Viviana Guzman

Viviana Guzman
Described by the New York Times as “an imaginative artist,” Chilean-born flutist, Viviana Guzmán  performs over 80 concerts a year throughout the world.   Her recording “Traveling Sonata” received a GRAMMY Nomination and her recording “Song of the Whale” received a Global Music Award 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, CBS, ABC, and NPR, seen on the cover of Latina Style Magazine, and in COSMOPOLITAN en Español and has performed in 135 countries, and in all 7 continents including South Africa, Ireland, Spain, Brazil, Bali, India, Peru, Japan, China, Korea, South Africa, Namibia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Greece, often featuring flutes from her collection of over 100 gathered from concert tours. Her music video was aired on UNIVISION in 30 countries.  She has performed as soloist with 265 ensembles including orchestras in Russia,  Chile, Vermont, New York, Wisconsin, California, Texas, Montana, Philippines, in such halls as in Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, and other prominent stages with such artists as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Placido Domingo, and Glenn Close.  This season Viviana performs  in Argentina, Guatemala, Peru, Chile and as a soloist with the Sinfonica de Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Viviana began her musical training at the age of 5 and won her first competition at 7.  By the age of 15, she played as a soloist with orchestra,  studied with Jean-Pierre Rampal, and was featured on a John Denver nationally televised NBC special “Music in the Mountains”.  Ms. Guzmán studied with Albert Tipton and in Mastclasses with James Galway, and graduated from the Juilliard School where she was a student of Julius Baker.  A former member of the Houston Grand Opera and the New World Symphony, Altus Flutes Artist, Viviana has released 14 CD’s and is the Founder of the San Francisco Flute Society and Co-Founder of The Flute View Magazine.

Viviana has taught masterclasses in 55 universities throughout the world including The Juilliard School, San Francisco Conservatory, Tunghai University in Taichung, Taiwan, Jakarta Conservatory, Beijing Central Conservatory, Seoul National University, National University of Singapore, Hanoi Conservatory of Music, Malaya Conservatory of Music in Kuala Lumpur, among others. Currently, Viviana Guzman teaches at the University of California Santa Cruz and conducts the Peninsula Youth Orchestra Flute Choir.