Jose Oliveira
Performing and Recording Multi-Instrumentalist
United States
He was named Chacao Municipality Youth of the Year in 1998 and won the Young Soloist International Competition in Caracas. That same year, from a group of more than 1,000 young adoloescents at the national level, he was selected as exceptional performer in the arts as a clarinetist and was presented with the Order of Jose Felix Rivas, which was awarded by President of the Republic Rafael Caldera.
He has developed his personal project, The Jose Oliveira Ensemble and is the director of one of the principal institutions of Venezuela: AKASUENA Academy of Arts, as well as the AKASUENA PRODUCTIONS recording studio, where he develops not only his career as solo artist but as a composer and music producer. A sample of his work can be seen in his most recent production “Suma y no Resta” which features his work as a solo saxophonist, composer, and producer, and which was nominated in the 2014 Latin Grammy Awards. Maestro Oliveira is a member of the Grammy Recording Academy.
Maestro Oliveira continues his musical career hand with “El Sistema” and has collaborated with them in important concerts for the growth of culture of the nation and international relations in tours from 1995 until present time.