Born and raised in Mexico City, where he started playing professionally in 1990. He moved to Boston Mass. in 1995 and attended the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in the summer of 1999, with a major in Performance. Some of his teachers included Oscar Stagnaro, Rich Appleman, Daniel Morris, and Jim Stinnet. He received the US Scholarship tour award and the Outstanding Performer award at Berklee. For the past 25 years Saúl has been a member of some of the leading bands in the Bay Area, including The John Santos Quintet/Sextet, Bobi Cespedes’ band, Dr. Loco’s...
Francesco Spagnolo is a multidisciplinary scholar focusing on Jewish studies, music and digital media. At the University of California, Berkeley, he is the Curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Music. He is also an affiliated faculty with the...
Jeremy Wagner is a composer, performer and sound designer based in the Bay Area. Since 2016 he has served on the staff of the Center for New Music & Audio Technologies (CNMAT) at UC Berkeley, where he currently serves as Research Composer and Technical Director. He supports CNMAT’s research, pedagogy and performances, maintains CNMAT’s software legacy, mentors graduate student projects and teaches Music Perception & Cognition in the Music Department.
As a composer, Jeremy’s music focuses on intricate constructions for small forces meant to probe the limits of...
Jon Yu is a Taiwanese-American composer whose works explore notions of ritual, utility, and excess. His music has been performed internationally by ensembles and soloists such as Mivos Quartet, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Wet Ink Ensemble, AuditivVokal Dresden, Eco Ensemble, Earplay, AsianArt Ensemble, haegeum player Soo Yeon Lyuh, and percussionist Oded Geizhals. His music has been programmed at festivals such as June in Buffalo (2014), Dian Red Kechil (2015), SICPP (2016), Darmstadt Ferienkurse (2016), Pacific Rim Music Festival (2017), Festival Musica (2018), Festival Barcelona Modern...
