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 YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF THE AMERICAS

YOA Faculty

Leon Spierer, Violin - Germany
Former Concertmaster - Berlin Philharmonic
Leon Spierer served as 1st concertmaster of the Berlin Philhramonic Orchestra from 1963 to 1993 under the batons of principal conductors Herbert von Karajan and Loren Maazel, among others. Before this, he was the first concertmaster of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra from 1958 to 1963. In 1969 he was awarded the Prize of German Music Critics for “versatility in the interpretation of different musical styles.”

 

Timothy Cobb, Double Bass - United States
Principal - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Outside of his duties as principal bass of the Met Orchestra, double bassist Timothy Cobb maintains a busy schedule of chamber collaborations and solo appearances. Recent collaborations include the Guarneri, Emerson, and Belcea Quartets, as well as singer Ian Bostridge, pianist Leon Fleischer and actors Leonard Nimoy, Richard Thomas and Alan Alda. Mr.Cobb makes regular appearances with the Met chamber players at both Weill and Zankel halls, as well as numerous concert series’ nationwide.

 

Rob Weir, Bassoon - Canada
San Francisco Symphony
Rob Weir received his early music training on piano and bassoon in his native Canada. He was awarded a Canada Council Arts Grant to continue his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. His teacher was Bernard Garfield, principal bassoonist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. After leaving Curtis, Rob moved to San Francisco, where he enjoyed a rich and varied musical life.

 

Judy Loman, Harp - Canada
Principal, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Ms. Loman has been Principal harpist with the Toronto Symphony since 1960, and has appeared as a soloist with that organization in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Ms. Loman's performances are heard frequently on CBC Radio and she has recorded for RCA, Columbia, CBC, Centre Disc, Aquitaine, Marquis and Naxos. Her playing has been featured in two films by Rhombus Media, presented by the CBC and TV Ontario. She is a recipient of Canada's Juno Award for best classical recording, and the Canada Council's Grand Prix du Disc.

 

José Aurelio Castillo, Violin - Costa Rica
Concertmaster - National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica
Jose Castillo is the concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra in Costa Rica. He studied violin at the Herbert von Karajan Academy in Germany, with Leon Spierer, concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He previously studied in the United States, with Sylvia Moss and Esther Glazer, both pupils of the renowned pedagogue Ivan Galamian.

 

Leone Buyse, Flute - United States
Former Principal Boston Symphony

Leone Buyse is the Joseph and Ida Kirkland Mullen Professor of Flute at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. In 1993 she relinquished her position with the Boston Symphony Orchestra to pursue a more active teaching and solo career after 22 years as an orchestral musician. Acting principal flutist of the BSO during her last three years in Boston, she was invited by Seiji Ozawa to join the orchestra in 1983 as assistant principal flutist and principal flutist of the Boston Pops. 

 

Javier Gandara, French Horn - Costa Rica
Principal - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Javier Gandara is Principal French Horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and a French Horn faculty at the Manhattan School of Music.

 

 

Fernando Meza, Percussion - Costa Rica
Faculty - University of Minnesota
Fernando Meza is Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Music, where he has been Director of Percussion Studies since 1993. Over this time period, he has built and established in Minneapolis what is considered by many to be one of the most comprehensive centers of percussion studies in the United States.

 

Craig Mumm, Viola - United States
Principal - Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Craig Mumm is in his 24th season as associate principal violist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Mr. Mumm began his career in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and went on to become the assistant principal violist of the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago and also the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra.  

 

Alex Klein, Oboe - Brazil
Former Principal - Chicago Orchestra
Alex Klein is one of the world’s foremost oboists, and maintains an equal dedication to cultural, humanitarian and educational issues around the world. Klein appears regularly as conductor, oboe soloist and pedagogue in the United States, France, Japan, China, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Argentina and Spain, developing and assisting music projects aimed at regular concert-goers as well as early childhood education.

 

 

Mauro Maur, Trumpet - Italy
Principal - Rome Opera House Orchestra
At a very young age, Mauro Maur graduated in Trieste. In 1975, he successfully passed the admission audition at the National Conservatory of Paris where he perfected his studies with Thibaud. While he was still a pupil of the Conservatory, he won the audition of first trumpet for the Tolosa National Orchestra (Plasson) and with them took part in several competitions around the world such as the United States, Austria, Germany and Italy.

 

Ricardo Castro, Piano - Brazil
Haute Ecole de Musique de Fribourg – Lausanne
First Prize Winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1993 and Artistic Director of the Bahia Symphony Orchestra since January 2007, Ricardo Castro is in charge of the implantation of the world acclaimed Venezuelan system of youth orchestras in Bahia where he started in collaboration with FESNOJIV the program NEOJIBÁ (Núcleos Estaduais de Orquestras Juvenis e Infantis da Bahia).

 

 

Ilmari Hopkins, Cello - Norway
Principal - Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Born in 1976 in Finland, Ilmari is the Co-Principal cellist of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Norway. He began his professional training with Anatoly Nikitin, (assistant of Rostropovich) at the St.Petersburg State Conservatory in Russia, and obtained his postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music of Stockholm (class of Torleif Thedeen, disciple of Tortelier).

 

Michael Webster, Clarinet - United States
Former Principal - Rochester Philharmonic
Michael Webster is Professor of Clarinet at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music and Artistic Director of the Houston Youth Symphony. Described by the Boston Globe as “a virtuoso of burgeoning prominence,” he has collaborated with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Tokyo, Cleveland, Muir, Ying, Leontóvych, and Chester String Quartets and Yo Yo Ma, among others.

 

James Desano, Trombone - United States
Principal - Cleveland Orchestra

Education: Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Ithaca College; Graduate studies with Emory Remington at the Eastman School of Music. Performance Experience: Principal Trombone with the Syracuse Symphony from 1964-1970; Associate Principal Trombone with The Cleveland Orchestra 1970-1989; Principal Trombone with The Cleveland Orchestra 1989-2003.

 

Marlos Nobre, Composer - Brazil
Winner - Tomas Luis de Victoria Prize
The Brazilian composer Marlos Nobre was born in Recife, Pernambuco, in February 18, 1939. He studied piano and music theory at the Conservatory of Music of Pernambuco (1948-1959), and Composition with H.J.Koellreutter and Camargo Guarnieri (1960-1962). Further,with a schorlarship from the Rockefeller Foundation, he followed advanced studies at the Latin American Center in Buenos Aires, with Ginastera, Messiaen, Malipiero, Copland and Dallapiccola (1963-1964).

 
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