A Venezuelan musician trained in the System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela "El Sistema" under the guidance of maestro José Antonio Abreu.

From 2004 to 2018  Ismel was Principal Viola of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, maintaining a demanding orchestral activity that included, international tours with performances in the world's major theatres and festivals including the BBC Proms in London, the Salzburg Festival, the Lucerne Festival, Carnegie Hall in New York, Korzerthaus in Vienna. Performing solos such as Strauss's Don Quixote and Ginastera Concertante Variations, working with Maestro Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Since 2018 he has been the Principal Viola of the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also played as a guest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in Germany, the Paris Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Spain, among others.

He is a member of the "Simón Bolívar" String Quartet, one of the most important chamber music ensembles in Latin America, participating in master classes with maestro Donald Weilerstein, Günter Pinchler, Arnold Steinhardt, Nicholas Kitchen, Pinchas Zukerman and performing in major chamber music halls in Europe, Asia and America, such as the Philharmonie Chamber Music Hall in Berlin, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and the Wigmore Hall in London, the Mozarteum Concert Hall in Salzburg, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, ​​​​the Queen's Hall at the Edinburgh Festival Arts Center in Seoul, the Lincoln Center in New York and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, sharing the stage with artists such as Emauel Axe, Javier Perianes, Jean Yves Thibaudet, Edicson Ruiz and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. With the Simón Bolívar String Quartet he recorded a CD for the Deutsche Gramophone record label with works by Ginastera, Dvorak and Shostakovich.

Ismel Campos was born in 1981, he began his musical studies at the age of 11 in the city of Coro - Venezuela. He studied Viola since his training with Migdalia Ugarte, Marilú Sanches, Carlos Primera, Alexi Diaz and Santiago Garmendia, within his academic preparation he has received master classes with Wolfgang Christ, Gérard Caussé, Kim Kashkashian, Randolph Kelly, Naoko Shimizu, Carrie Dennis, among others. In Venezuela he has performed several recitals in the most important theaters in the country and performances as a soloist with works by Bartok, Walton, Stamitz and Mozart, under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel, Christian Vásquez, Diego Matheuz, Gregory Carreño, Pablo Castellanos, Tereza Hernandez, César Iván Lara.

Ismel Campos committed himself to social and humanitarian aid, together with his mother, a music teacher. They started a "Nucleo de El Sistema" in a small community in Coro - Venezuela where he taught music to more than 400 children and young people with limited resources.