Violinist, pianist, chamber and orchestral musician, devoted to composing neo-classical music. 

I want to weave a gentle, emotional orchestral language, that speaks about live and touches the heart. I try to capture these ephemeral, timeless, and moving moments, transcribing them with devotion to sound and recording them in the sound studio.

The music creations are a testament to the value of retreat,
where silence gives birth to the most profound expressions, contrapuncting the noise of our world.

Thanks for your kind listening and commenting !
Helmut / HELMUTunes

Miguel Astor (1958) Venezuelan composer, pianist, musicologist and choral conductor. Lives and works in Venezuela.

Venezuelan pianist in the US. 
PhD Scholar/Artist Student of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University
MM Piano Performance and Pedagogy from Ohio University, MM Piano Performance from Simon Bolivar University
Passionate about new music, arts in diaspora, piano pedagogy, piano ensembles, and good meals.
Formerly principal at “Orquesta Sinfónica Teresa Carreño”, an orchestra from UNESCO´s awarded orchestra network “El Sistema”. 
Partnered with the “Orquesta Barroca Simón Bolívar”, “Orquesta de Cámara Mozarteum Caracas”, “Orquesta Filarmónica Nacional de Venezuela”, “Orquesta Juvenil de Caracas”, “Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela”, “Schola Cantorum de Venezuela”, and performed at the most prestigious venues in Asia, Europe, and The Americas.
Performed at festivals and musical residences like West Fork New Music Festival, OFMC Conference, Society of Composers International Invitational, American Choral Directors Association Conference, Choralies, Polyfollia, White Light Festival by Lincoln Center, “Festival delle Orchestre Internazionali per Expo” Teatro alla Scala Milano, "El Sistema" Residenz - Salzburger Festpiele, and venues like the Royal Symphony Hall of London Southbank Centre, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Toulouse Halle aux Grains, Stavanger Konserthus, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Concert Hall and Shanghai Symphony Hall.

Pianist and composer. He began his musical studies in Mérida (Venezuela) with piano lessons. His teachers were Amílcar Rivas and Olga Lòpez (piano), Abraham Abreu (harpsichord), Alejandro Pulido, Arcángel Castillo, Luis Laya and Claudio Tripputi (Composition). He has won some national and international awards as a pianist and composer like: National Competition ¨El piano venezolano¨ 2012, Four hands piano competition ¨Gerty Haas-Olga Mondolfi¨ 2013, Latin American announcement for piano Works to the XII Ecuador 2016 Contemporany Music Festival, Eighth National composition contest El piano venezolano 2016, Municipal Award 2016, vocal work mention ¨Augusto Brandt¨ and the International Composition Contest for Choral works ¨Alberto Grau¨ 2017.

Amante de la buena música, sin importar género. Bueno menos el reggaeton porque de verdad que no lo soporto!!!!

Followers of Miguel Astor