Juan Carlos Zamudio, violinist and conductor, is a native of Durango, México. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Music degree in Choral Conducting at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, where he is also an Associate Instructor for the Choral Department as well as the Associate Conductor for the Pro Arte Singers. He received his double major Master in Music degree in Choral Conducting and Baroque Violin from Indiana University, and his Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude from the Universidad de las Americas Puebla (UDLAP), in Mexico.
In 2005 he joined the Tibor Varga Conservatory in Sion, Switzerland where he studied with the renowned violinist Francesco De Angelis. He was later awarded a Fulbright Scholarship as well as the "Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA)" scholarship from the Mexican government to continue his musical education in the U.S. He has studied violin with Manfredo Kraemer, Stanley Ritchie, Federico Agostini, and conducting with Robert Porco, William Jon Grey and Richard Tang Yuk.
Mr. Zamudio has sung and palyed in ensembles in Mexico, Switzerland and the USA, such as the UDLAP's chamber choir, the UDLAP's Chamber Orchestra, Tibor Varga Orchestra, Choir Novantiqua of Sion, Tango Sensations, Instrumenta Baroque Orchestra, Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, IUB's Baroque Orchestra and the Pro Arte Singers.