Award- winning concert pianist, composer, songwriter and arranger

Ludmila Santini, a musical visionary, has given countless successful solo piano recitals and her concert tours have taken her to the stages of many European countries, where she has most often played entire concerts of her own compositions and songs.

In July 2001, she was awarded an honorable mention for her brilliant interpretation of "Sunset Moments" in the prestigious international John Lennon Songwriting Contest (New York, USA).

In June 2003, under the patronage of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Stockholm, she released the instrumental album Forever, which she recorded together with Swedish saxophonist and the leader of the XL Big Band, Berndt Sjörgen. 

In October 2003, she won the 1st prize for virtuosity and originality at the MusicContest International Instrumental Competition in Golden (Colorado, USA) for her composition "You Are Always in My Heart" and has won numerous other music awards.

The Swedish listeners will be familiar with Ludmila primarily from her concerts with saxophonist Viktor Cehlin and a the performer of her songs, singer Elin "Elly Eve" Svensson, founder of the prestigious vocal group GET UP Soul Choir. Since 2017, the group has accompanied singers like Eric Benét, Peter Jöback, Zara Larsson and Sanna Nielsen.

Ludmila also performed with the renowned jazz saxophonist Tomáš Křemenák (known from his jazz projects with Michal David, Pavel Jakub Ryba & The Fish Men, Milan Svoboda's Prague Bigband) on the Czech music scene.

These days she is intensively engaged in composing and arranging, recording in the studio and new projects with foreign musicians and performs live in concerts, both as a solo pianist and together with soprano Natali Santini.

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Bio:

I am a Canadian composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist based in Vancouver and Corner Brook, Newfoundland. I primarily write concert music (chamber, orchestral, choral), and I have so far written two award-winning short film scores (I Will Keep Your Light (2018), Reverie (2019)). In May 2019, I graduated with a Master's Degree in Music Composition at University of British Columbia where I studied with Jocelyn Morlock, Stephen Chatman, Dorothy Chang and Keith Hamel. In 2017, I completed a Bachelor's degree in Music Composition, where I studied with Andrew Staniland and Clark Ross.

Since I began studying composition in 2015, I have been lucky enough to write for many incredible musicians including TorQ Percussion Quartet, Friction Quartet, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Musica Intima, Duo Concertante, Victoria Symphony and others. Looking forward, I have many promising projects and ideas for 2019/2020!


Contact me at humber.robert15@gmail.com if you are interested in any of my scores, film collaborations, or are interested in recordings/info regarding:

-wreckhouse (2018) - for symphony orchestra

-floating wingless bloated (2019) - for symphony orchestra

-breath shapes (2019) - for violin and piano

-riverspeak (2019) - for piano trio

-lifted up (2019) - for piano, 2 percussionists, violin and double bass (working on version for percussion quartet)

-the ground beneath us (2019) - for trombone and double bass

-shucks (2018) - for cello and marimba (with kick drum and brake drum)(revising and working on versions for cello and two percussionists, viola and two percussionists)

Violinist Lynn Kuo has appeared as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across Canada, United States, Wales, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and Ukraine. As guest soloist, she has performed with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Thirteen Strings, Canadian Sinfonietta, Brandon Chamber Players, Nexus percussion ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Bulgaria), Cantus Ensemble (Croatia), Lviv Philharmonic, Lviv Virtuosi (Ukraine), and as special guest soloist with Hungary’s gypsy orchestra, Rajkó Band.

In demand as an interpreter of new music, Lynn has given numerous world premieres of acoustic and electroacoustic works written for her and various ensembles by international composers: Michael Pepa (seven works), Dennis Patrick, Daniel Foley, Elizabeth Raum, Scott Godin, James Harley, John Oliver, Constantine Caravassilis, Avalon Rusk, Felipe Ramírez-Rodríguez (Canada), Séan Clancy (Ireland), Katarina Miljković (Serbia/USA), and Viktorija Ćop (Croatia). 

These works have been written for her and various ensembles that have included the Les AMIS Ensemble, Duo Vita (with John Oliver, guitarist/composer), and for her and pianist Marianna Humetska. In 2012, Lynn, joined by Marianna Humetska, piano; Anna Guo, yangqin; and Ottawa’s Thirteen Strings (directed by Kevin Mallon), gave the world premiere of Si Yi – The Four Arts, a commissioned work by Alice Ho for violin, piano, yangqin, and string orchestra. Frequently a guest artist at the University of Toronto New Music Festival, Lynn has co-created multi-disciplinary performances featuring the works of American composer Steven Mackey (Interior Design with collaborative painter Daisuke Takeya) and Gabriel Prokofiev (Sleeveless Scherzo for solo violin and dancer with dancer/choreographer  Angela Blumberg).

Maintaining a busy performance schedule, Lynn is also Chef de l'ensemble Les AMIS and has performed in six Les AMIS European concert tours. Lynn continues to collaborate with leading artists, having performed solo and chamber works with such artists as the Fitzwilliam String Quartet, the Penderecki String Quartet, Christoph Eschenbach, the Gryphon Trio, Mark Fewer, Lori Freedman, and with other eminent artists at the University of Toronto New Music Festival, Tuckamore Festival, Gros Morne Summer Music, and Music Biennale Zagreb Festival (Croatia). 

Lynn’s performances have been broadcast on Canadian, Serbian, and Hungarian radio and television. In 2010, Lynn recorded music of Nino Rota for the Naxos label, recording with pianist Mary Kenedi. With pianist, Marianna Humetska, Lynn will be releasing their debut CD, LOVE: Innocence, Passion, Obsession on April 23, 2014.

Based in Toronto, Lynn is the Assistant Concertmaster of the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra, in addition to performing with the Canadian Opera Company and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Lynn has also performed as guest concertmaster of orchestras that have included the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, and Opera Hamilton. Lynn also serves as adjudicator, guest artist, teacher, and lecturer at Canadian festivals and universities. 

Lynn completed her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Toronto dedicating her research to the subject of holistic health and injury prevention in orchestral string musicians.
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Classical Crossover Singer

Natali is a striking talent of the upcoming generation that is consistently forging her own artistic path. 

At the age of seven Natali began interpreting her favourite songs in such an emotive style that all her relatives noticed her talent. A year later, when she started taking lessons with the leading opera singer Lenka Šmídová, a long-time soloist of the National Theatre Opera in Prague, she had already attracted the attention of many professional musicians and leading music producers from all over the world.

Together with concert pianist Ludmila Santini, they performed, among other things, at the baroque castle in Liblice (Central Bohemian Region), in the Vratislav Hall of the Collegiate Chapter of Sts. Peter and Paul in Vyšehrad (Prague) and in Mladota's House at Prague Castle.

Natali es un sorprendente talento de la nueva generación que no deja de forjar su propio camino artístico. 

A los siete años, Natali empezó a interpretar sus canciones favoritas con un estilo tan emotivo que todos sus familiares se dieron cuenta de su talento. Un año más tarde, cuando empezó a tomar clases con la destacada cantante de ópera Lenka Šmídová, solista durante muchos años de la Ópera del Teatro Nacional de Praga, ya había llamado la atención de muchos músicos profesionales y destacados productores musicales de todo el mundo.

Junto con la concertista de piano Ludmila Santini, actuaron, entre otros lugares, en el castillo barroco de Liblice (región de Bohemia Central), en la Sala Vratislav de la Colegiata de San Pedro y San Pablo de Vyšehrad (Praga) y en la Casa de Mladota del Castillo de Praga.

Natali ist ein auffälliges Nachwuchstalent, das konsequent seinen eigenen künstlerischen Weg geht. 

Im Alter von sieben Jahren begann Natali, ihre Lieblingslieder so gefühlvoll zu interpretieren, dass alle ihre Verwandten auf ihr Talent aufmerksam wurden. Als sie ein Jahr später begann, bei der führenden Opernsängerin Lenka Šmídová, einer langjährigen Solistin des Nationaltheaters Prag, Unterricht zu nehmen, waren bereits viele professionelle Musiker und führende Musikproduzenten aus der ganzen Welt auf sie aufmerksam geworden.

Zusammen mit der Konzertpianistin Ludmila Santini traten sie unter anderem im Barockschloss in Liblice (Mittelböhmen), im Vratislav-Saal des Stiftskapitels St. Peter und Paul in Vyšehrad (Prag) und im Mladota-Haus auf der Prager Burg auf.

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