A focused, elegant stage presence, maestro Thiago Tiberio is often praised for mature musicianship, clarity of expression, and sophisticated technique. His classical, operatic, and film music career includes work with the world’s most prestigious orchestras in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, South Korea, China, Japan, Argentina, and Brazil, to name a few.

Fusing his conducting experience with a technology background and award-winning training as composer, he has arranged, orchestrated, and directed concert adaptations of a variety of films, most notably Love Actually, The Hunger Games, Cinema Paradiso, The Goonies, Coraline, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Get Out, Grease, Twilight, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Paddington. Further work includes titles like Danny Elfman’s Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Alice in Wonderland; Zilbalodis–Zalupe’s Oscar-winning Flow; and The Morricone Symphonic Experience.

He joined orchestra with a jazz band in Get Happy: A Judy Garland Centennial Celebration and with an actor-narrator in The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Finally, Tiberio co-produced Magia y Sinfonía (2022) and Disney 100 (2023) with Disney Latin America; both toured the world after premiering under his baton at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires.

Tiberio’s awards include an Emmy, a Luso-Brazilian Award from the United Nations, and an International Brazilian Press Award. He was the first Western conductor to perform in the Great Hall of the People at Tiananmen Square, Beijing, with La La Land in Concert, which he premiered in China and Turkey. At Disney’s request, he premiered Star Wars Live in France, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina; the fully orchestrated version of Coco in Concert at Ravinia Festival, 2019; and the new version of Fantasia in Bologna, Italy. His latest accolades include conducting the 50^th Anniversary Concert of Jaws at Martha’s Vineyard and the 40^th Anniversary Concert of The Goonies in Portland.

Perhaps the only maestro in the world who makes his own batons and binds his own scores in hardcover, Tiberio is a polyglot and multi-instrumentalist in the classical and jazz domains. He lives in New York with his wife Patricia and their Maltese, Dòri.

A protégé of the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, Cuban-born trumpeter, pianist, and composer Arturo Sandoval is one of the most celebrated and electrifying musicians of our time. Born in Artemisa, Cuba in 1949, he began classical trumpet at age 12, but soon found his voice in jazz. Defecting from Cuba in pursuit of artistic freedom, he rose to become a symbol of virtuosity, resilience, and joy in music.

Sandoval has been awarded 10 Grammy Awards (19 nominations), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, six Billboard Awards, and an Emmy Award for his stirring score to HBO’s For Love or Country starring Andy Garcia. In 2013, President Barack Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, calling him “one of the best ever to play.” In 2024, he was honored as a Kennedy Center Honoree, cementing his place in cultural history.

Equally at home in jazz, classical, and Latin music, Sandoval has performed with the world’s leading orchestras and recorded John Williams’ Trumpet Concerto with the London Symphony. He has composed two concertos for trumpet and orchestra and created music for films including Clint Eastwood’s The Mule and Richard Jewell, Mambo Kings, and Havana. His commissioned works for the Kennedy Center and Debbie Allen’s Hot Chocolate Nutcracker further showcase his vast range.

A founding member of the groundbreaking Cuban group Irakere, Sandoval later formed his own acclaimed band, dazzling audiences from the Oscars and Grammys to sold-out concert halls worldwide. His collaborations span generations and genres: Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande, Celia Cruz, Tony Bennett, John Williams, Placido Domingo, Frank Sinatra, and Dizzy Gillespie, among countless others.

Known for his blazing high notes, breathtaking range, and unmatched energy, Sandoval is also a gifted pianist, percussionist, composer, and educator who has inspired generations. Critics worldwide hail him as “arguably the most prodigious trumpeter of his generation” (The Guardian), while John Williams praises: “Arturo Sandoval exudes the true joy of music in everything he does…long may he reign.”

Today, Arturo Sandoval stands as a once-in-a-generation artist: a master who has not only redefined the trumpet, but elevated the language of music itself.