Artists

Simon Garcia

Simón García is an eclectic and versatile musician who is often riquered to record and accompany artists from different musical fields. With a solid background as an instrumentalist, García has offered recitals and concerts in different countries as well as his music and other composers and artists. Recorded with renowned artists such as George Coleman, Raphael, Paquito D ́Rivera, Julian Bliss, Quinteto Cimarrón, Fuxan os Ventos, Matthew Simon, Tartit, Nani García, Perico Sambeat, Pepe Rivero, Daniel García, Abe Rábade, Titi Bamberger, Celia Mur, Carlos Núñez, Rosa Cedrón, Juan Galiardo, Emilio Batallán, among others. As a symphonic musician, he has worked with different orchestras such as the Spanish National Orchestra, Spanish Radio-Television Orchestra, Galician Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Assembly of Contemporary Music, among others. He has been a member of the Galician Royal Philharmonic and since 2009 is a member of A Coruña Concert Band. Bachelor of Contrabass, Garcia has developed an important international career as both a composer and instrumentalist that has led to offer recitals and concerts in different countries such as Spain, Portugal, France, UK, Germany, Denmark, US, Mexico, Cuba, Italy, Czech Republic, Malta and Netherland. As a composer, Garcia's music has been performed in more than 38 countries in Europe, Asia, America and Oceania in concert halls such as Suntory Hall, The Danish Royal Opera, Berlin Philharmonic, Alban Berg Konzertsaal, A Coruña Opera Palace, among many others. His music has been performed in Seasons of different orchestras such as Galician Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra, Polish National Symphony Orchestra, Veridian Symphony Orchestra, Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra, A Coruña Concert Band, among others. His piece “The Night Before Christmas” is the Soundtrack of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ́s (NY) official Christmas 2020 video.

Timothy Cobb

Principal Double Bass New Philarmonic Orchestra, USA

Bassist Timothy Cobb joined the New York Philharmonic as Principal Bass in May 2014, after serving as principal bass of The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and principal bass of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra since 1989. He has appeared at numerous chamber music festivals worldwide, including the Marlboro Music festival, through which he has toured with the Musicians from Marlboro series. A faculty member of the Sarasota Music Festival, he is helping to launch a new bass program for the Killington Music Festival in Killington, Vermont. Cobb also serves as principal bass for Valery Gergiev’s World Orchestra for Peace, an invited group of musicians from around the world who donate their time biannually and perform to promote international harmony. Cobb has been designated a UNESCO Artist for Peace from his affiliation with the World Orchestra. He has an ongoing collaboration with actor Stephen Lang, for whom he recorded a solo bass sound track for Lang’s animated short film The Wheatfield, which depicts a human drama from the Battle of Gettysburg. The two were invited to Gettysburg in July 2013 on the 150th anniversary of the battle to perform in the Salute to the States event held there, and they will continue to collaborate for future events. Cobb serves as bass department chair for The Juilliard School as well as on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music, Purchase College, and Rutgers University. He is also a distinguished visiting artist for Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. A native of Albany, New York, Timothy Cobb graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Roger Scott. While at Curtis, Cobb was a substitute with The Philadelphia Orchestra and in his senior year became a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georg Solti. Cobb can be heard on all Metropolitan Opera recordings released after 1986, as well as on a recording of Giovanni Bottesini’s duo bass music with bassist Thomas Martin on the Naxos label.