Chamber Music: Raquel Rubi, Soprano with Harmonie Coalesce
Raquel Rubi, a soprano and native of Havana, completed studies in piano and composition with composer Harold Gramatges at Havana’s Instituto Superior de Arte and studied voice with soprano, Maria Eugenia Barrios.
Her solo career started in Havana in 2001 and two years later her acting career launched when she was cast in the internationally awarded film “Scent of Oak” by Lopez, winning her the “Caricato 2003” award for Best Actress in a supporting role. Ms. Rubi earned her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Florida International University in 2009 and pursued a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Miami in 2016.
Raquel has performed opera, operetta and zarzuela with Frost Opera Theater, Miami Lyric Opera and Sociedad Pro-Arte Gratell. Her original composition, “Hosanna” was premiered in Carlos Barba’s film, Humberto, official selection at the La Costa Film Festival in 2015. She is also the founder and director of the non-profit organization RubiMusic, dedicated to provide performance opportunities for children and young talent and to promote classical music to communities of Florida through local productions.
Ms. Rubi will be joined in this concert by Harmonie Coalesce, a violin duo comprised of husband-and-wife violinists Robert and Kimberly Zielinski. Both are 3rd generation classically trained musicians and have been playing since they were 3 and 5 years old respectively. Robert and Kimberly have been professional performers in various ensembles and groups in the North Florida area for many years. They were married in 2006 and have been playing together as a duo as well as working together in other musical projects ever since.
The Zielinskis will be joining sopranoRaquel Rubi in a noontime performance on Monday, May 13, in the chapel of Memorial Presbyterian Church. The program will include works for duo violins as well as for soprano and violin.