Gustavo Carpinteyro-Lara was born in Puebla, Mexico, and began his musical studies with his father at the Conservatorio de Musica del Estado de Puebla. During his postgraduate studies in London at the London College of Music he had the opportunity to study with Richard Markson and participated in a masterclass with Maud M. Tortelier. In the United States, he received his Bachelor of Music Performance at The University of Southern Mississippi in 2001, Master of Music in Performance from The Bowling Green State University in 2003, and his Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music, in 2014.

His principal teachers include Lee Fiser, Alan Smith, and Paul York. In addition he has participated in master classes with El Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Yehuda Hanani, Joan Dickson, Stefan Popov, and Wolfgang Laufer.

He has performed solo and chamber music recitals in Mexico, London, Glasgow, Hattiesburg, Bowling Green, and Cincinnati. He has been principal cellist of several orchestras, including the Middletown Symphony Orchestra, Butler Philharmonic, (former Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra), and Lima Symphony Orchestra. He also has performed with several orchestras around the world, such as Orquesta Sinfonica Carlos Chavez, Orquesta de Camara de San Angel, Gulfcoast Symphony Orchestra, Meridian Symphony Orchestra, Clermont Philharmonic Orchestra and Springfield Symphony Orchestra.

He has extensive cello teaching experience from beginners to college level and has taught privately and at such places as The University of Southern Mississippi Community Arts School, The Summer Music Institute at The Bowling Green State University (BGSU), the BGSU Creative Arts Program, Ohio Northern University, and the Northern Kentucky School of Music.

Gustavo Carpinteyro-Lara's 'cello is from the atelier of Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy, Mirecourt, France, c. 1905, and his bow was made by archetier Nicolas Delaune, Lyon, France, c. 1999.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Carpinteyro-Lara to his first appearance in the Historical Piano Series.