Viviana Cumplido Wilson

Powell Artist Viviana Cumplido Wilson has served as Principal Flute of The Phoenix Symphony since 2006, and the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder since 2010. Prior to her appointment in Phoenix, Viviana held the same position with the Tucson Symphony for three seasons. She was recently Visiting Professor of Flute at Arizona State University for the 2023/24 academic year. Viviana is also a host on KBACH, broadcasting classical music to the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Ms. Cumplido Wilson keeps busy with an active teaching and chamber music career beyond her orchestral duties and is a member of Urban Nocturnes, Phoenix’s premier chamber group. She has also performed with the Detroit Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Iris Orchestra, Chamber Music Charleston, Olmos Ensemble, Oregon Symphony, and the Britt Festival Orchestra. As concerto soloist, Viviana has appeared with the orchestras of Phoenix, Tucson, and the Colorado Music Festival in works of Nielsen, Ibert, Corigliano, Reinecke, Mozart, Bach, Chaminade, as well as the North American premier of the brilliant Flute Concerto No. 1 by Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Ms. Cumplido Wilson began musical studies at age 6 on piano, before discovering her love of the flute and ensemble playing. Undergraduate studies with Fenwick Smith at the New England Conservatory led to graduate studies with Jim Walker at the University of Southern California. Viviana is proud of her track record of educational outreach, especially to underserved communities, using music as a means to promote greater achievement in students as a Young Musician’s Foundation mentor in Los Angeles and with the Opening Minds through the Arts program in Tucson. She is also an active participant in several of The Phoenix Symphony’s outreach programs, regularly performing at hospitals, memory care facilities, and homeless shelters.

When not pursuing music, Viviana is a committed athlete, having completed several marathons, and was a particularly proud finisher of Ironman Arizona in 2013. She also serves as a volunteer for Ryan House, a not-for-profit pediatric care facility that provides support and services to children experiencing unique life-limiting and end-of-life journeys. Viviana is married to timpanist and percussionist Peter Wilson, with whom she shares her Phoenix home with their two hilarious, disobedient dogs.