Alla Kulbaba, conductor
Young brilliant conductor
Since 1995 Ms. Kulbaba has been a conductor of the National Opera of Ukraine. She is the Musical Director of Camera Orchestra Academia of Music and instructor of Kyiv University of Arts and Culture, and the Department of Conducting. Alla is a guest conductor of Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. As assistant of the Chief Conductor of National Opera of Ukraine, Alla Kulbaba has taken part in main opera performances such as Aida, Rigoletto by Verdi, Pique Dame, Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, Don Giovanni by Mozart, and others.
Roger McMurrin, conductor
Mr. McMurrin has studied with Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling, and Daniel Moe. He has also presented and shared in presentation of workshops with musical giants such as Sir David Willcocks, John Rutter, Simon Preston, and Marie-Clair Alain. As a conductor, Mr. McMurrin's extensive orchestral and choral masterpieces include: the Requiems of Brahms, Mozart, Verdi, Faure, Durufle, and Berlioz; the Glorias of Poulenc, Rutter, and Vivaldi; Handel's Messiah; many of Bach's cantatas plus his St. Matthew Passion, Magnificat, and B Minor Mass; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony; Mendelssohn's Elijah; Honneggar's Christmas Cantata; and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. His orchestral repertoire includes works of Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bach, Rimsky-Korsakov, Copland, Berlioz, Faure, Ravel, and Barber. In 1977, Mr. McMurrin founded the Dallas Chamber Orchestra. He has been the co-conductor of the Sinfonia Virtuosi, a professional chamber orchestra in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1992, he conducted Handel's Messiah in Tokyo with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra formed by Seiji Ozawa. In 1993 Mr. McMurrin established the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and has presented over 80 concerts in Kyiv, many of them premiers of famous Western works. They have produced eight recordings.
Claudio Ianni, conductor
Orchestrator and Music Director for Cinema, Ballet and Theatre, collaborating with various composers in the Spanish and international musical scene.
Conducted Orchestras:
Kyiv Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, London Session Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech Virtuosi Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Cuba, Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Orquesta Sinfónica de Valladolid, Orquesta Filmadrid, Orchestre Symphonique d' Orsay, Orchestre Symphonique Paris Rive Droite
Assistant Conductor to Dominique Rouits at the Theâtre de l'Opéra de Massy, France
Various opera productions: Rossini, Verdi, Bizet, etc.
Programming of symphonic, chamber and teaching concerts
Filmography:
Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film of 2004 The Sea Inside (Mar adentro), The Others (Los Otros), The Machinist, Intacto, Obaba, Rencor, Gordos, La educación de las hadas, El lápiz del carpintero, El penalti más largo del mundo, La conjura de El Escorial, El lugar donde estuvo el paraíso, Los aires difíciles, Quién dice que es fácil, Heroína, Mataharis, El club de los suicidas, Una rosa de Francia, Tren hotel, Perder es cuestión de método, La visita de la vieja dama, Otros días vendrán, La bella Otero, Sultanes del sur, Beneath Still Water, Tadeo Jones y el sótano maldito, El último de los justos, La mujer del anarquista, Imago mortis, Hierro, Platillos volantes, Guerreros, Ausentes, Entre vivir y soñar, Valentín, El oro de Moscú, Descongélate, La mirada de Ouka Leele, Chuecatown, Castillo de cartón, La herencia Valdemar, Axun eta Maite, Estás ahí?, Exorcismus, La sombra prohibida, Bruc.
