Meet our faculty

Victor Avila

Victor is a performer, piano teacher, and piano collaborator who has achieved a wide piano repertoire, playing everything from Baroque to contemporary music styles throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Victor holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music, a Diploma in Piano Performance, and a Master’s in Music. He studied with David Jalbert, Jorge Covarrubias, Rocio Benitez, Andre Laplante, Sara-Davis Buechner, Martin Karlicek, to name a few. 

As a pedagogue, Victor is part of several associations such as ORMTA, CFMTA, Suzuki of Americas. He gives masterclasses, lectures, and presentations for all academic levels ranging from university to elementary. His students have excelled in competitions and festivals at branch, provincial, national, and international levels in both performance and composition.

As a composer, he has received instruction from Jorge Gutierrez, Mario Aguilar, and Arturo Cuevas. He mainly focuses on polyphonic works exploring formal counterpoint. Victor is an active arranger and usually composes for his own piano students. 

Victor’s performances, festivals, awards, and collaborations include: University of Guadalajara, University of Ottawa, Suzuki Association Ottawa-Gatineau, Orford music festival, Adamant music festival, Ottawa piano festival, Nuntempa, Sinaloa summer festival, Xalapa philharmonic, Zoya Solod award, Mitchell Sharp award, Mateo Oliva silver medal, Call of Compositions CFMTA, Arcady Emerging Artists among others.

Victor lives in Ottawa with his partner Sara, while keeping a busy teaching studio, collaborating in  the local art scene, and taking care of his plants.