Sunkiss'd Mozart Summerfest 2024

Sunkiss'd Mozart Summerfest 2024

About the SK Mozart Rising Stars

About the SK Mozart Rising Stars

Supporting the chamber music world's ecosystem has always been one of Artistic Director Cindy's passions. It includes everything from music education, (including appreciation!) mentoring young professionals, to the larger working industry of chamber music.


The SK Mozart Rising Stars is a select group of only the very best of the best young musicians from top institutions like Juilliard, Music@Menlo, Perlman Music Program, and Marlboro School of Music. It is a requirement that these musicians have already had years of professional experiences under their belts. Because as a SK Mozart Rising Star, you're expected to work as an equal alongside the professionals with a workload and pacing consistent with a realistic professional engagement. As you can imagine, it can be incredibly intense to put out 3 concert programs a week.


Click on each of the Rising Stars' photos to learn more about them and check out the 4-minute video below to learn more about Cindy's thoughts integrating the SK Mozart Rising Stars.

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Violinist Rubén Rengel, cellist Elena Ariza and violist Laura Liu.

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Violinist Rubén Rengel, cellist Elena Ariza and violist Laura Liu.

Cindy speaks about the Rising Stars of the 2024 Summerfest and her continuous effort championing young artists at this specific point of the career.

Cindy speaks about the Rising Stars of the 2024 Summerfest and her continuous effort championing young artists at this specific point of the career.

Cindy speaks about the Rising Stars of the 2024 Summerfest and her continuous effort championing young artists at this specific point of the career.

Coming up next, composer Kian Ravaei's commission and music of today.

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