Violin
Brazilian violinist Luis Mascaro is part of a new generation of creative string players unafraid of using his solid classical background to explore new musical ideas, techniques, and sounds. Luis was one of the few selected musicians to perform live at the 50th Grammy Awards with the Foo Fighters and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) in the YouTube contest “My Grammy Moment” in 2008, among thousands of video submissions. Being one of few classically-trained violinists in his native country to explore alternative styles and techniques on the violin, Luis begun his studies at the age of nine, becoming the concertmaster of his city’s conservatory youth orchestra at eleven. Luis holds double BA degrees in violin performance and popular music from Campinas State University (UNICAMP) in Brazil. In 2005 Luis was awarded a full scholarship to study at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he studied jazz and improvisation. He then went on to study at the University of New Mexico, where he got his MM in violin performance.