Lucia Barrenechea
Lucia Barrenechea holds a piano teaching position at the Instituto Villa-Lobos of the UNIRIO. She has a BM in piano performance from the Universidade Federal de Goiás,a MM from The Boston University, and a DMA in in Piano Performance from the University of Iowa. Her first solo album “Saracoteio - Brazilian Piano” has been released, in 2009. She has been frequently invited to teach in various music festivals in Brazil. In 2013, she released with cellist Hugo Pilger, the CD/DVD “Presença de Villa-Lobos na Música Brasileira para Violoncelo e Piano” and, in 2017, a double CD, as second volume of this project.
Sergio Barrenechea
Sergio Barrenechea received his BM from the Universidade de Brasília, his MM from The Boston Conservatory, and his DMA from the University of Iowa. He has been featured as flutist with the Quinteto Brasilia. He participated as artist and teacher in events such as the Conventions of the National Flute Association nos EUA, the Toronto Latin Flute Festival, the Festival Internacional de Flautistas in Peru, the Festival de Campos do Jordão, the International Summer Courses of Brasilia, the Festival Villa-Lobos and the Festival Conexões Musicais-UFF/UNIRIO. Currently, he is a flute professor at Instituto Villa-Lobos/UNIRIO.
