Inés Voglar Belgique

Violinist Inés Voglar Belgique was born to a Slovenian family in Venezuela, where she studied music under the program “El Sistema” and violin with Roberto Valdes. She came to the United States in 1996 to complete her undergraduate and graduate studies at Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University with Andrés Cárdenes, then concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Before joining the Oregon Symphony in 2004, she played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Symphony as an extra musician, including national and European tours. She also served as guest concertmaster of the Galicia Symphony Orchestra in December 2007 and has been a frequent concertmaster of the Astoria Music Festival Orchestra.

In September 2012 she won the position of assistant principal second violin with the Oregon Symphony in a national audition. An avid chamber musician, she is a member of the Palatine Piano Trio with Dr. Nancy Ives and Dr. Susan Smith, and DuoKrom with Molly Barth. She has been a violinist in FearNoMusic since 2005, and served as artistic director until 2011, reaching out to collaborate with internationally acclaimed composers and presenting the music of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. In addition to private studio teaching, she is a faculty member at the Interlochen Adult Chamber Music Camp and the conductor of the Portland Youth String Ensemble of the Portland Youth Philharmonic. In the past, she taught as adjunct faculty of Lewis & Clark from 2015-2020, the Oregon State University Chamber Music Workshop, and Portland Summer Ensembles. Recent performances include appearances at the Slovenian Parliament, Vipava Castle, and the National University Library in Ljubljana, Slovenia.