Estelí Gomez

Estelí Gomez is a multiple Grammy Award winning musician[1] from Watsonville, California.[2]

Estelí Gomez
Born (1985-12-28) December 28, 1985
GenresContemporary classical music, Classical music, Baroque music, Early music, a cappella
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
InstrumentsVocals, piano
Years active2011–present
Associated acts
Websiteesteligomez.com

In addition to her solo touring and recording career, Estelí is a founding member of Roomful of Teeth, recipients of the 2013 Grammy for "Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance,",[3] and they also performed at the 2014 ceremony. Roomful of Teeth was nominated again in 2015 for their album, "Render."[4]

Estelí received her second Grammy in 2017 for collaborating on the opening track of Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble's Sing Me Home, which won in the category of "Best World Music Album.",[5] along with fellow Roomful of Teeth members, Caroline Shaw, Cameron Beauchamp, and Virginia Warnken Kelsey.[6]

Biography

Gomez received her undergraduate degree from Yale,[7] and a masters from McGill.[8]

She first gained international acclaim in 2011 when she received first prize in the Canticum Gaudium International Early Music Vocal Competition in Poznan, Poland.[9]

She has been praised for her "clear, bright voice" in the New York Times,[10] and for an "artistry that belies her young years" in the Kansas City Metropolis,[11] and has been a featured performer at the Kennedy Center,[12] the University of Oregon's Music Today Festival,[13] and many other venues and festivals around the world.

In 2017 she was the featured soloist for the Seattle Symphony's recording of Nielsen: Symphony No 3, Symphony No 4,[14] and has been touring with Conspirare as a part of their new major work, Considering Matthew Shepard for the 2017/2018 season.[15] In February 2018, she will return to Carnegie Hall, performing songs by Philip Glass and arranged by Nico Muhly.[16]

In 2019, Gomez joined the faculty of Lawrence University, Appleton WI USA, as an assistant professor of voice.[17]

References
  1. "Updating Traditions -- A new Oregon opera at the Music Today Festival". Eugene Weekly. May 4, 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  2. "Estelí Gomez". Performing Arts Monterey Bay. July 28, 2015. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  3. "New Music Shines at Classical Grammy Awards". National Public Radio. January 24, 2014. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  4. "GRAMMY Award Results". Grammy.com. 2015. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  5. "Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble win Grammy". Classical Source. February 15, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  6. "Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble win Grammy". Cision PR Newswire. April 22, 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  7. "Roomful of Teeth releases debut album". Yale School of Music. October 31, 2012. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  8. "Esteli Gomez and Brian Losch are the latest Schulich Grads to win Grammys". McGill.ca. January 29, 2014. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  9. "Esteli Gomez Biography". New York Philharmonic. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  10. "Missionary Zeal, Baroque Style". New York Times. May 3, 2013. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  11. "Roomful of Teeth Shreds Convention". Kansas City Metropolis. September 3, 2014. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  12. "Composer Throws the Kennedy Center a Great Party". Washington Post. November 10, 2015. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  13. "Music Today Festival review: listening, collaborating, exploring". Oregon Arts Watch. May 29, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  14. "Seattle and Dausgaard Welcome Us to Nielsen's World". stereophile. Dec 17, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  15. "Considering Matthew Shepard". musicbrainz. May 4, 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  16. "Nico Muhly and Friends Investigate the Glass Archive". Carnegie Hall. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  17. "Estelí Gomez". Conservatory Faculty. Lawrence University. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
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