Ecuadorian cellist Francisco Vila is a soloist and chamber musician known for his sensitivity, elegance of phrasing and technical mastery of the instrument. He began playing the cello at age 8 and had his solo debut with orchestra at 14. Concert activities have taken him throughout Asia, Europe, North and South America. The Bloomington Herald-Times said of his performance of Lalo’s Cello Concerto that Vila “…displayed absolute command on stage…perfectly executed technical passages and induced the orchestra with his energy… tenderly revealed to us the romanticism of this concerto.”