Skylight Concert Series featuring Jesus Castro-Balbi

The “Skylight Gallery Concert Series,” is an intimate musical performance held in the spacious Skylight Gallery in the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art. This performance features cellist Jesus Castro-Balbi.

The concert is free for members of Oglethorpe University Museum of Art and Oglethorpe University students, staff and faculty (show Petrel Pass). Tickets are $10.00 each for the general public.

Jesús Castro-Balbi
Hailed as “an artist of the first rank” by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a “virtuosic cellist” by the Chicago Tribune, Jesús Castro-Balbi has performed extensively across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. His engagements have taken him to Carnegie Hall, Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Seoul Arts Center, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Aarhus, Dallas, Fort Worth, Minería, Leipzig, and Norwegian Radio symphony orchestras, as well as the China, Louisiana, and Mexico City philharmonic orchestras.

A passionate champion of contemporary music, Castro-Balbi has commissioned 31compositions, presented 72 premiere performances, and made the world-premiere recordings of 20 works, contributing significantly to the expansion of the cello repertoire. He has taught at The Juilliard School and Texas Christian University and has given masterclasses and adjudicated internationally, including for the Carlos Prieto and Lutosławski International Competitions.

Of Peruvian heritage and raised in France, Dr. Castro-Balbi is a graduate of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon, Indiana University Bloomington, Yale School of Music, and The Juilliard School, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He is currently a professor of music at Kennesaw State University. Please visit www.jcbcello.com.