Dr. Paulo Steinberg has enjoyed a successful career as both a soloist and collaborative artist across the U.S., Canada, South America, and Europe. He has graced prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Theatro Municipal de São Paulo. Dr. Steinberg is also a sought-after adjudicator, master class instructor, and lecturer, often traveling for performances and educational projects worldwide. His summer engagements include teaching at the Saarburg Chamber Music Summer Festival in Germany, alongside various projects in Europe, Brazil, and Canada.
In 2024, as part of his educational leave project, Dr. Steinberg lived in Latvia for three months, immersing himself in the Latvian language, culture, and music. This experience significantly influenced his research and artistic practice, deepening his appreciation for Latvian piano solo and chamber music. Dr. Steinberg holds degrees in Piano Performance from Conservatório “Carlos Gomes” and Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil, as well as graduate degrees from Arizona State University (M.M.) and Indiana University (D.M.). His principal teachers include Carlos Yansen, Paulo Gori, Gilberto Tinetti, and Evelyne Brancart.
Steinberg has served in several leadership roles, including as vice-president of the Harrisonburg Music Teachers Association and president of the Virginia Music Teachers Association. He serves as Co-chair of Music in Every Home, which provides scholarships for underrepresented piano and guitar students. His discography includes The Recital Clarinetist with Dr. Janice Minor, Duos with Dr. Sarunas Jankauskas, Time, Place, Spirit with Dr. Beth Chandler Cahill, and Alma Brasileira, which was featured in the Brazilian film As Cadeiras.
Flutist
DITA KRENBERGA is known as one of Latvia’s brightest soloists, a delicate chamber musician and an accomplished orchestra artist. She studied at the class of Imants Sneibis at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, as well as with the world-renowned flutist James Galway whose recommendation gave her a chance of receiving the Leonard Bernstein Fellowship for the Boston Symphony Orchestra classes at Tanglewood Institute from 1989 to 1990. There Dita worked with world-famous authorities – Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Jeffrey Tate, Yo-Yo Ma and others. She received the Gustav Golden Award for her accomplishments. Dita Krenberga has studied with distinguished flute professors – Aurèle Nicolet, William Bennett and Alain Marion.
She has received high awards in several prestigious competitions – 1st prize and an award as the youngest participant at “Concertino Praha-80”, Grand Prix and golden medal in the 34th International Maria Canals competition in Spain in 1988. Dita has become a laureate of the “Prague Spring” competition in 1991 and has received a diploma in the 48th CIEM International music competition in Geneve, Switzerland.
Dita Krenberga has recorded several albums and acted in several Latvian movies.
