MARIANA POSADA V
PROFESSIONAL VISION AND TEACHING DEVELOPMENT:
Mariana Posada agrees that she has amazing students, which through hard work and perseverance have been able to graduate into excellent pianists and went abroad to do their postgraduate studies. She periodically renews her class with talented young people who have been training in the Basic Program of Music Studies of the Conservatory, as well as young people who come to study in Bogota from remote regions of the country. Maestra Posada places special emphasis on promoting in her students the desire and importance to seek out Master's degrees in different parts of the world, as pianists, chamber musicians and pedagogues.
Among her students are: Jason Ponce, Andres Leonardo Montero, Paula Sanchez, Cesar Ernesto Guzman, Joshua David Sierra (her last graduating in August 2021), Andrea Perez, Beatriz Batista, Harrison Linares, Adrián Tarapuez Hidalgo, and the youngest Francisco Cruz.
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Jason ponce
Graduated as a pianist on the 2002, multiple time soloist with the Philharmonic and Symphonic Orchestras of Bogotá and Colombia Orquestras respectively. Currently has worked for more than 12 years as a pianist and teacher at the Hochschule für Musik in Lübeck and in Hamburg.
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Andres Leonardo Montero
Graduated as a pianist on 2009, multiple time soloist with the Philharmonic Bogotá Orchestra and with the Fosbo Orquesta, under Zbigniew Zajac direction. He works as a pianist and composer at Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles, USA. He recently released his first musical album titled "Doorways" now nominated for the Grammy Awards.
- andresmonteromusic.com
- linkedin.com/in/andres-montero-80a54433
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Paula Andrea Sanchez
She completed her second Master of Advanced Interpretation at the Hochschule für Musik in Zurich.
- paulasanchezpiano.com
- linkedin.com/in/paulasanchezpiano
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Cesar Ernesto Guzman
Came from Ecuador, upon finishing his studies in Colombia he completed a Master's degree in piano performance at Missouri State University. He currently works as a professor at the Franz Liszt Conservatory of Quito.
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Juan Daniel Alzate
He graduated from the Master in Piano Interpretation and Pedagogy in 2019. He currently works as a teacher at the Sergio Arboleda University in Bogotá and as an accompanying pianist at the music conservatory of the National University of Colombia.
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Beatriz Batista
Came from Cuba, she works as a brilliant pianist and accompanist. She won first prize as collaborative pianist in the singing contest of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra - 2020. Winner of the Young Talent Competition of the Luis Angel Arango Concert Hall, 2020 as a collaborative pianist.
She currently works as an accompanist pianist at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and the Universidad de los Andes
Joshua Sierra
He won by competition a Summer Course at the Hotchkiss School of Music in the state of New York, USA and won the Contest as a Soloist in 2017 of the Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. In 2018 he won second place in the contest for Young Soloists of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Concerto # 1 by F. Chopin. In 2018 he won in the Young Interpreters series of the Luis Angel Arango Library and in the Chamber Music Competition of Esmeraldas, Ecuador with the Beethoven Trio. Winner of the Young Talent Competition of the Luis Angel Arango Concert Hall, 2020 as a soloist pianist. He obtained an honors degree in 2021 and starting 2022 he will begin his Master's studies in Piano Performance with his teacher, Mariana Posada. In September 2022, he won second prize at the Bucaramanga Piano Competition
Francisco Cruz
In November 2020, he was the winner of the Pianissimo Contest of the city of Medellín, in the category for children of 9 and 10 years old. As a Prize, he participated in the Final of the Carmel Klavier Latin America Contest, in March 2021 where he was the winner of the Grand Prize in the solo category. In June 2021 he participated in the Carmel Klavier USA International Contest where he received the first place award in the concert category and second place in the solo category and was the winner of the International Festival of Costa Rica in August 2021. Second place of the I Parnassus International Competition, 2021. In November 2021, he stood out among the 10 semifinalists (adults), of the José Jacinto Cuevas contest in Mérida, Mexico. He was invited as a soloist of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra in July 2022.
ANDREA PEREZ
She traveled with Professor Mariana Posada and other classmates to the Interpretation and Chamber Music Festival in Villingen, Germany in 2014, where she was chosen to perform in the Final Concerts, as a recitalist as well as accompanist pianist and Chamber Music. She graduated in the National Museum Auditorium in Bogotá in November 2020. Currently, she works as a piano teacher the Culture House in Cajica, Colombia.
HARRISON LINAREZ
He graduated in December 2021, since January 2022 he traveled to Italy where he is currently studying a double degree: Piano interpretation at the Bolzano Conservatory as well as the Trilingual masters in Musicology in Trento University.
ADRIÁN TARAPUEZ HIDALGO
He presented his Graduate Recital in his hometown, Pasto, in the Culture Hall, in November 2021. He recently received his Diploma as a pianist.