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Principal Coach
Olga Lisovska
Classical Soprano, VIP Director, Music Teacher at Boston Symphony Orchestra, & Co-founder of Boston Int’l Symphony Orchestra
A critically acclaimed classical soprano, Olga's career involves singing on prestigious concert stages, including Carnegie Hall, and producing events and performances. As a performer, Ms. Lisovska’s concerts have been featured on Ukrainian, Italian and American TV, including on the Today Show. Ms. Lisovska is a sought-after voice teacher and diction coach. As diction and voice coach she works with Tanglewood Festival Chorus at Boston Symphony, Odyssey Opera, and New England Conservatory. Olga Lisovska holds degrees from Middlebury College, École Normale de Musique d'A. Cortot in Paris, France and L'Institut des Sciences Politiques in Paris, France.
Guest Coaches
Jorge Arturo Soto
BISO Co-Founder, Conductor
Principal Conductor at Boston International Symphony Orchestra
In 2023, Mr. Soto became Principal Conductor of the United Nations Festival Orchestra for Hope. He is also the Principal Conductor of the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to his regular posts, Mr. Soto has collaborated with Boston Symphony Orchestra, as assistant or cover conductor for the BSO on several occasions, including for performances with Andris Nelsons, John Williams, David Robertson, Giancarlo Guerrero, Thomas Wilkins, and Stefan Asbury, among others.
Born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Mr. Soto began his musical studies in Venezuela at the Vicente Emilio Sojo State Conservatory, later studying violin at the Latin American Academy of Violin under Rhio Sanchez, Francisco Diaz and José Francisco Del Castillo. A founding member of the Simón Bolívar National Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, he has also performed with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas.
Mr. Soto graduated with a Master of Music degree in conducting from the New England Conservatory. His conducting teachers and mentors include Harold Farberman, Jorma Panula, Stephen Tucker, Jani Telaranta, and Charles Peltz. On violin, he has studied with Sophie Vilker, Janne Malmivaara, Peter Sulski, and Timothy Schwarz.
Ana Guigui
Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music
Professor at Longy School of Music of Bard College
Opera/Voice, Musical Theater, Broadway
Dr. Ana Guigui has a 35-year career as an interdisciplinary, professional artist, including Broadway national tours and Off-Broadway credits as a performer, a world touring keyboardist and vocalist for Christopher Cross and various other Grammy award winning artists. Academic accomplishments include a DMA in Opera/Vocal Arts from USC’s Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles. As an ongoing Professor of Voice at the Berklee College of Music in Boston since 2011, Dr. Guigui teaches voice lessons in various styles/genres, acting classes, directs musical theater productions and directs and produces student senior recitals.
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