Learning Music as a Language, Marco Alejandro Gutierrez

as a private teacher both in person and online. As a professional cellist, I have served as assistant principal of the Orquesta Sinfónica UCR and as section cellist in the Orquesta Sinfónica de Heredia, both in Costa Rica amongst various chamber music and orchestral projects in the United States, Costa Rica, The Netherlands, and Germany. I am currently part of the Fragmata Quintet. My primary studies have been with Professors Vladislav Soyfer and Semyon Vekshtein in music theory and practice as well as piano lessons with Professor Soyfer. I am indebted morally and musically to my professor Vladislav Soyfer and his teachings. Cello studies have been in California, Costa Rica, and Germany with Professors Sarah Koo-Freeman, Elena Kharina-Anatolievna, and Lisa Franken. I am specially grateful to Professor Franken’s unrelenting support and dedication as a teacher. More recently I have been awarded an Artist Diploma in Performance Leadership as a fellow for the 2023 Orchestra of the Americas Academy. I look forward to meeting you and getting started. Marco Alejandro Gutierrez