About Fábian López

Fabián López is a native of Málaga. Upon graduation from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Málaga at age 18, he received a scholarship from the Hispanic-American Joint Commitee/Fullbright Commission, to study further at Colgate University with Laura Klugherz. His principal teachers have been: Nicolae Duca, Kevork Mardirossian, and Camilla Wicks. Fabián has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as: Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, Orquesta Ciudad de Córdoba, Chamber Orchestra of Andalucía, Orquesta Filarmónia de Málaga, Orquesta Ciudad de Almeria, "Manuel de Falla" Chamber Orchestra, etc.

In the pedagogical terrain, Fabián has given courses and master classes for the Youth Orchestra of Andalucía (O.J.A.), and in Granada, Adra, Cartagena, UNC Chapel Hill, West Virginia University, Mercer University, Louisiana State University, Ball State University, Puerto Rico Music Conservatory, Hebert Springs Chamber Music Festival, International Violin Symposium in UNC Chapel Hill, and Chamber Strings Summer Music Workshop in Pennsylvania. As a jury member he has been in the I International Violin Competition "Violines por la Paz, Auditions for Violin Professors in Spanish National Conservatories, ASTA, MTNA, etc. Fabián taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music "Manuel de Falla" of Cádiz, Spain (1999-2004). From 2000-2003 he played with the "Manuel de Falla" string Quartet. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Violin at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2007.

During his studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Fabián had the opportunity of playing a concert with the Guarnerius del Gesu that belonged to J. Heifetz. He is the lucky owner of a violin by Ioan Guillami, 1726, which is called "little strad" among friends. He graduated from Baylor University (M.M.), studying with Bruce Berg, and from The University of Michigan (D.M.A.), studying with Andrew Jennings. Fabian is the author of the violin etude anthology "Master the Violin Etudes" made possible by a New Faculty Grant from UNCG. This is a comprehensive five-volume collection with explanatory texts and videos.