other digital stores.
Javier plays with Entropy Ensemble, a group that bypasses all musical boundaries in favor of a fresh and powerful artistic vision. While touring their Radiohead Project, an exploration of the British band’s music in a chamber-music/jam-session format, the Authentic Arden (Arden, DE) said: “Orman is to his violin what Steve Vai is to the guitar. His range is fascinating; in one song he moves from smooth, fluid sounds to sharp, piercing passages. The audience is extremely receptive to this new style of music.” Entropy Ensemble recently presented a multi-media production (‘Between the Lines’) in Charleston featuring pianist Christopher O’Riley, Annex Dance Company and students from the College of Charleston. Javier performed J.S. Bach’s Ciaccona for solo violin with a modern choreography by Allyn Wong.
Javier regularly performs with La Belle Musique, an ensemble which showcases music of the 17th & 18th centuries, notably that of women composers. He has given numerous performances with Peruvian pianist Pedro Uceda since early 2008, exploring non-standard repertoire. Together they have performed in Charleston, SC; Washington, DC; Lima, Peru and Quito, Ecuador. In 2004, Javier co-founded the Terranova Piano Trio. The group was praised by the press for its performances, dedicated mostly to Latin-American repertoire. Terranova toured Latin America in 2006 with more than twenty recitals and solos with orchestra.
Born in Israel, Javier grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he was introduced to the violin at an early age by Ludmilla Cavallaro. As a teenager, he played tango and rock & roll, trained at the intensive seminars offered by the National Network of Youth and Children Orchestras of Venezuela (“El Sistema”), and gave recitals in some of the country’s most prestigious auditoriums. He also trained in Buenos Aires with Beatriz Ridilenir.
Javier received his Master’s degree from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Yehonatan Berick with a full scholarship. Before, he studied with Lee-Chin Siow at the College of Charleston, where he received numerous awards for his academic achievements in Music and Mathematics, and completed Bachelor degrees in both areas, also with a full scholarship. He was the winner at the South Carolina Music Teachers Association soloist competitions in 2002 and 2005 and the chamber music competition in 2006 with Terranova. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi awarded him a Fellowship in 2007.
He has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, Uruguay, El Salvador and Peru, and as a guest with the Atípica Tango Band in its Charleston and New York concerts in 2008. He has conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica José Artigas and the College of Charleston Chamber Orchestra, having studied orchestral conducting with Federico García Vigil and Lorenzo Muti. Recently, he finished his term as the Orchestra Program Director at the Charleston Academy of Music, where he started Kidzymphony, an orchestral program for young children based on the models of networks of youth and children orchestras of Venezuela and Uruguay.
