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The Blue Hill Bach Marville Young Artist Fellowship

Blue Hill Bach is grateful to Jan and Robert Marville for their support enabling promising young musicians to participate in the Festival as both performers and as an apprentice members of the management team, with the opportunity to learn the nuts and bolts of producing concerts in a small community. The Fellowship is awarded to gifted young artists who seek a career performing the music of Bach and his contemporaries in a historically-informed style, and who can benefit from performing side-by-side with some of the most distinguished professional Baroque musicians in the United States.

The Blue Hill Bach Young Artist Fellow for 2024 is Victor Bento.

Victor Bento, a Brazilian countertenor, merges a rich tradition of church musicianship with early piano roots, later transitioning to vocal performance. Holding degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance, along with a master’s in Musicology, he completed his master’s in Vocal Performance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Currently, he pursues a Doctorate in Musical Arts at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami. Notable performances include Socrates by E. Satie at Theatro São Pedro and Rodelinda by G. F. Handel with Opera Neo in San Diego. Praised as a rising talent by the South Florida Classical Review, Victor’s dedication and artistry stand out. Winner of the Linus Lerner International Singing Competition – Brazil Edition 2020 and the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition – New England 2023, he underscores his unwavering commitment to musical excellence. 

Marville Young Artist Fellows (2013-2023)

2013 – Stanley Moore, cello

2014 – Jude Ziliak, violin

2015 – David Dickey, countertenor & oboe

2016 – Abraham Ross, organ, harpsichord & cello

2017 – Catherine Cloutier, alto

2018 – Zachary Fisher, tenor

2019 – YuEun Kim, violin

            Bradley Sharpe, countertenor

2020 – Chris Andaloro, baritone & video editor

2021 – Julian Bennett Holmes, organ

2022 – Gaia Satermoe-Howard, oboe

            Kevin Devine, harpsichord

            Julian Donahue, dancer/choreographer

2023 – Ashley Mulcahy, mezzo-soprano

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