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The American soprano, Estelí Gomez, obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Music from Yale College (2008); and her Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from McGill University (2011), studying with Sanford Sylvan. In November 2011 she received first prize in the Canticum Gaudium International Early Music Vocal Competition in Poznan, Poland.
Praised for her "clear, bright voice" (New York Times) and "artistry that belies her young years” (Kansas City Metropolis), Estelí Gomez is quickly gaining recognition as a stylish interpreter of early and contemporary repertoires. In January 2014 she was awarded a Grammy with contemporary octet Roomful of Teeth, for best chamber music/small ensemble performance. An avid performer of early and new music, Estelí can be heard on the Juno-nominated recording "Salsa Baroque" with Montréal-based Ensemble Caprice. She can be heard on the Seattle Symphony Orchestra’s 2017 recording of Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3, on the first track of Silkroad Ensemble's Grammy-winning 2016 album "Sing Me Home", and on Roomful of Teeth's self-titled debut album, for which composer Caroline Shaw's Partita was awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize. She is also featured on the soundtrack of the upcoming Lena Dunham film Catherine, Called Birdy (2022), the Netflix show Dark, Beyoncé's Homecoming, Kanye West's documentary Jeen-Yuhs, among others. She is featured as a soloist and a member of the chamber ensemble Conspirare on "The Singing Guitar", an album nominated in the Best Choral Performance category for the 64th annual Grammy Awards in April 2022.
Highlights of the 2019-2020 season include: further performances of Vivier’s Kopernikus directed by Peter Sellars in Bilbao, Spain; recordings of Nico Muhly’s How Little You Are as soprano soloist with Conspirare; the world premiere of song cycle Dreams Have No Borders in Ashland, Oegon; solo appearances with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Winston-Salem Orchestra, Kingsbury Ensemble, Yarn/Wire, and A Far Cry; teaching residencies at Bucknell, University of Oregon, and Oregon Bach Festival; and concerts at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and the Guggenheim, with additional tours throughout Europe, New Zealand, and Australia, with Roomful of Teeth. Other recent highlights include: the role of Francesca Cuzzoni in a concert of George Frideric Handel arias with Mountainside Baroque, the world premiere of a song cycle by Andrew McIntosh with piano/percussion quartet Yarn/Wire, soprano solos in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with Bach Collegium San Diego, performances of Craig Hella Johnson’s new oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard in Boston and Austin, solo teaching residencies at University of Oregon, Eugene and University of Missouri, Kansas City, and tours with Roomful of Teeth across North America and Europe.
Estelí is thrilled to be teaching at Lawrence University - Consevartory of Music as assistant professor of voice, starting fall of 2019, in addition to continuing her work as a performer. She is also a proud member of Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists who donate a percentage of their concert fees to organizations they care about. She is currently donating to RAICES and the Texas Civil Rights Project. She currently lives in Appleton, Wisconsin. |
