Join us for a wonderful evening of music by 3 talented local performers!

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Born in Callosa d’en Sarrià, Spain, Carlos Savall-Guardiola (clarinet) started his musical studies at the age of 8 at the School of Music “José Seguí” de Callosa d’en Sarrià. He has participated in international music festivals, including Aurora Chamber Music Festival (Vänersborg, Sweden), Clarinetissim (Valencia, Spain), and National Youth Orchestra of Canada.

Carlos has played and collaborated with a large list of orchestras and ensembles, such as National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra, UBC Symphony Orchestra, UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Wind Band of Valencia, Orchestra of the Conservatorio Superior de Musica Oscar Esplá of Alicante, Symphonic Orchestra of Alicante, Symphonic Orchestra of Elche, Symphonic Wind Band of Alicante, Youth Orchestra of Valencia, and Philharmonic Orchestra of Alicante University.

He is studying currently pursuing the Master of Music Degree at the University of British Columbia, focusing his studies in clarinet performance under the guidance of Professor Jose Franch-Ballester.

Praised for his sensitivity and artistic integrity, twenty-two-year-old Carter Johnson has established a reputation as one of Canada’s most promising young pianists.

In 2018, Johnson won the top prize in two of Canada’s most important competitions, winning both Grand Prize in the Concours OSM Manuvie as well as First Prize (along with the prize for the best performance of the test piece) in the CMC Stepping Stone competition. He has performed with orchestras including l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, l’Orchestre Métropolitain, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra of Northern New York, and his playing has been broadcasted by Medici TV and Radio-Canada. Johnson’s extensive competition experience also includes competitions such as in the Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition (Guangdong, China), the Hilton Head International Piano Competition (South Carolina, USA), the International J.S. Bach Competition (Leipzig, Germany) and the Julia Crane International Piano Competition (New York, USA), where he won second prize at the age of 16. Johnson’s other competition prize winnings include second prize in the ensemble round of the New York International Piano Competition, first place in the Art Song Competition of Vancouver (with Marie Civitarese, soprano), Second Place (along with the Baroque and chamber music prizes) in the CFMTA National Piano Competition (Regina) at age 14, the award for the best interpretation of the imposed work at the 2015 Concours OSM Manuvie (Montréal), third prize in the Shean Piano Competition (Edmonton), and many awards at Performing Arts B.C., including First Prize in all four Canadian divisions.

Johnson holds a Bachelor of Music in piano performance from the University of British Columbia, where he also studied with Anderson.

Cellist Susie Jiwon Yoo has established a great passion toward cello, performing regularly on various concerts.

Susie was a member of the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Academy Symphony Orchestra. As an active member of Opera Appassionata, she was involved in concerts that improved our community by sending the proceeds of the concerts to ICORD Research Centre and addiction recovery house called “Place of Refuge.” Susie Yoo began her cello studies with Joseph Elworthy at Vancouver Academy of Music, and received masterclasses from Steven Isserlis, Daniel Muller-Schott, the Accord Trio, and the Gryphon Trio.

After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Immunology and Infectious Disease at University of California, Berkeley, she returned to Vancouver to resume her cello studies with Professor Eric Wilson at University of British Columbia, with whom she had begun instruction at age 15.