artist info

Lucia Micarelli

“A violinist of heart-melting talent.” – The Wall Street Journal

A superb classical musician, Lucia is recognized throughout the world for being a featured soloist with Josh Groban, Chris Botti, Jethro Tull, and also for her starring role on the critically acclaimed HBO series Treme. Since then, Lucia’s profile has continued to soar. In 2018, Lucia appeared in her first PBS concert special, which aired throughout the US and spawned a live album.  In 2020, Lucia joined the Hallmark Family and starred in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries holiday movie The Christmas Bow.  Having been influenced by her experience on Treme, she’s absorbed many types of musical styles and has since added singing to her repertoire.

Born in Queens, New York, Lucia was immersed in the arts by the age of three, diligently practicing dance, piano, and violin.  It didn’t take long for Lucia to discover her passion and greatest talent was the violin, which quickly became her main focus.  After moving to Hawaii at the age of five, she continued to refine her skills on the violin with teachers Kathryn Lucktenberg and Sheryl Shohet, and just a year later at the age of six, Lucia made her debut as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra.  Soon after, she began frequently appearing on local television shows and concertizing throughout the Islands.

At age eleven, Lucia was accepted into the prestigious Juilliard School of Music’s Pre-College Division.  She studied with the renowned violin pedagogue Dorothy DeLay, and also took lessons with Itzhak Perlman, Cho-Liang Lin, and Won-Bin Yim.  Within a year, playing against some of the world's most gifted prodigies, she won the Pre-College Concerto Competition and settled into a routine that would combine instruction with concert appearances at the Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, and other prominent international venues. She spent her summers at the Aspen Music Festival, regularly performing with the orchestra, and won the Violin Concerto Competition in 2000, resulting in a performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the Festival Orchestra.

At seventeen, Lucia left Juilliard to attend the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with celebrated international violinist Pinchas Zukerman.  It was during this time that Lucia began to develop a growing interest in non-classical music.  She started moonlighting with local jazz and rock bands in New York clubs, and by the following year, she had accepted an offer to tour with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra as a featured violinist and concertmaster.

Leo Amuedo

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Latin Grammy nominee, Leo Amuedo learned his first guitar chords when he was 4 years old and has grown in to one of the top guitarists performing today.   He is best know for touring with Chris Botti and Ivan Lins, as well as his recordings with Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder, and Julieta Rada.

At 17, he began to working with several important musicians
and artists, such as: Julio Frade, Jorginho Gularte, Hugo and Osvaldo Fattoruso, Urbano Moraes, Fernando Cabrera, and Mariana Ingold.

In 1990 he moved to Holland, where he lived until 2002. He performed and recorded with: Fernando Lameirinhas, Joia, Laura Fygi, Josee Koning, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Metropole Orchest, Hein van de Geyn, Bacan, Dori Caymmi, Dulce Pontes, Ruud and Roeland Jacobs, Thijs van Leer (FOCUS) Jan Akkerman, Sticks&Strings, Jose Lopretti, Enrique Firpi, Beatriz Aguiar, Hans Vroomans, Lucas van Merwijk, Marcel Serierse, Philip Kolb, Eddy Veldman, Antonio Lameirinhas, Juan Pablo Dobal, Reno Steba, Lesley Joseph, Lilian Vieira, Estrella Acosta, Suriname Music Ensemble, Batida and Jimmy Haslip.