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 is an internationally renowned chamber ensemble named in tribute to Venezuelan painter and sculptor Armando Reverón (1889–1954), one of Latin America’s most important modernist figures. Founded in 2017 and composed of Venezuelan musicians Ana María Otamendi (piano), Simón Gollo (violin), and Horacio Contreras (cello), the trio has established itself as one of today’s leading Latin American chamber ensembles through its artistic commitment, profound knowledge of the Latin American repertoire, and interpretive virtuosity.
The Reverón Piano Trio presents concert programs that combine major works from the universal repertoire with music that has historically been underrepresented in concert halls. Its primary mission is to create greater visibility for Latin American composers, both historical and contemporary. To this end, the Reverón Piano Trio is devoted not only to exploring landmark works of the repertoire, but also to researching, cataloguing, editing, recording, and commissioning new compositions, working closely with living composers to expand the repertoire for piano trio. More recently, the Trio has also dedicated significant efforts to promoting music by women composers from both the Americas and Europe.
Throughout its career, the ensemble has received critical acclaim for its “authentic, organic sound of outstanding quality” and for performances that “overflow with virtuosity”—qualities that have captivated audiences at major venues and festivals throughout Europe, North America, and Latin America, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico; the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico; and the Luis Ángel Arango Concert Hall in Colombia.
The Trio’s debut recording, released in 2023 by the Spanish label IBS Classical, received the prestigious “Melómano de Oro" award from the Spanish classical music magazine Melómano. In March 2026, the ensemble released its second album with Urtext Digital Classics, featuring works by living Latin American composers. Its third recording, scheduled for release by IBS in 2027, will feature works by women composers Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Amy Beach, and Mel Bonis.
In addition to its concert activity, the Trio has participated in artistic and academic residencies at prestigious universities in the United States and abroad, combining its performance career with a commitment to educating new generations of musicians. The Reverón Piano Trio currently serves as Ensemble-in-Residence at the Collaborative Piano Institute, a summer institute based at the University of Michigan. The Trio is represented by Halac Artists and Meluk Kulturmanagement.
MEMBERS
is a versatile and dynamic musician with an international career as a chamber musician, soloist, conductor, educator, and recording artist. He records with the international label IBS Classical and is represented by HALAC Artists and Meluk Kultur Management, as well as the Reverón Piano Trio.
Gollo has performed on prestigious stages across Europe and the Americas, from Canada to Chile, including Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Teatro Teresa Carreño in Caracas, Auditorio Blas Galindo in Mexico City, Auditorio Manuel de Falla in Granada, and Teatro Mayor in Bogotá. His collaborations include the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Mooredale Concerts, the Casals Festival, and major Mexican festivals such as Cervantino and the Festival Internacional de Música de Cámara de Aguascalientes.
His 2020 album CHAUSSON, recorded with pianist John Novacek, received critical acclaim from leading international publications, while his recording with the Reverón Piano Trio was awarded the prestigious Melómano de Oro in 2023. In 2024, Gollo joined the University of North Texas as Associate Professor of Violin, where he also directs the Undergraduate String Quartet Program.
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, 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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