Featured Artists

These are the MahlerFest 37 Featured Artists including soloists, chamber musicians, Festival Artists, and symposium speakers.

Aaron Cohen has a varied career centered on music, audio and media.  He is an award-winning radio producer and an accomplished Read more
Hailed by Gramophone as a “symphonic conductor of stature,” conductor, cellist, composer, rock guitarist and author Kenneth Woods has worked Read more
Alan Snow joined the Minnesota Orchestra in September 2022 and won the position of Associate Concertmaster in November 2022. Previously, Read more
Festival Artist April Fredrick is a soprano with a passion for nuance and text which gets to the heart of Read more
Classical violist and North Carolina native, Aria Cheregosha made her debut in Carnegie Hall at the age of 13 and Read more
Described by the Chicago Sun Times as “…riveting and insightful, who lights up in passages of violin pyrotechnics,” Caroline Eva Read more
Festival Artist Daniel Kelly, a native of Charleston, SC, is associate professor of trumpet at Texas A&M University-Commerce. He joined Read more
Festival Artist Daniel Silver, professor of clarinet at CU, is a versatile performer and teacher whose career encompasses a full Read more
Dave Biller is a multi-instrumentalist based in central Texas. Known for his high level of versatility, he has written, performed, Read more
Receiving B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Julliard School of Music, David Taylor started his playing career as a member Read more
Hailed by the New York Times as possessing “rich tone and deft technique,” Hannah Porter Occeña is Assistant Professor of Read more
Pianist and Festival Artist Jennifer Hayghe is an Associate Professor of Piano in the Roser Piano and Keyboard Area at Read more
Jeremy Barham is Professor of Music. He is a graduate of the University of Durham, and his research broadly concerns Read more
  Dr. Jesse Orth (he/him) is the assistant professor of tuba and euphonium at the Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He has recently performed and presented at Read more
Oboist Jordan Pyle’s love of music came at an early age when she fell in love with Mozart operas—dancing, singing, Read more
Joseph Horowitz’s eleven previous books mainly deal with the history of classical music in the United States. Understanding Toscanini: How Read more
Dr. Lauren Spaulding, under the alias of @MonochromeViola, has established herself as a rising genre-defying soloist and chamber musician through Read more
Festival Artist Lucas Borges is an Assistant Professor of Trombone at Ohio University (OU) and is a Conn-Selmer Performing Artist. Read more
Festival Artist Lydia Van Dreel, Professor of Horn at the University of Oregon, joined the faculty in 2006. Prior to Read more
Matthew Mugmon, who served as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra's Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence for the 2015–16 season, received his Ph.D. in Read more
It is no coincidence for Michael Baker to end up as a career musician as he was surrounded by all Read more
Winner of the Audience Prize at the Leeds Conductors’ Competition for his “electric conducting”, MahlerFest Fellow and Assistant Conductor Michael Read more
Cellist Parry Karp is Artist-in Residence and Professor of Chamber Music and Cello, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he Read more
Nick Pfefferkorn was born in Leipzig in 1976. At the age of 7, he took up playing the trombone and Read more
Dr. Richard Adams joined the faculty of Texas Woman's University in 2015. He has performed with the Center Stage Brass, Read more
Lauded for her “stirring and singing tone” by Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, Canadian violinist Sophia Szokolay has captivated audiences across Canada, Read more
Tallā Rouge, meaning ‘the Red-Gold’ in Farsi and French, was established by the fiery Persian-American & Cajun-American violists, Aria Cheregosha Read more

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