About
Described by the New York Times as "an imaginative artist," Chilean-born multi-instrumentalist, Viviana Guzmán received a GRAMMY Nomination for her classical album and her world music recording received a Global Music Awards Gold Medal. She gave a very successful TEDxBerkeley Talk, presenting just before Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple, Inc. She has been featured on programs for CNN, PBS, NBC, ABC, CBS, Good Morning America and NPR, and has performed in 138 countries, and in all 7 continents. Her YouTube Channel boasts 3 million views and her music videos have been aired on UNIVISION in 30 countries. She has performed as a soloist with 265 ensembles including orchestras in such halls as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and other prominent stages. By the age of 15, she was featured on a John Denver nationally televised NBC special "Music in the Mountains". Ms. Guzmán studied with James Galway, and graduated from the Juilliard School. A former member of the Houston Grand Opera and the New World Symphony, Viviana has released 13 multi-genre solo CD’s. Viviana has recorded on the National Geographic label and one of her albums was declared as, “The best morning music,” by Opra. Viviana has taught masterclasses in 143 universities throughout the world and currently teaches at University of California Santa Cruz.