Rosa LoGiudice, pianist, graduated summa cum laude from Hunter College, earning BM and MM Degrees in Piano Performance, and earned her MM Degree in Collaborative Piano from UCSB, studying with Robert Koenig. Active as soloist, collaborative pianist, and chamber musician, she is a founding member and frequent performer at the Glendale Noon Concert Series, and was Staff Pianist and Assistant Director for the Newbury Park High School Choral Department from 2005-2013. Ms. LoGiudice is a member of the Music Teacher’s Association of California and has maintained a piano studio for ten years; her students have participated in and received honors in programs such as the Certificate of Merit and the Southern California Junior Bach Festival.

Sergio Gallo, pianist, was born in Brazil and received his Diplôme d’Excellence from the Conservatoire Européen de Musique de Paris, his Postgraduate Certificate from the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary, his MM Degree and Artist Diploma from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, and his DMA Degree from UCSB. Specializing in the repertoire of the Romantic period, he has also championed the work of Brazilian composers. He has performed with orchestras throughout the Americas and worldwide, and given recitals in Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Korea, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, and the U.S. Honors accorded him include a grant from the Henry Cowell Incentive Fund at the American Music Center (NY) to record works by the composer, and a Challenge America Fast-Track Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. A Steinway Artist, he has recorded several CD’s for Eroica Records, receiving high praise from American Record Guide, BBC Magazine, and Gramaphone Magazine, with forthcoming projects on the Naxos Grand Piano and Quartz labels. Dr. Gallo is Associate Professor at Georgia State University, Atlanta, and is appointed to the affiliated artist staff of the Rocky Ridge Music Academy in Estes Park, Colorado. Further information can be found on his website: www.drsergiogallo.com.

Zeynep Ucbasaran, pianist, was born in Turkey, began music studies at age four at the Istanbul Conservatory, and has her Concert Artist Diploma from the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. After advanced studies at the Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg, Germany, she obtained her MA and DMA Degrees in Piano Performance from USC. Her honors include the American Liszt Society Award, and she was a prize-winner in the 1996 and 2000 Los Angeles Liszt Competitions. She has concertized in many countries, and has recorded for Eroica Records and Naxos International to critical acclaim; her discography includes the music of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Scarlatti and Schubert, as well as twentieth-century composers such as Bernstein, Muczynski, and Saygun, and she has recently completed her project of recording the complete set of Mozart’s Variations for Piano. Her performance of works that Liszt played in Istanbul in 1847 was broadcast by the European Broadcasting Union to all of Europe in 2011; a compilation of these selections was released in 2013 under the title, Liszt in Istanbul. Dr. Ucbasaran has given master classes and lecture-recitals throughout the U.S. and in Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey, has toured with pianist Sergio Gallo, violinist Cihat Askin, and performed with the Trio Troy and the Smyrna Woodwind Quintet. Further information can be found on her website: www.zupiano.com.