{"id":10876,"date":"2016-05-24T15:38:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T21:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rosebrookmedia.com\/colorado\/orchestra\/viviana-cumplido-wilson\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T17:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:01:40","slug":"viviana-cumplido-wilson","status":"publish","type":"orchestra_members","link":"https:\/\/coloradomusicfestival.org\/orchestra_members\/viviana-cumplido-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Viviana Cumplido Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Powell Artist <strong>Viviana Cumplido Wilson<\/strong> has served as Principal Flute of The Phoenix\u00a0 Symphony since 2006, and the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder since 2010. Prior to\u00a0 her appointment in Phoenix, Viviana held the same position with the Tucson Symphony\u00a0 for three seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Cumplido Wilson keeps busy with an active teaching and chamber music career\u00a0 beyond her orchestral duties, and is a member of Urban Nocturnes, Phoenix&#8217;s premier\u00a0 chamber group, as well as the Iris Orchestra in Memphis, TN. She has also performed\u00a0 with the Detroit Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Chamber Music Charleston, Olmos\u00a0 Ensemble, Oregon Symphony, and the Britt Festival Orchestra. As concerto soloist,\u00a0 Viviana has appeared with the orchestras of Phoenix, Tucson, and the Colorado Music\u00a0 Festival in works of Nielsen, Ibert, Corigliano, Reinecke, Mozart, Bach, Chaminade, as\u00a0 well as the North American premier of the brilliant Flute Concerto No. 1 by Mieczyslaw\u00a0 Weinberg. She has also been a guest artist for Jim Walker\u2019s Beyond The Flute\u00a0 Masterclass held at the Colburn School in Los Angeles and competed in the 2006 Carl\u00a0 Nielsen International Flute Competition in Odense, Denmark where she was the only\u00a0 American semi-finalist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Ms. Cumplido Wilson began musical studies at age 6\u00a0 on piano, before discovering her love of the flute and ensemble playing. Undergraduate\u00a0 studies with Fenwick Smith at the New England Conservatory led to graduate studies\u00a0 with Jim Walker at the University of Southern California. Viviana is proud of her track\u00a0 record of educational outreach, especially to underserved communities using music as a\u00a0 means to promote greater achievement in students as a Young Musician&#8217;s Foundation\u00a0 mentor in Los Angeles and with the Opening Minds through the Arts program in\u00a0 Tucson. She is also an active participant in several of The Phoenix Symphony&#8217;s outreach\u00a0 programs, regularly performing at hospitals, dementia care facilities and homeless\u00a0 shelters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When not pursuing music, Viviana is a committed athlete, having completed several\u00a0 marathons, and was a particularly proud finisher of Ironman Arizona in 2013. She also\u00a0 serves as a volunteer for Ryan House, a not-for-profit pediatric care facility that\u00a0 provides support and services to children experiencing unique life-limiting and end-of life journeys. Viviana is married to timpanist and percussionist Peter Wilson, with\u00a0 whom she shares her Phoenix home with their cat and two hilarious, disobedient dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":272698,"template":"","instrument":[70],"class_list":["post-10876","orchestra_members","type-orchestra_members","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","instrument-flute"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradomusicfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/orchestra_members\/10876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradomusicfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/orchestra_members"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradomusicfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/orchestra_members"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradomusicfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradomusicfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"instrument","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradomusicfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/instrument?post=10876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}