Luis Marquez Teruel, born in 2001, is originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela. He began bassoon at age ten and just one year later was selected to play with the National Children’s Orchestra of Venezuela in an Austrian tour, conducted by Sr. Simon Rattle.

Luis Marquez Teruel has won first prize in multiple international competitions, including the 2021 Norma Hooks International Double Reed Society Young Artist Competition and the 2025 International Bassoon Orchestral Excerpt Competition. Teruel has also been invited to perform with orchestras such as the Oslo Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra, collaborating with renowned conductors including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michael Schønwandt, Cristian Măcelaru, Stéphane Denève, Gustavo Dudamel, Osmo Vänskä, and John Williams.

Luis Marquez Teruel holds a bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Daniel Matsukawa, Principal Bassoon of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He furthered his studies in Mannheim, Germany, under Ole Kristian Dahl.

In 2024, he was hired as Co-Principal Bassoon at the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, in Denmark. Shortly after, in 2026, joined Orchestre de la Suisse Romande as Solo Bassoon.