Javier Gandara

Javier Gándara has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1999.He is also on the Horn Faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard Pre-College Division.Javier began his professional career at the age of 16 when he won a position in thePuerto Rico Symphony Orchestra while still attending High School at La Escuela Librede Música in San Juan. He later studied at Indiana University and obtained a BM fromthe Juilliard School, where he studied with Mr. Ranier DeIntinis.He has held positions with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias (principal),Orquesta Sinfónica de Euscadi (principal), and the Oregon Symphony (assistantprincipal) and has performed as a guest with the New York Philharmonic and theChicago Symphony.Javier has also been on the faculty of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA) since2003. He is a regular guest faculty at the Puerto Rico Conservatory in San Juan andhas been a coach for the National Youth Orchestra System in Colombia (Batuta) andthe Swedish National Youth Orchestra.