Robert deMaine

Robert is principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and was a founding member of the Ehnes String Quartet. He was the first cellist to win the grand prize at San Francisco’s Irving M. Klein International Competition. As soloist, he has collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Neeme Järvi, Peter Oundjian, Joseph Silverstein, and Leonard Slatkin, and has performed nearly all the major cello concertos with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, where he served as principal cello for over a decade. Robert is also active as an educator and has held faculty positions at the Colburn School and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, University of Southern California, Yale University, and the Kronberg Academy in Germany.

Learn more at www.robertdemaine.com.

John Novacek
 

Versatile, Grammy-nominated pianist JOHN NOVACEK regularly tours the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia as solo recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist; in the latter capacity he has presented over thirty concerti with dozens of orchestras. Mr. Novacek begins his current season with an appointment to the Piano and Collaborative Piano faculty of The Mannes School of Music at The New School’s College of Performing Arts.

As Festival Mozaic's 2023-2024 Artist-in-Residence, Mr. Novacek will work closely with Music Director Scott Yoo and Festival staff to curate and perform a series of chamber music and solo performances throughout the year in San Luis Obispo County.  Click here to read more about John Novacek.