Bin Huang, violinist

Bin Huang, violinist

Violinist Bin Huang endeared herself to the musical world when at age fourteen she won the Junior Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Lublin, Poland, sharing First Prize with Maxim Vengerov. She has maintained international prominence, winning both the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy in 1994, and the Munich (ARD) International Music Competition in 1999.

Ms. Huang has been universally lauded for her interpretive and technical skills, hailed as "a winner in what matters the most…" (The Washington Post) and "a talent that leaves a listener flabbergasted…" (The Sun, Baltimore) Bin Huang's live recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto on Paganini's own violin, the "Cannon," is the only existing live recording captured with that legendary instrument. Bin Huang's Baroque Violin Favorite on the Naxos Label was given the editor's choice in the American Record Guide (2003).

Jose Sacin, baritone

Jose Sacin, baritone

Sacine is known for his expressive voice of “liquid gold” and the “stage presence of a lion” Peruvian native Jose Sacín is considered one of the leading South America baritones of our time.

He has performed and collaborated with the leading figures of the opera and music world today including; a nationally televised performance for Pope Benedict XVI alongside Placido Domingo at Nationals Stadium in Washington, DC; with Gregory Buchalter of the Metropolitan Opera; the Chilean soprano Veronica Villaroel; American soprano Alessandra Marc, Enrique Ricci and Will Crutchfield.

He performed the world premiere of selected passages from the newly discovered version of Verdi's, La Forza del Destino with Philip Gossett at the Caramoor International Festival.

He has appeared as a recitalist in Russia, Japan, Costa Rica, Honduras, Venezuela, Bolivia, his native Peru and extensively throughout the United States. He regularly collaborates with the Alturas Duo, performing innovative arrangements of Spanish, Latin American and contemporary music for guitar and viola and charango.