Active chamber musician and recitalist from Caracas, Venezuela, Daniel Pereira is a member of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, serves as the principal cellist for the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and is a former member of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and the Sturgis String Quartet. Mr. Pereira has been principal cellist with the National Repertory Orchestra, the University of Southern California and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Symphony Orchestras. Daniel has soloed with the National Repertory Orchestra, Emil Friedman Philharmonia and the Arcos de Caracas. Mr. Pereira has participated in several music festivals including SummerFest La Jolla in California, Orford Arts Center Music Festival in Quebec, Canada and Musicorda in Massachusetts. Mr. Pereira has received several awards, including the Gordon P. Getty Foundation Music Scholarship, Patricia A. Cheney Award, and the Dale Gilbert Music Scholarship. His teachers and mentors include Uri Vardi, Janos Starker, Hans Jorgen Jensen, and Kevin Fitzgerald. Daniel received a Master of Music Degree from the University of Southern California under the guidance of Ronald Leonard.