ISABELLA BENGOCHEA CV
EDUCATION
Master’s of Music in Violin Performance: University of Houston – Moores School of Music: May 2024
Bachelor’s of Music in Violin Performance: University of Houston – Moores School of Music: May 2022
Principal Teachers
Mann-Wen Lo – Fall 2022 to Spring 2024
Alan Austin, Baroque Violin – Spring 2023 to Spring 2024
Ertan Torgul – Fall 2020 to Spring 2022
Andrzej Grabiec – Fall 2017 to Spring 2020
Johnny Chang – Fall 2013 to Spring 2017
Master Classes
MuChen Hsieh – March 2024
Glenn Dicterow – March 2023
Will Fedkenheuer – October 2022
Yoonshin Song – March 2022
Jasmine Lin and Wayne Lee (Formosa Quartet) – February 2022
Elizabeth Blumenstock – October 2020
Kristof Barati – February 2020
Lin He – October 2019
James Dunham – April 2019
Teaching Experience
Houston Symphony: CEM Teaching Artist in training, Spring 2025 to present
Private Violin Studio of Isabella Bengochea: Violin Teacher, Fall 2024 to present
Mann-Wen Lo Violin Studio at Moores School of Music: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2022 to Spring 2024
Orchestral Performance Experience
Bach Society Houston – 2024-2025 Season: baroque violinist.
Moores School of Music Symphony Orchestra – Fall 2017 to Spring 2024: Associate Concertmaster, Principal Second, Associate Principal Second, violin I.
Moores School of Music Chamber Orchestra – Fall 2017 to Fall 2023: violin I, Associate Concertmaster for the 2021-2022 Season.
Moores School of Music Opera Orchestra – Fall 2017 to Fall 2023: Concertmaster, Associate Concertmaster, Principal Second, Violin I.
Moores School of Music Ballet Orchestra – Spring 2017 to Spring 2024: Associate Concertmaster, Principal Second, Associate Principal Second, Violin I.
Miami Music Festival – Symphony and Opera Orchestras – Summer 2022: Violin I, Violin II.
Freelance
Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra, violin I substitute; Second Baptist Church Orchestra: Substitute violinist I and II; Christ Evangelical Presbyterian Church Orchestra: violin I; and various other local orchestras and private events.
(see attached Orchestra Experience Addendum for additional information)
Operas
Turandot, Giacomo Puccini (violin I); Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears), Osvaldo Golijov (Associate Concertmaster); La Cenerentola, W.A. Mozart (Concertmaster); Don Giovanni, W.A. Mozart (Associate Concertmaster); Julius Caesar in Egypt, G.F. Handel (violin I); Albert Herring, B Britten (violin II); The Marriage of Figaro, W.A. Mozart (violin I): Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck (violin I); The Ballad of Baby Doe, Douglas Moore (Associate Concertmaster); L’a Mico Fritz, Pietro Mascagni (violin I); The Magic Flute, W.A. Mozart (violin I); Das Rheigold, R. Wagner (violin I); Carmen, G. Bizet (violin II); Midsummer Night’s Dream, B. Britten (violin II).
Musical Theater Experience
Sondheim on Sondheim, Stephen Sondheim conceived by James Lapine; Me and My Girl, Noel Gay; Anything Goes, Cole Porter; Bye, Bye, Birdie, Charles Strouse; West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein.
Collaborations
Chris Brubeck: The Voice of Brubeck: Themes & Exploration – Jazz concert
Chris Brubeck: The Voice of Brubeck: Themes & Exploration - Recording Session – Navona Records
The Wild, The Pop and the Comic, Faculty Artist Series – Moores School of Music
The Formosa Quartet: Simple Symphony, Benjamin Britten
Bach Society Houston: Weihnachts Oratorium - Parts 1-3 and Parts 4-6, J. S. Bach;
St. John’s Passion Oratorium, J. S. Bach
Chamber Music Experience
Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Ernst Krenek
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op 8, Johannes Brahms
La Comparsa, Ernesto Lecuona (piano trio arranged by Isabella Bengochea)
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas for Piano Trio, Astor Piazzolla
On the Nature of Daylight, Max Richter
String Quartet in A Major, Op. 39, Alexander Glazunov
Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op 110, Dimitri Shostakovich
Gulliver Suite for two violins in D Major, Georg Philipp Telemann
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15, Bedrich Smetana
La Bella Cubana (Habanera), José White Laffite (piano trio arranged by Isabella Bengochea)
Quartet for Four Violins, Grazyna Bacewicz
Quintet for Strings in G Major, Op. 77, Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quarter No.1 in G minor, W.A. Mozart
String Trio, Zoltan Kodaly
Solo Experience
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C minor, Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata Representativa in A Major, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, Johannes Brahms
Sonatina in G Major for Violin and Piano Op. 100, Antonín Dvořák
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, K. 526, W. A. Mozart
Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 48, Dmitri Kabalevsky
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 62, Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, W. A. Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, W. A. Mozart
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op.22, Henryk Wieniawski
Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001 J. S. Bach
Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 J. S. Bach
Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, J. S. Bach
Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23, Amy Beach
Adagio in E Major, K. 261, W. A. Mozart
Premiere Pieces
Silence and Breeze for string quartet (2023) by Mojgan Misaghi
A Subconscious Refusal for string quartet (2022-2023) I, II and III by Larry Penna
Unheard Voices for piano and violin (2022) by Mojgan Misaghi
Passing through the Marches for string quartet (2021) by Miles Bi
Summer Festivals
Texas Music Festival – Summer 2024 Fellow
Texas Music Festival – Summer 2023 Fellow
Miami Music Festival – Summer 2022 Fellow
Texas Music Festival – Summer 2022 Fellow
Texas Music Festival – Summer 2019 Fellow
Scholarships
Moores School of Music: 2-year Graduate Scholarship recipient
Moores School of Music: 4-year undergraduate Faculty Choice Scholarship recipient
Music Doing Good: 3-year scholarship recipient
Casa Argentina Young Musician Competition: 1st Prize 2016
Honors and Accomplishments
Moores School of Music Symphony Orchestra Leadership: String Section Leader – 2023 Fall Semester
Moores School of Music Symphony Orchestra Leadership: String Section Leader – Inaugural Season
The U.S. Congressional Silver and Bronze Medals – 2017
Language Proficiency
Bilingual – Spanish and English