Reverón Trio in the Spanish National Radio!
The Trio's new album was featured this past November 23rd in "La Hora Azul," a radio show in RTVE, the Spanish National Radio and Television Network! Check it out here
ABOUT REVERON TRIO
"Musicians like the Reverón Trio are an inspiration for any composer; after listening to you play, one feels an urgent desire to write more music!"
Miguel del Águila
Grammy-nominated and award winning composer
The Reverón Piano Trio performs with a "truthful, organic sound of excellent quality" (Melómano Magazine, Spain) and "exudes virtuosity" (El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico) in their efforts to bring to audiences the vivid sounds of underrepresented music from Latin America. As internationally acclaimed performers, dedicated pedagogues, and passionate entrepreneurs, the trio is helping reshape the landscape of chamber music. Their dedication goes beyond the stage—they dive deep into discovery, cataloging, performing, editing, and recording the vibrant Latin American repertoire. The Reverón Piano Trio also commissions and premieres new works, ensuring that fresh voices and bold ideas continue to enrich the world of music. Recent collaborations include La Hamaca (2021) and El Ventilador (2022), written for the trio by renowned Venezuelan-American composer Ricardo Lorenz, and the world premiere of Barroqueada (2020) by Grammy-nominated composer Miguel del Águila.
The Reveron Trio has performed at countless venues in Europe, North, and South America such as Music at Kohl Mansion in San Francisco, the National Gallery of DC, the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, and the Cervantino Festival in Mexico. Additionally, the trio has been in residence at numerous universities in the U.S. and abroad. Their first audio recording, produced and distributed globally by the prestigious European label IBS Classical, garnered ravishing reviews and won a Melómano de Oro award in Spain.
Their 2025-2026 season includes concerts in Oregon, Georgia, Aruba, Texas, and Mexico, including a performance of Beethoven’s triple piano concerto, and the release of their second audio recording, Imaginario Latinoamericano, produced and distributed globally by Urtext Records, and the recording of their third album with IBS Classical in Granada, Spain.
The Reverón Trio is named after Venezuelan painter and sculptor Armando Reverón (1889- 1954), one of the earliest American modernists and considered one of the most important visual artists in Latin America. Even though Reverón is now regarded as a highly influential figure in Latin America, his work is not celebrated outside the borders of Venezuela. Ana María, Simón, and Horacio are all Venezuelan artists that have made their home in the United States, teaching at the University of Michigan and the University of North Texas, respectively. The trio is managed in partnership by Halac Artists and Meluk Kulturmanagement.
MEMBERS
Simón Gollo is a versatile musician with a thriving international career in chamber music, teaching, solo performances, and conducting. He records for IBS Classical and is represented by HALAC Artists, Meluk Kultur Management, and the Reverón Piano Trio. Simón Gollo has performed across Europe and the Americas, including at prestigious festivals, chamber music series, and venues such as the Casals Festival, Festival Cervantino, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, as well as the 92nd Street Y’s Kaufmann Concert Hall (New York) and the National Gallery of Art, among others.
His journey as a chamber musician includes solo performances of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Brahms’ Double Concerto with orchestras such as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela and Filarmónica de Bogotá, among others.
In 2020, his album CHAUSSON, with pianist John Novacek, received critical acclaim. His recent recording with the Reverón Piano Trio earned the prestigious "Melómano de Oro" award in 2023.
With a national reputation as a distinguished violin instructor, he has made a lasting impact during his tenure at both New Mexico State University (NMSU) and Furman University from 2015 to 2024. His students have consistently achieved remarkable success, winning concerto competitions, gaining admission to renowned music festivals, and excelling in orchestra auditions nationwide. Now, poised to embark on a new chapter, he ascends to the esteemed position of Associate Professor of Violin at the prestigious University of North Texas, further cementing his legacy as a violin professor.
Horacio Contreras has gained esteem through a relevant activity as a performer, pedagogue and researcher. He is a founding member of the Reverón Piano Trio, and a faculty member of the University of North Texas and the Music Institute of Chicago. He is represented by Meluk Kultur Management and Halac Artists alongside his
colleagues of the Reverón Piano Trio. Horacio has collaborated for performances as a concert cellist, recitalist, and chamber musician with prestigious artists, festivals, and institutions in the US, Latin America and Europe. Recent engagements include chamber concerts at festivals and series such as Casals, National Gallery of Art, Chamber Music International (Dallas, TX), and Music in May (Santa Cruz CA); and concerto performances in the US and Venezuela.
Horacio’s pedagogic materials have been published by Carl Fischer. His students have made solo recordings
and won awards at national and international competitions including Johansen, UNISA (South
Africa), and the Milwaukee Symphony concerto competition. His former students include top-prize winners of the Paulo, Casals, Stulberg, Klein and Aspen Festival concerto competitions. They been appointed in positions in schools of music and orchestras in Europe and Latin America. Horacio spends his summers teaching at Center Stage Strings at the University of Michigan.
He is the founder and Artistic Director of Strings of Latin America, an initiative that partners with the Sphinx Organization to foster diversity in the field of western art music. He studied in Venezuela, France and Spain, and holds degrees from the University of Michigan.
Ana María Otamendi is a Venezuelan artist celebrated for her vibrant and multifaceted career as a vocal coach, collaborative pianist, chamber musician, recording artist, educator, and entrepreneur. As the visionary co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of the Collaborative Piano Institute, she has established an internationally renowned summer program for collaborative pianists, drawing an illustrious faculty including Anne Epperson, Rita Sloan, Warren Jones, Martin Katz, Kathleen Kelly, alongside rising young professionals in the field.
Otamendi is part of several dynamic ensembles: the Reverón Piano Trio, a Venezuelan group championing both classic and Latin American piano trio repertoire managed by Halac Artists - Meluk Kulturmanagement; the Hall/Otamendi Duo with trumpet virtuoso Ashley Hall, and the Aelia Duo with pianist Elena Lacheva. Her passion for expanding the reach of Latin American music is evident in her acclaimed recordings on IBS Classical, Rezurrection Recordz, and Centaur Records, with four more highly anticipated albums forthcoming from Mark Records, Reference Recordings, and Urtext Records.
Recognized for her holistic approach to music education, Otamendi is deeply invested in the intersection of Neuroscience, Psychology, and music learning. Her workshops and lectures—presented at leading institutions such as Cambridge University, Yale, Wolf Trap Opera, Universidade de São Paulo and many others, blend scientific insight with practical strategies for effective practice and performance. She is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Italian— and a Geophysical Engineer. Her thesis was published in the prestigious journal Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
Since making her orchestral debut at age twelve, Otamendi has performed as a soloist and collaborative pianist on some of the world’s finest stages: Chicago Symphony Hall, Salzburg Domesaal, Teatro Teresa Carreño (Venezuela), Festival Cervantino (Mexico), Festival Casals, and other prestigious venues throughout the Americas and Europe. She has collaborated in over 600 performances with world-renowned soloists and musicians from the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Symphony, and many more.
Ana María holds a Master of Music in piano performance from the University of Wisconsin, an Artist Certificate from the University of South Carolina, studying with Marina Lomazov, and a Doctorate in Collaborative Piano from the University of Michigan, where she trained with the legendary Martin Katz. After residencies with the Houston Grand Opera Studio and Merola Opera Program, she became Head Vocal Coach at the Moores Opera Center, University of Houston. While serving as the Janice Harvey Pellar Associate Professor of Collaborative Piano at Louisiana State University, she created the collaborative piano doctoral program. Currently, Otamendi is the Director of Collaborative Piano Program at the University of Michigan, continuing to shape the next generation of collaborative pianists through her passionate belief in the art of partnership.
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