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Nathalie Peña-Comas

Latin Grammy-Nominee rising star soprano and actress Nathalie Peña-Comas was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Nathalie was invited to the inauguration of the first Vienna Opera Sommer Festival in Belvedere Palace.

She has performed, a. o. with the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Vienna Concert – Verein Orchestra, the Strauss Festival Orchestra, the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Târgu Mures, the Academic Musical Theater Orchestra of Minsk, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Belarus and the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic; a. o. with Maestros Eugene Kohn, Valery Polyansky, Ernst Kovacic, Joji Hattori, Ola Rudner, Ferenc Gábor, Harald Krumpöck, José Antonio Molina and many others, and alongside Andrea Bocelli, Gregory Kunde, Stephen Costello, Morris Robinson, KS Ramón Vargas, Tuomas Katajala, and pop artists Johnny Ventura, Danny Rivera, Plácido Domingo Jr. and many others.

She won the 1st Prize at the Ebe Stignani Opera International Competition 2022, the 2nd Prize at the Montecatini Opera Festival Singing Competition 2022, and has been awarded several prizes for “Classical Singer of the Year” at Soberano Awards (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021 – Dom. Rep.). She was also finalist at the 14th Osaka International Music Competition (2013) and won the special prize for the “Most Promising Soprano” and for the ”Best Interpretation of a Polish Composition” at the 14th Ada Sari International Competition of Vocal Art (2011). ​

Since 2019 Nathalie serves as Cultural Ambassador for the Dominican Republic.

Armen Guzelimian

Armen Guzelimian is celebrated for his versatility as a top-notch collaborative artist, a brilliant soloist and first-rate chamber musician not only in Southern California, but all over the world. He has received national and international critical acclaim for his appearances in many of the major concert halls in the U.S.A and Europe.​

He has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, California Chamber Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, American Youth Symphony, the Pasadena Symphony/Pops Orchestra among others, with such conductors as Neville Marriner, Stuart Challenger, Mehli Mehta, Bruce Ferden and Michael Feinstein.

As a recording artist, Mr. Guzelimian’s performances are represented on the EMI, Angel, Teldec, Nonesuch, Delos and Crystal labels. He appears on the documentary film “Shadows in Paradise”, as well as on Classical Arts Showcase, PBS and throughout Europe on Arte.