Joseph Vaz & Elena Ariza

Pianist Joseph Vaz has performed as a soloist, collaborative artist and chamber musician in North America and Europe, in venues from Carnegie Hall to the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna. He has performed as a soloist with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Harmonia Orchestra Seattle, and other orchestral ensembles.

Cellist Elena Ariza has collaborated with renowned artists including Marin Alsop, Itzhak Perlman, and Michael Tilson Thomas, and has appeared at the Marlboro, Norfolk, Ravinia, and Taos music festivals. She was recently invited to perform Strauss’s Don Quixote with the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall and featured on Yo-Yo Ma’s Music Art Life project and NPR’s From the Top.