The support and opportunities Silva was experiencing and sharing with Orta led him to want to pursue his studies at OHIO. Through remaining in communication with Silva as she pursued her masters in Athens, they would discuss the high academic level of the faculty, the excellent programs offered, and the attention and support offered to international students. This friendship is how Orta learned about the opportunities to study piano at OHIO. He was a very devoted piano student, always so excited about the repertoire and pianists.” I had him in the project, so we worked together and played concerts together. While I was working there, he became part of my piano ensemble class. “We got to know each other more when he came to the Escuela de Musica Mozarteum Caracas to study with Carlos Urbaneja, the piano teacher I graduated with in Caracas and who I later assisted in his studio for many years. in Interdisciplinary Arts in OHIO’s College of Fine Arts. “The piano world in Caracas is big and small, so when Alejandro started studying under my first teacher, Elizabeth Guerrero, I learned about his talent and was impressed he played like the recordings at such a young age,” said Silva, who is currently working toward her Ph.D. While studying piano in Caracas, Orta met Laura Silva, a fellow pianist who would play an integral part in helping him achieve his goals. Then I began my music studies at a conservatory where I finally discovered my passion.”
“When my mother bought me a keyboard with which she taught me songs as a child, my curiosity grew. “From a very young age, I felt a strong attraction and interest in music,” Orta said. Since then, music and the piano have played a huge part in his life, a universal language he wanted to share with the world. Orta, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, is a piano prodigy who started playing piano at the age of 7 when his mother bought him a keyboard and taught him songs as a child.
Coming to Athens, Ohio from Venezuela can be a major culture shock, but for Alejandro Orta, one thing remains the same everywhere – the 88 keys on a piano.
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