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Daniel was born in Xalapa, Mexico on November 5 th 2001. Born in a musical family, he started music at an early age studying piano. On February 2013 he entered the “ENLA/C” jazz and rock school studying electric bass with Angel Luis Guerrero. On January 2015 he won first prize at the “Bass envivo competition” headed by Oscar Stagnaro professor at Berklee College ofmusic in Boston.On March 2015 he started his double bass studies at the “ISMEV School ofmusic” with his father Carlos Villarreal. Additionally he has also taken lessons from Andrzej Kalarus and Benjamin Harris. On March 2017 he won the young artist concerto competition of the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, and was on September 2017 when he played as a soloist the Pichl double bass concerto. Daniel has worked with prestigious teachers like Joel Quarrington Rex Surany and Rick Stotijin at the Orford Music Academy in Quebec. On April 2019, he was accepted to The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory with a full tuition scholarship. He Is currently doing his second year of Bachelors degree studying with world renowned bassist Jeffrey Beecher.