Reverón Trio in the Spanish National Radio!
The Trio's new album was featured this past November 23rd in "La Hora Azul," a radio show in RTVE, the Spanish National Radio and Television Network! Check it out here
ABOUT REVERON TRIO
"Musicians like the Reverón Trio are an inspiration for any composer; after listening to you play, one feels an urgent desire to write more music!"
Miguel del Águila
Grammy-nominated and award winning composer
The Reverón Piano Trio’s main goal is to introduce audiences to underrepresented music from Latin America alongside contemporary and standard repertoire. These seasoned artists are active promoters of Latin American music through their work as scholars and entrepreneurs, and they have devoted their careers to the discovery, cataloging, performance, editing, and recording of this rich repertoire. In addition, the trio continues to commission and perform new works: recent collaborations include La Hamaca (2021) and El Ventilador (2022), written for the trio by renowned Venezuelan-American composer Ricardo Lorenz, and the world premiere of Barroqueada (2020) by Grammy-nominated composer Miguel del Águila.
The trio is managed in partnership by Halac Artists and Meluk Kulturmanagement. They have performed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, Aruba Symphony Festival, Beethoven Festival Park City, Festival A la Vela de la Alhambra in Granada and many other venues in Europe, North, and South America. Additionally, the trio has been in residence at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies, the Collaborative Piano Institute, and various other universities in the U.S. and abroad. Their first audio recording, produced and distributed globally by the prestigious European label IBS Classical, garnered great reviews.
Upcoming projects include recitals at the Festival Cervantino in Mexico, Music at Kohl Mansion in San Francisco, a concert tour in the East Coast and in Colombia, the release of their second audio recording produced and distributed globally by Urtext Records, and residencies at various other universities.
The Reverón Trio is named after Venezuelan painter and sculptor Armando Reverón (1889- 1954), one of the earliest American modernists and considered one of the most important visual artists in Latin America. Even though Reverón is now regarded as a highly influential figure in Latin America, his work is not celebrated outside the borders of Venezuela. Ana María, Simón, and Horacio are all Venezuelan artists that have made their home in the United States, teaching at the University of Michigan and the University of North Texas, respectively.
MEMBERS
Simón Gollo is a versatile musician with a thriving international career in chamber music, teaching, solo performances, and conducting. He records for IBS Classical and is represented by HALAC Artists, Meluk Kultur Management, and the Reverón Piano Trio. Simón Gollo has performed across Europe and the Americas, including at prestigious festivals, chamber music series, and venues such as the Casals Festival, Festival Cervantino, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, as well as the 92nd Street Y’s Kaufmann Concert Hall (New York) and the National Gallery of Art, among others.
His journey as a chamber musician includes solo performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Brahms’ Double Concerto with orchestras such as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela and Filarmónica de Bogotá, among others.
In 2020, his album CHAUSSON, with pianist John Novacek, received critical acclaim. His recent recording with the Reverón Piano Trio earned the prestigious "Melómano de Oro" award in 2023.
With a national reputation as a distinguished violin instructor, he has made a lasting impact during his tenure at both New Mexico State University (NMSU) and Furman University from 2015 to 2024. His students have consistently achieved remarkable success, winning concerto competitions, gaining admission to renowned music festivals, and excelling in orchestra auditions nationwide. Now, poised to embark on a new chapter, he ascends to the esteemed position of Associate Professor of Violin at the prestigious University of North Texas, further cementing his legacy as a violin professor.
Horacio Contreras has gained esteem through a relevant activity as a performer, pedagogue and researcher. He is a founding member of the Reverón Piano Trio, and a faculty member of the University of North Texas and the Music Institute of Chicago. He is represented by Meluk Kultur Management and Halac Artists alongside his
colleagues of the Reverón Piano Trio. Horacio has collaborated for performances as a concert cellist, recitalist, and chamber musician with prestigious artists, festivals, and institutions in the US, Latin America and Europe. Recent engagements include chamber concerts at festivals and series such as Casals, National Gallery of Art, Chamber Music International (Dallas, TX), and Music in May (Santa Cruz CA); and concerto performances in the US and Venezuela.
Horacio’s pedagogic materials have been published by Carl Fischer. His students have made solo recordings
and won awards at national and international competitions including Johansen, UNISA (South
Africa), and the Milwaukee Symphony concerto competition. His former students include top-prize winners of the Paulo, Casals, Stulberg, Klein and Aspen Festival concerto competitions. They been appointed in positions in schools of music and orchestras in Europe and Latin America. Horacio spends his summers teaching at Center Stage Strings at the University of Michigan.
He is the founder and Artistic Director of Strings of Latin America, an initiative that partners with the Sphinx Organization to foster diversity in the field of western art music. He studied in Venezuela, France and Spain, and holds degrees from the University of Michigan.
Venezuelan pianist Ana María Otamendi has forged a diverse career as a vocal coach, collaborative pianist, chamber musician, recording artist, pedagogue, entrepreneur, and conductor. She is co-founder and Artistic Director of the Collaborative Piano Institute, one of the most sought-after summer programs for collaborative pianists worldwide, as well as Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano at the University of Michigan.
Ana María is founding member of the Hall/Otamendi Duo (with trumpet virtuoso Ashley Hall), the Aelia Duo (with pianist Elena Lacheva), and the Reverón Piano Trio, a Venezuelan ensemble dedicated to the standard, modern, and Latin American piano trio repertoire, managed by Halac Artists - Meluk Kulturmanagement. Her recordings released by IBS Classical and Centaur Records have garnered widespread acclaim.
Her interests range from Neuroscience and Psychology applied to learning and practicing an instrument, to Latin American art song and chamber music. She has presented lectures and workshops about these topics around the world, including Cambridge University, Yale University, Wolf Trap Opera, Aspen Music Festival, Universidade de São Paulo, and many more. Besides her musical training, Ana María is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Italian, and a Geophysical Engineer. Her thesis was published in the prestigious journal Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
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