Ana María Otamendi
Past Highlights
Oklahoma Music Teachers Association
MAY 29-31 2025
Featured artists with the Aelia Duo (Elena Lacheva) at the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association State Conference. Recitals and masterclasses.
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ITG: International Trumpet Guild National Conference
MAY 28 2025
Recital with Ashley Hall, Trumpet.
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Picasso Museum
MAY 13, 2025
Reverón Piano Trio at the Picasso Museum, Málaga, Spain.
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Reverón Piano Trio Colombia Tour
MAY 2-8, 2025
Colombia tour with the Reverón Piano Trio, including a recital at the Sala Luis Angel Arango in Bogotá, plus concerts in Ibagué and Girardot. Sponsored by Banco de la República.
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Festival of Music Rochester
APRIL 13, 2025
Recital with Ashley Hall, Trumpet. Festival of Music, Rochester, MN.
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Cornell University
MARCH 23-26, 2025
Residency at Cornell University with the Aelia Duo (Elena Lacheva). Recitals, lectures and masterclasses.
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Reverón Piano Trio East Coast Tour
MARCH 6-14, 2025
East Coast Tour with the Reverón Piano Trio! Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts (RI), Blue Hill Concert Association (Maine), Saint Bonaventure College Residency (NY), and other masterclasses.
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University of Oklahoma
FEBRUARY 1, 2025
Recital with Ashley Hall, trumpet, at University of Oklahoma.
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Festival de San Miguel de Allende
JANUARY 24-26, 2025
Reverón Piano Trio at Festival de San Miguel de Allende. Two concerts, works by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and Brahms; Turina, Mozart, and Fanny Mendelssohn.
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Music at Kohl Mansion
JANUARY 11-14, 2025
Reverón Piano Trio at Music at Kohl Mansion. San Francisco, CA. Recitals and masterclasses. Works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Carreño, Piazzolla, Gabriela Lena Frank and Ricardo Lorenz.
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Distinguished Artist Series
JANUARY 5, 2025
Reverón Piano Trio at Distinguished Artist Series. Santa Cruz, CA. Works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Carreño, Piazzolla, Gabriela Lena Frank and Ricardo Lorenz.
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Lyrica Baroque
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Featured artist for Winterreise. Works by Antonio María Valencia, Ricardo Lorenz, and more. Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, LA.
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Duquesne University
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Recital with Ashley Hall, trumpet, at Duquesne University. Pittsburgh, PA.
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Colorado Music Teachers Association
OCTOBER 18-19, 2024
Reverón Piano Trio in Residency at the Colorado Music Teachers Association State Conference. Pueblo, CO. Recitals and masterclasses. Works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Del Aguila, and Lorenz.
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University of Denver
OCTOBER 15-16, 2024
Residency at the University of Denver. Denver, CO. Masterclasses with singers and pianists.
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Festival Cervantino
OCTOBER 12, 2024
Reverón Piano Trio at the Festival Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico. Latinoamérica Ayer y Hoy: Works by Ponce, Del Aguila, and Lorenz.
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Michigan Chamber Players
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Recital with Elena Lacheva, piano; Fabiola Kim, violin; and Leo Singer, cello. Dumky Trio by Dvorak and excerpts from PEtrushka arranged for four hands by the Aelia Duo.
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Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Recital and duo album release: Upcycle with trumpet superstar Ashley Hall. Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH.
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Collaborative Piano Institute
JUNE 2-22, 2024
Otamendi is Artistic Director and Faculty at the CPI. Recitals at the Collaborative Piano Institute with the Reverón Piano Trio and various other artists. Louisiana State University.
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Charleston Chamber Music Society
MAY 18, 2024
The Reverón Piano Trio performs courtesy of the Charleston Chamber Music Society.
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Chamber Music Raleigh
MAY 12, 2024
The Reverón Piano Trio presents their Sights & Sounds Series at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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International Trumpet Guild
APRIL 6, 2024
Recital with trumpet superstar Ashley Hall (Canadian Brass) at the International Trumpet Guild, Ohio Chapter- University of Dayton.
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Texas Tech, Abilene State, and Angelo State Universities
MARCH 15-21, 2024
Residency and Recitals with trumpet superstar Ashley Hall (Canadian Brass).
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Louisiana State University
MARCH 5, 2024
Liebeslieder Walzer Op. 52 with Elena Lacheva, Alissa Rowe (conductor), and the LSU A Cappella Singers.
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Louisiana State University
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
Recital with Matthew Harding, trumpet (Washington Symphonic Brass).
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Louisiana State University
JANUARY 16-21, 2024
Residency with Marina Lomazov and Joseph Rackers, faculty at the Eastman School of Music.
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Recording with Urtext Records
JANUARY 16-21, 2024
Recording with the Reverón Piano Trio with Urtext Records. Contemporary Latin American Trios by Gabriela Lena Frank, Ricardo Lorenz, Miguel del Águila, Eduardo Alonso-Crespo.
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Sociedad Filarmónica de Lima
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio at the Sociedad Filarmónica de Lima.
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University of Michigan
OCTOBER 22-28, 2023
Residency at the University of Michigan. Lectures, Song and Aria classes, masterclasses, and individual lessons to the students of Martin Katz.
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El Paso Pro Musica
OCTOBER 10-15, 2023
Residency with the Reverón Piano Trio at El Paso Pro Musica. Recitals and masterclasses in El Paso, TX and Las Cruces, NM.
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ViolaLA
OCTOBER 7, 2023
Recital with guest artist Juliet White-Smith, Professor of Viola at Ohio State University and Brevard Music Festival.
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Music Institute of Chicago
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Recital at the Music Institute of Chicago with Mexican mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte and Spanish Percussionist Jesús Pacheco.
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National Gallery of Art
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio at the National Gallery of Art Fall Recital Series in Washington, DC.
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Lone Star Songs
SEPTEMBER 15-16, 2023
Recital and masterclass at the inaugural season of Lone Star Songs with Mexican mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte.
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Recording with Ashley Hall
JULY 10-15, 2023
Duo recording with Ashley Hall (Canadian Brass): (Re)New, works for piano arranged for trumpet and piano by Nathan Tighe.
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Avaloch Music Farms
JULY 10-15, 2023
Residency at the Avaloch Music Institute with Grammy-nominated composer Ricardo Lorenz and soprano Leah Brzyski for the creation of a new stage work based on the life of Venezuelan painter Armando Reverón.
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New England Conservatory
MARCH 27, 2023
Lecture: Effective teaching and learning. Coachings and sessions with the collaborative pianists.
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Boston University
MARCH 23, 2023
Collaborative piano masterclass.
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University of North Texas
MARCH 15-17, 2023
Recording with Darrel Hale: Works of William Winstead for Bassoon and Piano. Mark Records.
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Music Institute of Chicago
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio at Celebración de la Música Latinoamericana, a Chamber Music series sponsored by the Music Institute of Chicago.
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Rienzi Museum of Fine Arts
FEBURARY 4, 2023
Recital with Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte. World premiere of a song cycle by Derek Bermel, in addition to songs by Schubert, Falla, Debussy, and Ginastera. Rienzi Museum of Fine Arts, sponsored by ROCO in Houston, TX.
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LSU Symphony Orchestra
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Soloist with the Symphony Orchestra, Scott Terrell, conductor. Poulenc Concerto for two pianos and Finzi Eclogue with pianist Elena Lacheva.
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Universidad de Los Andes
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Concert with the Reverón Trio at the Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia.
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Casals Festival
MAY 21-24, 2022
Residency with the Reverón Trio at the Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hosted at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center.
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Louisiana State University
FEBRUARY 17-18, 2022
Artistic Director and performer for two recitals within the Stravinsky in American International Conference, organized by Dr. Inessa Bazayev.
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University of Michigan
JANUARY 24-28, 2022
Residency at the U of M, as the 2022 University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance Emerging Artist Award Winner.
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A la vela de la Alhambra
JULY 29, 2021
Recital at the Palacio de los Córdova in Granada, Spain, as part of the Festival “A la vela de la Alhambra” with the Reverón Piano Trio.
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Wolf Trap Opera
JUNE 9, 2021
Wolf Trap Opera Festival, Lecture: Effective teaching and learning (held virtually).
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Yale University
APRIL 26, 2021
Yale University, Lecture: Effective teaching and learning (held virtually).
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Aspen Music Festival and School
JULY 2021
Aspen Music Festival, guest Lecture, Learning and the Brain: effective learning strategies for musicians (held virtually).
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Collaborative Piano Institute
MAY 31-JUNE 20, 2020
Artistic Director, faculty and performer at the Fourth edition of the Collaborative Piano Institute, and creation of the Sonata Academy and Vocal Academy. Residency of the Reverón Trio: masterclasses and performances. Moved online with great success.
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University of Minnesota
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Guest Lecture at the University of Minnesota: Learning and the Brain: effective learning strategies for musicians.
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Louisiana State University
NOVEMBER 16, 2019
Recital with trombonist Megumi Kanda, principal trombonist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
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Cambridge University, UK
OCTOBER 24-26, 2019
Guest speaker at Cambridge University, UK: Presentation of my paper “Improving Graduate Students’ Individual Practice: A Case Study of a Pilot Class to Improve Practice and Learning Strategies Among Piano, String & Wind Players. Musical Intersections in Practice Conference.
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Melange Vienna Festival
JUNE 24-JULY 15, 2019
Aelia Duo’s European tour: Orvieto Festival in Italy, University of Osijek Academy of Arts in Croatia, Showtime Theatre in Vienna.
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Schubert Club of Minneapolis
MAY 2, 2019
Recital with Horacio Contreras, cello. World premiere of Diaspora by Reinaldo Moya, written for us, as well as music by Samuel Barber, Delgado Palacios, and Ricardo Lorenz (Venezuela).
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MTNA National Conference
MARCH 16-20, 2019
Poster presentation at the MTNA National Conference: Improving Graduate Students’ Individual Practice: A Case Study of a Pilot Class to Improve Practice and Learning Strategies Among Piano, String & Wind Players.
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BRAZIL TOUR
OCTOBER 7-21, 2018
Concert, lecture, and masterclass tour in Brazil: Universidade do Sao Paulo, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortel.
Learning and the Brain: a 1-hour tour of how our brains work, why they sometimes betray us, why effective learning can be counterintuitive, and what neuroscience has learned about learning in the past 15 years. These findings are then applied to the practice of musical instruments, and to the processing and learning of any new material.
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Aruba Symphony Festival
JULY 18-29, 2018
Artist in Residence at the Aruba Symphony Festival. Chamber music concerts, lessons and masterclasses.
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Louisiana State University
MARCH 17, 2018
Recital with Metropolitan Opera stars Paul Groves, tenor and Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano. Works by Schubert, Mahler, Duparc, Bizet.
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2025/26 Engagements
University of North Texas Concert Orchestra
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 | DENTON, TX
Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Reverón Piano Trio, Clay Couturiaux, conductor. Winspear Performance Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.
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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 | WHITEWATER, WI
CollabFest @ University of North Texas
OCTOBER 15, 2025 | DENTON, TX
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio, Amy Beach Trio. UNT Recital Hall.
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Oregon Chamber Music Concerts
OCTOBER 18, 2025 | ASHLAND, OR
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio. Works by Shostakovich, Ponce, and Lorenz. SOU Recital Hall.
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PPA Presents: Reverón Piano Trio
OCTOBER 19, 2025 | CRESCENT CITY, CA
Reverón Trio in Aruba
NOVEMBER 8, 2025 | ORANJESTAD, ARUBA
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio, Qiao Chen Solomon (violin) and Joel Pagan (viola): Piano Trios and Piano Quintets. Casa de la Cultura.
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URTEXT Festival
DECEMBER 6, 2025 | MEXICO CITY, MX
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio and Album Release Party
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USO Symphony Orchestra and the Aelia Duo
DECEMBER 8, 2025 | ANN ARBOR, MI
Mozart Double Piano Concerto with Elena Lacheva and Kenneth Kiesler, conductor. Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI
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Western University, London, Ontario
JANUARY 9-10, 2026 | LONDON, ONTARIO
Guest Artist. Collaborative Piano Masterclass and Judge for the Maritsa Brookes Concerto Competition.​
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University of Iowa
FEBRUARY 4-5, 2026 | IOWA CITY, IA
Utah Opera
FEBRUARY 14, 2026 | SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Lecture and Masterclass for the Young Artists of the Utah Opera Program​
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Chamber Music Society of Logan
FEBRUARY 17, 2026 | LOGAN, UT
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio. Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall.
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Michigan Chamber Players
FEBRUARY 22, 2026 | ANN ARBOR, MI
Brahms Clarinet Trio with Amir Eldan, cello and Daniel Gilbert, clarinet. Britton Recital Hall
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UMKC Trumpet Day
FEBRUARY 27, 2026 | KANSAS CITY, MS
Recital with the Hall-Otamendi Duo (Ashley Hall, trumpet).
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Agnes Scott College Residency
MARCH 2-6, 2026 | DECATUR, GA
Residency with the Reverón Piano Trio. Masterclasses, lecture, and recital.
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The Heart of Humanity Concert Series
MARCH 22, 2026 | PHOENIX, OR
Ciclo Internacional de Música de Cámara de Vera
MAY 9, 2026 | ALMERIA, ESPAÑA
Recital with the Reverón Piano Trio. Works by Amy Beach, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Mel Bonis
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IBS Classical (New Recording)
MAY 10-13, 2026 | GRANADA, SPAIN
Recording a new album with IBS Classical and the Reverón Piano Trio. Works by Amy Beach, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Lili Boulanger. Manuel de Falla Auditorium.
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MAY 30-JUNE 20, 2026 | ANN ARBOR, MI
Co-Artistic Director. Recitals, masterclasses, and lectures.
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