Susan Palma-Nidel is currently the principal flutist of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the American Composers Orchestra and Speculum Musicae.
 
She has served as soloist and principal flutist for many groups including Martha Graham and Paul Taylor Dance companies, the Stuttgart, Netherlands and Royal Ballet, the Madeira Bach Festival, Oregon Bach Festival, Santa Fe Opera and Bach Chamber Soloists. With these groups she has performed throughout Europe, South America, and the Far East as well as in the United States.
 
Ms. Palma-Nidel has appeared in over 50 recordings. Her CD of the Mozart Flute Concerto and Flute and Harp Concerto with Nancy Allen has been named the “the best recording of these works to date” by Gramophone Magazine and as one for its “Best all-time recordings” by Deutsche Grammophon Records.
 
In the past two seasons Palma-Nidel collaborated with the Borromeo String Quartet in a program of American music including a new work written for her and the quartet. Ms. Palma-Nidel is on the faculty of Columbia University and Montclair State University.

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For decades, Buenos Aires-born, Latin Grammy-winning pianist, composer and arranger Pablo Ziegler has been one of the most important figures in Argentine New Tango, the vibrant musical hybrid of classic tango and American jazz. Mark Swed of The Los Angeles Times writes, “He is cool, understated and makes everything look easy and natural… Just as a really suave tango dancer seems not to move with feet but on wheels, Ziegler skates the keyboard.” After performing in tango grand-maestro Astor Piazzolla’s legendary quintet for over a decade, and appearing on iconic Piazzolla recordings including Tango: Zero Hour, La Camorra and Central Park Concert, Ziegler has led his own groups for over 20 years, refining and reimagining the bounds of the tango tradition. Touring throughout the world with his trio, quartet and quintet, recent seasons have seen Ziegler performing at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Chautauqua Institute, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, and the Laguna Beach Music Festival. He has been featured as guest soloist with major orchestras around the world, playing his own compositions as well as the music of Piazzolla with the Presidential Orchestra of Turkey, the Tokyo Chamber Orchestra, and Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra in São Paolo, Brazil. Ziegler’s most recent recording, 2013’s critically acclaimed Amsterdam Meets New Tango, sees his quartet paired with the Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest. In 2011, Ziegler’s work as music director, arranger and pianist for bass-baritone opera star Erwin Schrott earned an Echo Klassik Award for the album Rojotango. Ziegler’s 2005 release, Bajo Cero, won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album, and in 2008, his album Buenos Aires Report made the final list of nominees for the same honor.

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Praised by the New York Times as a “splendid player”, Argentinean bandoneónist Héctor Del Curto has captivated the audiences around the world as a soloist and chamber musician, sharing the stage with the world–renowned tango legends Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Pugliese, pianist Pablo Ziegler, clarinetist Paquito D´Rivera, ballet dancer Julio Bocca, National Symphony Orchestra (Washington D.C.), Buenos Aires Symphony Orchestra and Teatro Colón Ballet among many others.
 
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Edson da Silva (Brazil, New York), known worldwide as Café is a multi-talented percussionist who has played with virtually every major recording artist from Brasil including Milton Nascimento, Simone, Djavan, Gilberto Gil, Edu Lobo, Ivan Lins, Chico Buarque, Eliane Elias, and many more. During his illustrious 35 year career he has also toured and recorded with Stevie Wonder, Stevie Winwood, James Taylor, Roberta Flack, David Byrne, Randy Brecker, Harry Belafonte and countless others.

Cellist Edward Arron has garnered recognition worldwide for his elegant musicianship, impassioned performances, and creative programming. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Arron made his New York recital debut in 2000 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Earlier that year, he performed Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos with Yo-Yo Ma and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at the Opening Night Gala of the Caramoor International Festival. Since that time, Mr. Arron has appeared in recital, as a soloist with orchestra, and as a chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
 
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Composer and guitarist Claudio Ragazzi has been writing award winning music for film and television, scoring hundreds of projects and performing with some of today’s most respected musicians at renowned concert halls in the world.
 
He has performed with some of today’s most influential and respected musicians, including Gary Burton, Yo-Yo Ma, Randy Brecker, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett and Paquito d’Rivera. A native of Argentina, Claudio grew up in Buenos Aires, where he performed as a youngster with some of Argentina’s most influential musicians including Tango master Rodolfo Medero, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Litto Nebbia and Antonio Agri. He is currently a Professor at the Berklee School of Music in Bosto, teaching composition, film scoring and guitar.