Violin
Cecilia Abaroa
Mexico
Flute
Dalet Acuña
Mexico
Bassoon
Ihsan Al M’ani
Jordan
Viola
Marlene Lara Arreola
Mexico
Violin
Christa Morera Balestena
USA
Bassoon
Lorea Gurruchaga Bengoechea
Spain
Flute
Mariana Segura Borja
Mexico
Flute
Betania Canas
Venezuela
Flute
Sarah Canzonetta
USA
Flute
Juan Rosas Carreto
Mexico
Percussion
Ana Luiza Cassarotte
Brazil
Conducting
Shutong Chen
China
Shutong Chen, a Chinese conductor, has collaborated with several music groups, including the China Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Sinfonietta, the Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra and the Xiamen University Symphony Orchestra. She has founded the Liuxiang Chamber Orchestra and Choir, which is dedicated to exploring and performing diverse music.
Violin
Keat Zhen Cheong
Malaysia
Harp
Iris Córdoba
Mexico
Composing
James A. Devor
USA
James A. Devor is an American composer, sound artist and double bassist whose music utilizes an array of sounds to grapple with human emotions. He completed his graduate studies at The Hartt School and previously studied at West Chester University of PA. His recent work explores how live electronics can supplement performers in real time.
Composing
Frank Duarte
USA
Frank Duarte is an American composer whose music is often inspired by history, literature, nature, and his Mexican and Indigenous backgrounds. His music has received awards from the American Prize, Global Music Awards, and ASCAP and has been performed in the US, Japan, Greece, and Colombia. He is a DMA Candidate at Michigan State University.
French Horn
Corey East-Bryans
Australia
Flute
Raquel Echalar
Bolivia
Violin
María Esther Eluchans
Chile
Clarinet
Marlenys Espino
Panama
Composing
Jeremy Esquer
USA
Composer, educator, and guitarist. Notable achievements in music include compositions performed by renowned ensembles, PBS broadcast, and international guitar tours. Pursuing a doctorate while instructing at the University of Michigan.
Composing
Noam Faingold
USA
Noam Faingold is a DC-based multi-genre composer and educator, whose work often explores facets of his intersecting ethnicities. He has a PhD in music composition from King’s College London, funded by a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Fellowship, with additional fellowships through the Salzburg Global Seminar and The Bowdoin Music Festival.
Conducting
Jose Juan Marzal Fernandez
Mexico
Born in Puebla, Mexico, Marzal started his studies in music at the age of 5. At 10 years old, he started his studies in violin. He obtained his Bachelor in Music in UDLAP, and his Masters and Professional Studies in Conducting in Manhattan School of Music in NYC. He has been Assistant Conductor in Bergen Philharmonic, NAS and Master Choral in NYC.
Viola
Martín Egúsquiza Figueroa
Peru
Conducting
Sheila del Bosque Fuentes
Cuba
Sheila del Bosque Fuentes is a Cuban multi-award-winning flutist, conductor, composer, and educator. She is a Haynes artist, Jazz Committee Chair of the National Flute Association, and professor at Interlochen Center for the Arts. She holds a B.M and an M.M from Berklee College of Music in Film Scoring, Performance and Conducting.
Conducting
Jorge Ernesto Reséndiz García
Mexico
Jorge Ernesto Reséndiz García studied orchestral conducting with Gabriela Díaz Alatriste and currently studies with maestro Pablo Varela. He works in the management of the Guri project. In 2023 he was an assistant to maestro Pablo Varela in the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico.
Double Bass
Michelle García
Mexico
Composing
L. A. Ballesteros Gentile
USA
L. A. Ballesteros Gentile is a multidisciplinary artist with musical interests rooted in acoustics, language, cultural context, notational representation, and performance psychology. He recently partook in the Alba Music Festival and the Valencia International Performance Academy. He’s also a writer and actor.
Clarinet
Fhiama Alzate Gómez
Colombia
Oboe
Karen González
Colombia
Violin
Antonio Tecuampil González
Mexico
Oboe
Gwendolyn Goodman
USA
Composing
Gordon Green
USA
Reviewers have called Gordon Green’s colorful music “twisted” and “terrifically inspired”. His chamber music has been commissioned by a variety of soloists and ensembles. He has a BA and MFAs in music composition and visual art and has participated in various festivals and masterclasses.
French Horn
Paula Guimarães
Brazil
Conducting
Orr Guy
Austria
Israeli Austrian conductor Orr Guy graduated RNCM in 2018, shortly after he was appointed as PSM’s musical director. In 2021 he won 1st prize in Citta di Brescia conducting competition. Since 2022 he is Nova Orchester assistant conductor. In 2023 he participated in Domaine Forget and was chosen by Yannick Nezet Seguin to conduct Orchester Metropolitain.
Piano
Katharina Hack
Germany
Katharina Hack (b. 1994, Cologne), described by the press as an “exceptional phenomenon with a powerful personality,” performs in Europe and the US on stages such as the Cologne Philharmonie, Gasteig Munich, and Elbphilharmonie. She is a soloist and forms a duo with the cellist Anouchka Hack. Katharina has a passion for improvisation.
Violin
Evita Neve Harryson
Dominican Republic
Cello
Jacob Hernandez
Colombia
Viola
Elver Edilson Jara Hernández
Colombia
Violin
Miguel Ángel Salazar Hidalgo
Bolivia
Trombone
Guann-Tyng Ho
Taiwan
Trombone
Jackson Howard
Canada
Percussion
Aarón Miranda Huerta
Mexico
Violin
Maylin Pré Kong
Peru
Conducting
Kelly Kawai Lam
Hong Kong / USA
Kelly Kawai Lam served as Assistant Conductor for Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Prague’s Estates Theatre in 2023. She was a Conducting Fellow with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta for the 2021-2022 season. She is gratefully mentored by David Angus of Boston Lyric Opera and holds degrees from Mannes, Cambridge and Harvard.
Clarinet
Hugo Lau
Hong Kong
Double Bass
Shih-Wen Lee
Taiwan
Trombone
Michael Lo
Australia
Piano
Anastasiya Magamedova
Tajikistan
Anastasiya Magamedova began playing piano at age 5 in Tajikistan and is a graduate of the Juilliard School. She has performed in the Kammermusik Saal of the Berlin Philharmonic, Theatre of Digital Arts of Dubai, the Opera and Ballet State Theater of Tajikistan, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Concert Hall, and Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.
Cello
Talitha Marinho
Brazil
Violin
Malena Verduga Martínez
Argentina
Percussion
David Martins
Brazil
Violin
Rebeca Masalles
Dominican Republic
Percussion
Giulia Miglioranza
Brazil
Piano
Kasparas Mikužis
Lithuania
Lithuanian-born pianist Kasparas Mikužis at age 21 has already given solo performances on stages of Wigmore and Concertgebouw halls. He has released his debut CD, and his performances were televised worldwide. For representing Lithuania on an international stage Kasparas was awarded a letter of gratitude by the president of Lithuania.
Flute
Allison Miller
Canada
Viola
Adán Molina
Mexico
Conducting
Timothy Morrow
USA
Timothy Morrow is a conductor, composer, and pianist from Basking Ridge, NJ, USA. He holds bachelors degrees in piano and composition from Westminster Choir College, and is currently working on a masters in conducting at Bard Conservatory. Timothy also enjoys singing in the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir and working as an amateur cellist.
Composing
Damian Norfleet
USA
Damian Norfleet is a gifted improvisational singer, performer-composer, actor, and social justice activist who has occupied a rare multi-dimensional space in the performing arts. Across spoken word, song, and poetry, Damian’s output focuses on space, language, and phonemic awareness.
Flute
Ajda Zala Obreza
Slovenia
Harp
Brenda Olivieri
Brazil
Violin
Melissa Ordóñez
Colombia
Trumpet
Pedro Morales Ortega
Mexico
Violin
Juan Pablo Ramirez Ortiz
Guatemala
Clarinet
Vivian Palomino
Peru
Composing
Zhengtao Pan
China
Zhengtao Pan is a young composer who was born in 2003 and grew up in Shanghai. He is studying Jazz Composition and Composition at Berklee. His music was performed by Grammy Winning Artist Steven Feifke’s Bigband in New York and he has collaborated with Benny Benack III, Walter Smith III, Itai Kriss, and Andrew Gould on his bigband composition, to name a few.
Conducting
Malcolm Parson
USA
Malcolm Parson is best known for his work as a member of both Turtle Island Quartet and Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Trumpet
Andres Ariel Vidal Perez
Dominican Republic
Harp
Amalinalli Pichardo
Mexico
Clarinet
Athzel Pino
Peru
Piano
Élisabeth Pion
Canada
Élisabeth enjoys an imaginative life as a soloist, chamber musician & artistic collaborator. Recent highlights: first CD (ATMA Classique); 3rd prize – 2023 Rio Piano Festival; US concerto debut (Toledo Symphony & Trudel); 2022 Choquette-Symcox Award; 2021 Wigmore Hall debut. Her love for literature, composition & Tai Chi nurtures her music-making.
Composing
Paloma Pitaya
Brazil
Violinist and composer, Paloma Pitaya born in 1994 in Brazil. Composer in residence at the Fundación Antonio Gala para Jóvenes Creadores (ES|2020-21). In 2023, she won the Prêmio Profissionais da Música in the best instrumental author category. Currently lives in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Percussion
Valéria Prata
Brazil
Piano
Ido Ramot
Israel
Ido Ramot is a sought-after Soloist and Chamber musician. Ido is a laureate of many international competitions and awards and performs regularly in some of Europe’s most prestigious halls and festivals. Ido is extremely dedicated to bringing his love of improvisation to the stage and it’s now an inseparable part of his artistic mission.
Trumpet
James Reed Ricotta
USA
Conducting
Jorge Rodríguez
Mexico
Jorge Rodríguez started his musical studies in piano and percussion. In 2018, he started his studies of solo and chamber music in Antwerp, Belgium. He is currently studying orchestral conducting with Ivo Venkov, and opera repertoire with Federico Santi. He has participated in masterclasses with Neeme Järvi, René Gulikers, Geoffrey Spratt, and Robert Houlihan.
Conducting
Colin Roshak
USA
Colin Roshak is a conductor, clarinetist and entrepreneur. He is a proud student of Richard Hawkins, Tim Weiss, James Bagwell, Kai-Yun Lu and Craig Hay. He practices Dalcroze eurythmics, meditation and is trying to get better at running.
Clarinet
Laird Ruiz-Perez
Mexico
Double Bass
Evangelos Saklaras
Greece
Flute
Pablo Sanchez
Mexico
Bassoon
Kate Sekula
USA
Harp
Joana Téllez Sosa
Mexico
Cello
José Paredes Suárez
Ecuador
Composing
Sheriffs Swanson
USA
Sheriffs Swanson (b. 1989) is an American composer and animator interested in visible and invisible movement. He recently received his master’s degree in composition from the Mannes School of Music. He premiered new music at the Mostly Modern Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Oboe
Olivia V. Tomasovic
Croatia
Flute
Joanna Tomaz
Brazil
Composing
Isaac Silva Uria
Ecuador
Isaac Stephan Silva Uria is an Ecuadorian music composer and piano player. He studied his bachelor’s degree in Ecuador and his MFA in Film Music Composition at UNCSA in the US. His music has been performed in several countries around the world as well as film festivals. He is now researching Ecuadorian rhythms in his own music compositions.
Composing
Jennifer Ortiz Valverde
Ecuador / USA
Jennifer Ortiz Valverde is an Ecuadorian-American composer based in Boston. She writes music and stories inspired by her heritage, personal experiences, and imaginative worlds. Jennifer is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a concentration in Musicology and Ethnomusicology at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts.
Cello
Ederson Eduardo Maquito Velarde
Peru
Flute
Sonia Venzo
Italy
Flute
Samantha White
USA
Piano
Victoria Wong
Canada / USA
Named in “Canada’s Top 30 Under 30 Classical Musicians” by Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC), Victoria has toured with orchestras including Hong Kong Symphonia, Canadian Sinfonietta, New Brunswick Symphony, and Shenzhen Symphony. A graduate of Juilliard, she has been broadcast on CBC, Radio Television Hong Kong, and Polskie (Polish) Radio.
Bassoon
Tetsuro Yamada
Japan
Conducting
Sally Mingyan Yu
China
Born and raised in Yunnan, Sally Mingyan Yu is a rising conductor. Yu completed her education at Cornell University, Columbia University, and New England Conservatory. She turned her passion for classical music into a lifelong career pursuit in 2018. She is currently a doctoral student in orchestral conducting at Michigan State University.
Piano
Joyce Yu
Hong Kong
She studied with Zhao Yi Dan and Gabriel Kwok. She studied at CIM with Antonio Pompa-Baldi, and she also did chamber music with Sharon Robinson and Ilya Kaler. Now she is pursuing a master’s degree with Jon Kimura Parker at Rice. She made her debut as a soloist at age 15 with Orchestra Napolinova in Italy. She was invited to PianoFest in the Hamptons.
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