Michael Rossi: Founding Artistic Director, MMF
MICHAEL ROSSI is the founding artistic director of the Miami Beach Music Festival (nee Miami Music Festival, 2013). He is a musician, educator, and has conducted some of the world’s leading orchestras.
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Rachel Faro: Producer, Singer, Songwriter
RACHEL FARO (b.1948) is a singer, songwriter, record producer, consultant and record label executive. She is also a well-known producer of Cuban, Latin, African, jazz, blues, folk and world music recordings, and the founder and president of Ashe Records, a well-respected world music record label.
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Andrew Meyer: M Is for Mentor
ANDREW H. MEYER (b.1948) has served as an entertainment industry executive, film producer, and educator. He has been the President of Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss’ A&M Films, Robert Redford’s Wildwood Productions, and Norman Lear’s Act All Productions. His films include “The Breakfast Club,” Fried Green Tomatoes,” and “Birdy.” Meyer’s memoir, “Walking in the Fast Lane,” was published in 2024.
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Anita Castiglione + Paul Posnak: A Lifetime Making Music
PAUL POSNAK’S international career as a concert pianist and recording artist began as a child prodigy with a full scholarship to the Juilliard Preparatory School of Music at the age of eight. He performs frequently as duo-pianist with his wife, ANITA CASTIGLIONE whose career as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and music educator began with piano studies in Massachusetts at the age of six. She has performed extensively throughout the United States.
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Conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson: Born to Make Music
In 2005, JERI LYNNE JOHNSON made history as the first Black woman to win an international conducting prize when she was awarded the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship. Since then she has continued to break barriers in Europe and the US as the first woman and/or African-American woman on the podium for many orchestras and opera companies in the US and Europe. Johnson is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra.
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