CAREER PROGRAM

Cândida Borges is a Brazilian contemporary musician and transmedia artist – pianist, singer, songwriter, composer, performer, educator and Scholar. See her operatic work, Transmundi, an Intermedia VR Installation.

Hugo Sanbone, conductor, composer, multi-instrumentalist and musical director with an innovative style, in his project presents compositions anchored in the mixture of rhythmic patterns and in the contemporary harmonic aesthetics of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. 

IBOC first violinist, Anna Tsukervanik, has received praise for her "ferocious" and "sensitive" performances. She gave her first solo performance at the age of eight and at fourteen received First Prize at the Glazunov International Violin Competition in Paris, France. She is also the Grand-Prix winner of the International Violin Competition in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan.

The Eurovision finalist from Malta, Davinia Pace, is a songwriter, singer, and actor. Within her first year of the program, she has produced two sold-out shows at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. 

Yunxuan Zhu is a Chinese operatic lyric tenor based in New York City. Yunxuan was born in China and was a child actor growing up in Singapore. He has performed in the US, China, and Singapore both as a singer and actor.

Flávia Darcie is Mezzo-Soprano. She received her Master’s Degree in Classical Vocal Performance from New York University and her Bachelor’s in music with concentration in Conducting from FAAM, university located in São Paulo. Her passion and curiosity for many art forms led her to explore choir and orchestral conducting, acting and singing.

IBOC collaborative pianist Tomomi Sato enjoys her diverse career as a highly sought after solo and collaborative musician as well as a teacher of various genres and styles, ranging from classical to jazz, musical theatre, and popular music.

IBOC Brazilian Band leader, Marcelo is a Brazilian electric and upright bass player. Graduate from Berklee College of music, he is a specialist in Jazz and Fusion performance and music production.

IBOC musician and educator, João Cabral Armando has been a passionate musical innovator committed to the exploration of many different art forms on the African landscape. Cabral has numerous original compositions within the Afro-Jazz musical tradition, combining both traditional and modern elements of jazz.

IBOC guitarist/composer based in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated Berklee College of Music in 2019, where he studied guitar performance and jazz composition. Roger has performed in the US, Japan, and Taiwan both as a bandleader and sideman.

Camila Vergasta is a recent graduate from the Integrated Program at the Americal Musical and Dramatic Academy. She was born in Brazil and started her music and dance training at a very young age. She studied Opera for 8 years with teachers from the Federal University of Bahia.

Soprano Angelica de la Riva is a Brazilian-Cuban opera singer based in New York City who performs around the world at venues like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

Paula Perseke is an IBOC storyteller. An actor, singer, voice actor and creative writer, she trained in schools such as O Tablado, Casa das Artes de Laranjeiras and Wolf Maya School of Actors.

IBOC first trumpet. Mr. Morel is a faculty member of the Juilliard Pre-College school as an Ear-Training and Music Theory coach.