Ricardo de la Torre

Active as a performer, teacher, adjudicator, curator, and scholar, Ricardo de la Torre has played in concert venues in North America and Europe and has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Mexico and the U.S. A finalist and prize winner in several competitions, he has also held grants and scholarships from different cultural and government institutions. Ricardo is frequently heard as part of Duo Powers-de la Torre, which he forms with pianist Lark Powers.

He currently serves as instructor at Pacific Lutheran University, and the Community Music program at the University of Puget Sound. Born in Mexico City, Ricardo attended the pre-college program at Escuela Superior de Música in his hometown. He later received a Bachelor’s degree with honors from this institution. He continued his studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he received a Master of Music degree and went on to graduating with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he worked as a teaching and accompanying assistant.

Also active in scholarly endeavors, Ricardo has been invited to present lectures and lecture-recitals at local, regional, national, and international conferences and has had articles published by peer-reviewed journals in Mexico, Colombia and the U.S.

Ricardo is Curator of Art and Music at Lakewold Gardens, sits on the board of Early Music Seattle, and curates Orquesta Northwest’s Latino Chamber Music Festival in Seattle every Fall. He formerly coordinated the Listen Live at Lunch summer concert series in Tacoma.