Angélica Olivo is a Venezuelan violinist who graduated with distinction in Violin Performance from the Royal School of Music in London. She was trained at Venezuela's National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras and Choirs “El Sistema” and at the Latin American Violin Academy of Venezuela with the masters José António Abreu and José Francisco del Castillo.
Her development in the orchestral world started from a young age where she held the position as concertmistress of the Teresa Carreño Youth Symphony Orchestra and also as guest of the Simón Bolívar Orchestra of Venezuela.
Angélica was concertmistress in the International Youth Orchestra in the celebration of the 69th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 2014 United Nations Day Concert featured world renowned-pianist and United Nations Messenger of Peace Lang Lang.
In 2015, she was invited as concertmistress by the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra in Brazil amongst others. Angélica has performed under the baton of many great maestros including Claudio Abbado, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Simon Rattle, Marin Alsop whom she toured with with these in world renowned stages in America, Europe and Asia.
In tandem to her orchestral experiences, Angélica's soloist career encompassing a wide repertoire of the solo violin on important stages including Teatro Auditorium Manzoni, Teatro Municipal Valli, Victória Hall, Opernhaus Zürich, Stavanger Konserthus, Folkets Hus Hudiksvall, Gävle Konserthus, Sala São Paulo, Moravská filharmonie Olomouc, Teatro Teresa Carreño, Teatro Degollado.
As a soloist, she has performed with the Simón Bolívar Orchestra of Venezuela, Orchestra Mozart, Teresa Carreño Youth Symphony Orchestra, The Moravská Filharmonie Orchestra, Filarmónica de Jalisco, Gavle Symfoniorkester, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Del Ecuador, Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán, Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán and Orquesta Autónoma de la Universidad de Nuevo León amongst others and under the eminent batons of Claudio Abbado, Gustavo Dudamel, Rafael Payare, Christian Vásquez, Jesús Medina, Gabriel Chmura, Diego Matheuz, Nicholas Kraemer, Sung Kwak, Eduardo Marturet, Mario Bencecry, Thiago Tiberio, Miran Vauputic, Juan Carlos Lomónaco and Álvaro Manzano.
Since 2016, Angélica has been a solo concertmistress in the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Jesús Medina.