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Amalia is a graduate of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music where she studied under the tutelage of renowned violinists Pamela Frank and Joseph Silverstein, and the University of Auckland, New Zealand studying with Dimitri Atanassov. At the age of 10 she was youngest-ever member of the New Zealand National Youth Orchestra, and continued on to later become their Concertmaster. She is periodically asked to play as guest concertmaster for orchestras in New Zealand including the Auckland Philharmonia, Christchurch Symphony and Opus Orchestra.
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- Member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under the Conductorship of Claudio Abbado
- Principal Flutist at the Royal Opera House «Teatro Real» in Madrid / Co - Founder of the Madrid Soloists Artist Management
Aniela Frey received her musical training at the Music University of Freiburg as a precollege student, where she subsequently completed her concert diploma with Robert Aitken. Gaining a scholarship, she went to Vienna to study at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst and later on received her soloist diploma with distinction with Jacques Zoon at the Haute école de musique Genève. In addition to her studies, she received significant musical encouragement by renowned artists such as Aurèle Nicolet, Emmanuel Pahud (Accademia Musicale de Chigiana de Siena), Jeanne Baxtresser, Philippe Bernold, Hansgeorg Schmeiser, Wolfgang Schulz etc.
Aniela Frey has been awarded numerous prizes with the recorder and later with the flute at national («Jugend Musiziert») and international music competitions (Festa Special Award at the Osaka International Chamber Competition), both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She won the highly acclaimed international «Prix Credit Suisse de Jeunes Solistes» and as a result was invited to make her debut with a solo recital at the Lucerne Festival. The same year, she performed at the Davos Festival «Young Artists in Concert», as well as at the Mont Blanc Festival, where she won the «Grand Prix Zulawski».
From an early age, Aniela Frey gathered extensive orchestral experience playing as principal flutist in outstanding youth orchestras such as the German National Youth Orchestra (Bundesjugendorchester), the Junge Baden-Württembergische Philharmonie and the Junges Klangforum Mitte Europa. She was Principal Flutist of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and Guest Principal Flutist at the Chamber Orchestra of Munich. Furthermore, Aniela Frey was accepted into the Orchestra Academy of the Zurich Opera House, where she was able to significantly broaden her experience and repertoire by playing in one of the leading international opera orchestras. Subsequently, she has been invited there again as a Guest Principal Flutist.
Aniela Frey has been a member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under the conductorship of Claudio Abbado and played under the baton of famed conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Valery Gergiev, Christoph von Dohnányi, Franz Welser- Möst, Thomas Hengelbrock, Marc Minkowski, Adam Fischer, Ivor Bolton, Gustavo Dudamel, etc.
She is frequently invited to international concert tours and festivals (e.g. Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Bolzano Summer Festival, etc.), where she participates in CD and DVD recordings with well-known labels such as Decca, EMI, and Deutsche Grammophon.
In the course of her career, Aniela Frey took a sabbatical year in which she pursued postgraduate studies of Music and Event Management combined with Humanitarian Studies at the ESE in London. After having concluded her postgraduate studies «summa cum laude», she went on spending six months in Argentina and Africa working with NGOs on-site. Since then, Aniela Frey has built a strong connection to Africa and repeatedly returns to Tanzania for continuous work on her music projects.
In 2014, she initiated a charitable cooperation between the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid and the foundation "Edytra/Polígono Don Bosco" in San Salvador, Central America.
In 2022, Aniela Frey co-founded the Madrid Soloists Artist Management with her business partner and longtime friend and colleague, Gabor Szabo.
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- Classical Recording Engineer and Producer
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- Deputy Rector for Concert Activities of the Vietnam National Academy of Music
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- Founder
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner and Founder of Am
Charles Raether is the Managing Partner and founder of AmLaw Group, a boutique immigration law firm in the Miami metro area, dedicated to assisting foreign businesses and entrepreneurs with their business, investment, and immigration matters in the U.S. AmLaw advises on EB-5, L-1, EB-1 and other investor and business-related visas for clients seeking to acquire permanent residency in the United States. The firm also advises high net-worth individuals on asset protection and tax optimization structures for foreign investors active in the United States or considering residency in the U.S. Mr. Raether is an expert in the U.S. business immigration sector and has served as a speaker at events throughout the U.S. and Russia as well as writing numerous articles for Russian and English-language publications on this topic.
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- Member of Entente Internationale Maitres Luthiers
- President of the American Federation of Violin
Christopher Germain makes award-winning violins, violas and cellos from his studio in Philadelphia, PA. Mr. Germain graduated from the Chicago School of Violin Making in 1985. From 1985 to 1991 he worked for the Chicago firms, Kenneth Warren & Son Ltd. and Bein and Fushi Inc., focusing on restorations of rare stringed instruments. In 1995, Mr. Germain was invited by legendary restorer Vahahn Nigogosian to be an instructor at the Oberlin Restoration Workshop. Mr. Germain became director of the VSA/Oberlin Violinmaker's Workshop in 1997, which recently celebrated it's 20th Anniversary.
Mr. Germain has served as the President of The American Federation of Violin and Bowmakers as well at The Violin Society of America and has also served on the Governing Boards of both organizations. In 2006, he organized The American Violin, a historical perspective on the history of violin making, which took place at The Library of Congress in Washington DC. He is co-author of The American Violin (2016 AFVBM). In addition, Mr. Germain is the author of numerous other articles, which have appeared in publications and scholarly journals, such as The Journal of The Violin Society of America, VSA Letters, The Strad magazine, Strings and others.
Mr. Germain is also a member of Entente Internationale Maitres Luthiers et Archetiers d'Art and has served as judge on numerous international violin making competitions, including The Violin Society of America International Competition, the International Triennale in Cremona, Italy, the China International Violinmaking Competition and others. He has lectured on violinmaking and demonstrated his craft at venues around the world.
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- Music Director / Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber
Derek Barnes joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in February 1995. A native of Philadelphia, he had previously held the post of Co-Principal Cello of the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia (now the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia) and he has been a member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and the New York String Orchestra.
Mr. Barnes has appeared as soloist with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center Symphony, Concerto Solosists of Philadelphia, the Indianapolis, Anderson, and Muncie Symphonies, and the Philadelphia Sinfonia. He has also participated in the Tanglewood Fellowship program, as a Leonard Bernstein Fellow, and the summer music festivals of the Taos School of Music, Encore School for Strings, and Congress of Strings.
Dr. Brewster Franzetti is the author of synopses for the book, "101 Opera Librettos," published by Black Dog & Leventhal in New York. She writes liner notes for Amapola Records, Chesky Records, Sunnyside Records, Milan Records, and Premier Recordings.
As composer, Dr. Brewster Franzetti's compositions are included on the recordings "Poeta de Arrabal" and BMG Kidz. She has collaborated extensively with librettist/lyricist June Rachelson-Ospa on several projects, notably "The True Colors of Weedle," "Hyde and Seek," and "Before the Curtain." "First Comes Love," written with Diane Seymour and Amanda George, was presented by Musical Theatre Works in several cities throughout the United States.
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- CEO
- Co - Founder
- CEO and Co - Founder of the Royal Academy
Dr. Davit Sargsyan is a CEO and co-founder of the Royal Academy the Sound of Music in Los Angeles, California, and has established himself as a sought after performer, educator and entrepreneur. His leadership role has established the Academy as one of the leading music schools in the area. Students of the academy and his own students succeed by wining national and international competitions and auditions. He has adjudicated the Leana Cohen Music Competition among others, and is an active member of Music Teacher's Association of California (MTAC) and American Federation of Musicians (AFM).
Dr. Sargsyan has graduated from the Tchaikovsky School of Music, a special school for talented students in the former USSR, and earned his Master's and Doctorate Degrees in Violin Performance from the Komitas State Conservatory of Music where he studied with Dr. Z. Sargsyan, whose teacher was a student of a legendary Leopold Auer. He also holds an Artist Diploma from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA). Mr. Sargsyan has worked with Pittsburgh Ballet and Opera Theatre Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Altoona Symphony Orchestra, Cheyenne and Fort Collins Symphony Orchestras (Co Concertmaster), Missouri Symphony Society. Mr. Sargsyan has participated in master classes with well-known musicians including Jean Ter-Mergerian, Tibor Varga, Vladimir Spivakov, members of Takacs String Quartet. Mr.Sargsyan appeared in numerous solo recitals, chamber music recitals and concerto performances around the world.
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- Distinguished Professor of Violin at Temple University. Honorary President and Artistic Director of IPalpiti Artists International
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- Artistic Director of Veritas Youth Orchestra
Sergei Kvitko's career is as diverse as it is successful. As a pianist, Mr. Kvitko has captured the attention of music critics with his "masterful, intuitive playing… arresting artistry… an iconoclastic sense for rubato rhythm and phrasing" (Fanfare Magazine), and has been praised for his "luminous touch… warm, round sound… plenty of brilliance" as well as "a natural, appealing musicality and sensual understanding of piano tone" (The Chronicle-Herald). American Record Guide proclaimed his recording of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition as "one of the best ever made" and placed on its Critics' Choice List. In spring of 2013 Mr. Kvitko embarked on a 14-city solo concert tour, which climaxed with his New York City debut at Carnegie Hall that "was met with rousing applause, bravos, and a standing ovation" (New York Concert Review).
Sergei Kvitko was born in Russia and began studying music at the age of six. After receiving the highest musical education there, he came to the United States to pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Michigan State University, where he studied with Ralph Votapek. He is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (GRAMMY).
Florida Blue Key; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif; Member, Moot Court; Articles Editor and Senior Student Works Editor, University of Florida Law Review (1977-1978)
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- Director
- Member of the Royal Opera House of Madrid
Gabor Szabo has performed as soloist with many renowned orchestras such as the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the Dohnanyi Symphony Orchestra,Camerata Budapest Chamber Orchestra, the Hungarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, THE London&Viena Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Santa Cecilia, the Meadows Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Galicia,Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia, European Royal Ensemble,among others, with such a conductors as Andras Ligeti, Janos Kovacs, Eduard Schmieder, Dmitri Loos, Gabor Hollerung, Adam Medveczky, Valeria Csanyi, Tamas Benedek and Zsolt Hamar, among others. In 1996 he performed by special invitation for Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Gabor Szabo is known for his wide-ranging repertoire, extending from Vivaldi to contemporary composers. As a recitalist Gabor Szabo has performed in more than twenty European countries, as well as the United States and South America.
Szabo held the position of Concertmaster in the Budapest Symphony Orchestra (MAV) and soon after he was appointed Concertmaster of the Camerata Budapest Chamber Orchestra. In 1998-99 he held that position in the Opera Teatro Municipal in Sao Paulo, Brazil and he was principal violinist in the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia in La Coruna, Spain. Mr. Szabo was appointed concertmaster of the Orquesta Reino de Aragon the resident orchestra of the Auditorio of Zaragoza in Spain.
Gabor Szabo is a member of the Royal Opera House of Madrid (Teatro Real) and holds a concertmaster position with the the Orquesta Reino de Aragon. He is also the founder, concertmaster and Artistic Director of the Madrid Soloists Chamber Orchestra.
Szabo frequently cooperates with orchestras as concertmaster in many European countries. As a leader he has worked with many renowned conductors such as Jean Jacques Kantorow, Vasily Petrenko, Rumon Gamba, Adam Medveczky, John Nelson, Andras Ligeti, VictorPablo Perez, Carlo Rizzi, Jesus Lopez Cobos, George Pehlivanian, Dmitry Loos and Jakub Hrusa, Kynan Johns, among others.
His engagements as a soloist lead him to perform in concert halls in Spain, Italy, Hungary and the USA.
Since 2008 Gabor Szabo resides in Madrid, Spain.
GABRIELA IMREH'S series of CDs have received many accolades from the world press, one was a finalist for a Grammy Award. Her recording of the complete Soirées de Vienne by Franz Liszt was praised by former New York Times chief critic Harold C. Schonberg for her "delicious playing," and Fanfare described Gabriela as "a major talent," and her recording as "state of the art…a delightfully ear opening release." She has recorded the Howard Hanson Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth with the Philadelphia Virtuosi on Naxos, and her newest solo CD "Transcriptions" on Arabesque is produced by Max Wilcox, the legendary producer of all of Arthur Rubinstein's recordings at RCA. Also on Naxos is her world premiere recording with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra of the Vittorio Giannini Piano Concerto, a major work completely forgotten since its 1937 premiere by Rosalyn Tureck. Gramophone commented how "there's masses of beefy bravura that she delivers with stunning command". Her numerous live radio appearances have included national and worldwide broadcasts on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2, Romanian and Hungarian State Radio, WFLN in Philadelphia, and National Public Radio's "Performance Today."
A sought after teacher, GABRIELA IMREH has taught on the faculty at New Jersey Governor's School for the Arts and at several universities including the graduate faculty at The College of New Jersey and as visiting scholar and guest professor at the University of Connecticut. She has lectured and given master classes at numerous universities throughout the USA and the world, including London's Royal College of Music, New York University, Dartmouth College and the University of Maryland, and as Featured Artist Clinician at several state, national, and international conferences.
GABRIELA IMREH is the co-author of a ground breaking book: Practicing Perfection: Memory and Piano Performance, a book that has helped to revolutionize the way pianists and psychologists approach problems in musical memory. She has also co-authored many articles on this subject that have been published in leading journals such as Psychological Scie nce in the USA, Piano Journal in the UK, and Medecine des Arts in France. Always looking for new challenges, she collaborated on a special project with New York choreographer Doug Varone, where she performed on stage not just as pianist, but as an actress/dancer in an innovative theatrical presentation. This work was presented for a week of performances at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival to rave reviews.
GABRIELA IMREH, who is fluent in five languages, received her Artist Diploma in performance and pedagogy Summa cum laude from the "Georghe Dima" Academy of Music in Romania and shortly afterward immigrated to the United States, where she has lived since 1986. She became an American citizen in 1994.
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- Artistic Director of Music Beyond the Chamber. Director of the Composers Conference
Lauded for her "lyrical intensity" (Baltimore Sun) and her "performances to remember" (Woodstock Times), violinist Jessica Tong has garnered international acclaim as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. A recipient of the Canada Council Grant for Professional Musicians and the David Ouchterloney Award for Most Promising Young Artist, she is also a DAAD Scholar and has also been a top prizewinner at the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, the Toronto Symphony, Canadian Music and Yellow Springs International Chamber Music Competitions.
A devoted chamber musician, Jessica's performances have taken her to Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center, les Invalides in Paris and the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and led to collaborations with artists such as Pamela Frank, Leon Fleisher, Cho-Liang Lin and members of the Cleveland, Vogler, Brentano and Borromeo Quartets. She has served as the first violinist of the Vinca and Larchmere String Quartets, and most recently held the post of Artist-in-Residence at the University of Evansville and concertmaster of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra in Indiana. Her debut album of chamber works by Stephan Krehl with the Larchmere Quartet and clarinetist Wonkak Kim was released in 2016 by Naxos Records to critical acclaim.
Dedicated to finding innovative ways to make the chamber music art form relevant and understood by current society, Jessica is also a passionate advocate for music education and humanizing the concert experience. She has been an Artist-in-Residence for the Perlman Music Program in Florida, the Gorgeous Sounds Program in Oregon and a two time recipient of the ProQuartet Odyss ée Residency Grant in France. She has served as a Co-Artistic Director for several chamber music workshops including Chamber Music of the Rockies in Colorado, University of Florida's ChamberFest, and the Harlaxton Music Festival in England. She is a co-founder of the chamber music residency organization Music Beyond the Chamber, as well as the current Director for the Chamber Music Workshop of the Composers Conference held at Brandeis University in Massachusetts.
A pupil of Pamela Frank, Jessica has also studied with Kathleen Winkler, Donald Weilerstein, and Zhang yun Zhang, and has been mentored as a chamber musician by members of the Alban Berg, Vogler, Artemis and Brentano Quartets.
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- Founding Member of Coffey Burlington, PL
Kendall Coffey is a founding member of Coffey Burlington, PL, concentrating on complex litigation at trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts. Mr. Coffey currently serves as the Chair of the Southern District Conference, Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Commission.
Mr. Coffey is the author of Foreclosures in Florida published by LexisNexis.Over the years, he has written some three dozen articles on legal topics in publications ranging from the Yale Law and Policy Review to the Wall Street Journal and he recently published another book, Spinning the Law: Trying Cases in the Court of Public Opinion. He also teaches law as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami, School of Law, and has lectured for The Florida Bar, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Dade County Bar Association, Professional Education Systems, Inc., National Business Institute, Inc. and CLE International, Inc.
Krisztina Fejes has a rich and diverse repertoire ranging from baroque to contemporary music. She is a leading artist of the Hungarian contemporary music scene, making numerous live recordings for Hungarian Radio and premieres.
In 2010 she was awarded the Annie Fischer Scholarship. In 2012 she was awarded the Artisjus Prize for her work as a performing artist. She was awarded a scholarship by the MMA - Hungarian Academy of Arts for 2017/2018. In 2020 she was awarded the Artisjus Prize for her work as a performer.
She is currently a freelance concert artist and a much sought-after pianist, receiving constant interest and invitations from all over the world and in Hungary also. With roots in Transylvania, she nurtures Hungarian talent from across the border, while for her, it is important to promote Hungarian musical culture, both across the border and around the world.
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- Director and Co - Founder of Clazz International Music Festival
Matt Pickart, director and co-founder of Clazz International Music Festival, holds a varied career as a violinist, violist, jazz musician, and teacher. He has the distinct honor and privilege of having been able to perform at both Jazz at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Music Hall's Weill Recital Hall. During summer 2017, Mr. Pickart went on a small European tour with Grammy nominated Quartet San Francisco as their guest violist. The concerts culminated in a sold out performance at Cremona 2017 Summer Festival, sponsored by the professional consortium of Cremonese violinmakers. Other recent career highlights include performances in a wide variety of settings all over the world including concerts with Barry Manilow on tour, Bernadette Peters, the Vogues, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, the Interharmony International Music Festival Orchestra in Italy as featured soloist, the Beatles Love Album Tribute Tour, Rocktopia, Premier Swingtett in Berlin, Ritmo Flamenco in Toronto, and the Swingadje Ensemble as featured soloist on three German tours 2013-2015. Additionally, he has had his recordings aired on Milwaukee's WMSE, Pittsburgh's WQED, and National Russian Radio.
Michael Kugel was born in the USSR. He studied violin at the Beethoven School of Music and at the Music College in Kharkov, later he studied viola, composition and conducting at the Leningrad (St-Petersburg) State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.
In 1975 he won First Prize at the Internatoinal Voila Competition in Budapest. In the USSR he was the soloist at the Moscow Philharmonic Organisation «Mosconcert», violist at the Beethoven State Quartet and assistent-professor at the Moscow Tschaikovsky Conservatory. From 1990 till 1996 Michael Kugel was professor at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy for Music and Dance (Israel).
In 1996 he settled in Belgium and now he is a professor at the Maastricht Royal Conservatory (Netherlands).
Michael Kugel has enriched the viola reprtoire with many transcriptions and his own compositions: concerto for viola and orchestra, sonatas, duos, suitas, preludes etc. His compositions also include piano Sonata, quartets, Chamber Symphony were among others. They published in Belgium, USA, Sweden and Ukraine.
Michael Kugel was a member of jury for Internatoinal Competitions in England. Germany, Italy, Austria, Israel, Belgium, USA, Croatia, Netherlands, Russia etc. Hi has recorded adout 20 discs and also made numerous recordings as a conductor and voila-d-amore performer.
Michel Kugel is the author of three books: «Viola Sonata by Shostakovich and Viola Concerto by Bartok - The history of an era», «Masterpieces of the instrumental music» and «Musical Essay».
Nona Zakharyan is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky Special Music School for Talented Students. She has received Bachelor and Master's Degrees with honors from the Komitas State Conservatory (USSR) where she studied with Prof. Svetlana Dadyan and Prof. Villy Sargsyan, a renowned performer and pedagogue in the former Soviet Union and abroad. She earned her 2nd Master's degree in Piano Performance from the University of Wyoming where she subsequently serving on the piano faculty. Her teaching technique is based on Russian and American methods of piano performance. Mrs. Zakharyan has been a prizewinner of several competitions nationally and internationally, including 1st Prize of the Midland/Odessa Symphony Competition in 2003, Grand prize of the Fort-Collins Symphony Concerto Competition in Colorado (2004). She appeared as a soloist with Midland/Odessa symphony orchestra, UW Symphony orchestra, Fort Collins Symphony orchestra and also performed solo recitals in Armenia, Russia, Georgia and USA. Nona is much in demand as a soloist and collaborative pianist. Mrs. Zakharyan is featured on a recording of A.Khachaturian Piano Concerto with Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra which was released in 2004. She is a guest adjudicator at the Leana Cohen Music Festival among others, she is also active member of the Music Teachers Association of California. Her students participated in many competitions earning the highest ranks. Ms. Zakharyan is co-founder of the Royal Academy the Sound of Music and has been teaching here from the day of the Academy's establishment.
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- Principal Viola of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
Pavel is a laureate of 6 international competitions, including the 8th International Viola Masters viola competition of Yuri Bashmet.
Ramiz Usmanov possesses a voice which is rare in its beauty and richness, rich in overtones and colors, characteristic for both lyrical and dramatic tenor repertoire, which allows him to successfully perform a wide range of leading tenor parties. José Carerras said that Ramiz is one of the greatest tenors of today with one of the most beautiful voices.
Ramiz was born on December 14, 1981 in Arnasay district of Djizak region (Uzbekistan). After the end of the 9th grade of secondary school, in 1996 he entered the Yu. Rajabi Music School specializing in "Rubab". In 2000 he entered the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, specializing in "academic vocal" in the class of Honored Artist of Uzbekistan, assistant professor A. Abdukadyrov.
In 2000 he entered the internship group of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater named after A. Navoi. From 2005 to present - he is a soloist of the Alister Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre.
René Hernandez is the Assistant Principal Trumpet who's jovial, extroverted playing takes the lead in virtually every BSO Pops concert.
Since 2004, he has put the brassiness in the big high solo parts for Jack Everly, Paquito D'Rivera, Al Jarreau, John Williams shows and Burt Bacharach, to name just a few. He has even sounded the "Call to the Post" to kick off the Preakness at Pimlico. A native of San Diego CA, he has performed with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Philharmonic, Albany Symphony Orchestras, the International Symphony in Jerusalem, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia in Spain, the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado De Mexico, and the Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra di Milano in Italy where he met his wife Silva. In addition to Maestra Marin Alsop and Maestro Yuri Temirkanov, a few of the notable conductors with whom Mr. Hernandez has worked are Sir Simon Rattle, Michael Tilson Thomas and Lorin Maazel. A faculty member at Towson University, he has appeared as soloist around the region and at the International Trumpet Guild Conference. When resting his chops during the arduous winter season, Rene can be found on major ski slopes around the United States.
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- Music Director
- Music Director of the Orquesta Reino
Ricardo Casero is the music director of the Orquesta Reino de Aragón, Spain, where he has been working with soloists such Maxim Vengerov, Sarah Chang, and Natalia Gutman. He is the principal conductor and music director of the Master Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2007, and has furthered his conducting career by working as a collaborative conductor at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia.
Mr. Casero has been invited conductor of the; Raanana Symphonette, Israel; Orchestre de la Opera de Marseille, France; National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Swedish Wind Ensemble; Halle Staatskapelle, Germany; Albania National Opera; Kiev Na- tional Opera House; Spanish National Orchestra ONE; Bilbao Symphony Orchestra (BOS), Galicia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Valencian Community Symphony Orchestra (Palau de les Arts), Valencia Symphony Orchestra, Extremadura Symphony Orchestra, Región de Murcia Symphony Orchestra, City of Granada Orchestra, Córdoba Symphony Orchestra, Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, Spain and the Master Symphony Orchestra in the Festival Internacional de Música de Cine in Córdoba and the International Music Festival PlayFest in Úbeda working closely with composers like Mark Isham, Trevor Morris, Blake Neely, Christopher Young, Akira Yamaoka, Austin Wintory Borislav Slavov, and Richard Jacques, the Master Chamber Players with Maxim Vengerov in Riga, Latvia.
Lastly, Mr. Casero holds the Guiness Book of World Records 2012 award for conducting and recording a 235 piece orchestra for the soundtrack to Konami's latest video game, Castlevania, "Lords of Shadow".
Ricardo Casero graduated with honors from institutions in Spain, the United States (In- diana University), the United Kingdom (Guildhall School of Music), and Sweden (Umea), having studied with José Chenoll, Keith Brown, Denis Wick, and Christian Lindberg. He was also the recipient of a Fulbright Grant and a scholarship to study at Indiana University, where he completed an Artist Diploma in trombone performance.
"...Ricardo Casero is a musician who knows the work from within and can bring to the podium not only a deep knowledge, but also the intuition from an intense and extensive career.
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- Professor at the Reina Sofía School of Music
Zohrab Tadevosyan is considered an important figure on the international musical-pedagogical scene, he is primarily focused on violin pedagogy. Zohrab Tadevosyan is a regular guest at the most important European festivals, he is a guest artist at the Santander Music Festival. Since 2016 he is invited professor at the summer course in Nagold (Germany), Malta Classical Music Academy, Academia