Ricardo Berón

Born in Santa Fe, Argentina, Ricardo Berón studied recorder with Vicky Borsone at the Escuela Nacional de Música in Rosario, Argentina. In Los Angeles he studied with Lia Levín and holds a degree in music from Los Angeles Valley College, where he was the recipient of the Arts Council Showcase Award for Instrumental Music for 2003–2004 and a finalist for 2004–2005. He has taken a masterclass with Marion Verbruggen and participated in numerous workshops conducted by, among others, Rotem Gilbert, Adam Gilbert, Peter Maund, Paul Leenhouts, Ted Stern, Inga Funck, Alexandra Opsahl, Glen Shannon, and Gloria Ramsey.

Ricardo has been a member of the Los Angeles Recorder Orchestra (LARO) since its foundation by Lia Levín and Tom Axworthy in the fall of 2004. He stepped into the role of acting director after Tom Axworthy unexpectedly passed away in October 2024. In the spring of 2025, Ricardo became LARO’s permanent music director.

He is the president of the Southern California Recorder Society (SCRS) and has been a guest conductor multiple times for the Orange County Recorder Society (OCRS), the Central Coast Recorder Society (CCRS) in Santa Barbara, and the Southern California Recorder Society.