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Carlos Eduardo Izcaray (born April 21, 1977) is a Venezuelan conductor and cellist.

Biography
Born in Caracas, Izcaray is the son of Venezuelan conductor Felipe Izcaray, who enrolled him in music studies at the age of three with violin lessons in Valencia at the Carabobo nucleus of Fesnojiv (Fundación del Estado para el Sistema Nacional de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela), better known as El Sistema. When the family moved back to Caracas, Izcaray attended the Emil Friedman Conservatory, where he switched from violin to cello at the age of 10. He also studied piano and theory at the Lorenzo Llamozas Music School.