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JAMES DEMSTER
(Conductor and Music Director)
James
Demster graduated Summa Cum Laude
from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Arts double
degree in oboe and piano performance and received a Master of Music
degree in piano performance at the University of Michigan. With
extensive experience in orchestras, he became oboe soloist with
the Central Florida Chamber Ensemble, appearing in the Central Florida
Bach Festival and several international tours. He studied conducting
with Gustav Meier at the Tanglewood Institute. Having specialized
in the art of vocal coaching, he now resides in Mexico City and
is Professor of Vocal Repertoire and Choral Ensembles at the Escuela
Superior de Musica of the National Institute of Fine Arts and has
been conductor of the Chorus of the National Opera Company of the
Palace of Bellas Arts and of the 24-Voice Solistas Ensemble, also
of the National Institute of Fine Arts of Mexico.. He is frequent
demand as a conductor and Lieder coach at the Festival Mitte Europa
in Bavaria/Saxony/Bohemia and has appeared as pianist with Sherrill
Milnes, Gilda Cruz Romo, Lucine Amara, Olivia Gorra, Ramón
Vargas, Yuriko Kuronuma, Emiko Iinuma, Thomas Thormaschke, Luis
Girón May, and Encarnación Vázquez, among others.
Since 1983, he has been Music Director and Conductor of the Harmonia
Opera Company in New York City, specializing in Japanese opera.
Mr. Demster recently shared conducting honors with maestro Plácido
Domingo for the christening of the new Mexican Zarzuela Company
and the inauguration of the Festival del Centro Histórico
at the Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexco City. His recording of opera
arias with the Latin pop star Tania Libertad had great poplar success
and has received both gold and platinum albums. He is Artistic Director
of the prize-winning chamber choir Coro de Madrigalistas de Bellas
Artes in Mexico City.
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