CLARA HASLOP

In 2018 Clara made her Carnegie Hall debut as a top-prize winner of the AFAF International Concerto Competition and was invited to perform the Grieg piano concerto with the Kostroma Symphony in Russia. She has performed under noted conductors Uri Segal, Gaddiel Dombrowner and John Roscigno with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic, L.A. Doctors Symphony and Virtuosi Brunensis Virtuosi Orchestra in Italy.

Clara was invited by Steinway & Sons in April 2020 to be their young showcase artist on the first Steinway Virtual Masterclass with Christopher O’Riley. She is a prizewinner of international piano competitions such as the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, International Youth Piano Competition, American Protégé International Piano Competition and Kathryn Gawartin Chopin Competition.

Major venues at which she has performed are Disney Hall, Carnegie Hall, Zipper Hall, Cypress Hall, Sala dei Notari (Italy) and the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center.

She has participated in numerous international piano festivals, including Music Fest Perugia in Italy, Puerto Piano International Festival in Puerto Rico, the John Perry International Piano Academy, Vivace Matera International Music Festival, International Philadelphia Young Pianists Academy, Aloha International Piano Festival and the Colburn Young Artists Summer Academy.

Clara was honored to receive a private lesson with Emanuel Ax at Disney Hall. She has performed in masterclasses with Gary Graffman, Simone Dinnerstein, Jerome Lowenthal, Oxana Yablonskaya, Alexander Kobrin, Jon Nakamatsu, John Perry, Arthur Greene, Roberto Plano, Alan Chow and Yoshikazu Nagai.

Clara has studied extensively with Rufus Choi, Dmitry Rachmanov and Ory Shihor. In the summer of 2019 she decided to pursue her undergraduate Piano Performance degree one year earlier than planned and completed both her Junior and Senior High School credits in one year to pursue her dream.

In 2020 Clara started at the Manhattan School of Music as a scholarship student of Prof. Jeffrey Cohen having been admitted at age 17, seven years after she began her piano studies.

Clara has created a transcription of Holst’s “The Planets” for solo piano and plans to perform concerts that include the entire Planets suite with pictures of up-close locations on each planet projected onto a screen. She loves to improvise and is also a writer – currently writing a dystopian trilogy.

KIM MARGOLIS

Kim Margolis is a singer /songwriter producer from London, England. At the age of 16, he left school with a passion for the music industry, where he found work as assistant engineer/tape operator for Dick James music (Northern Songs). He worked with Reggie Dwight (aka Elton John), Steven Demetre Georgiou (aka Cat Stevens), and other up and coming artists recording mostly early demos. He was then hired by the Decca company to work in their copyright dept and swiftly moved up to staff record producer. 

He worked on tracks for David Bowie (The World of David Bowie), and produced various new artists including the classic folk album “Everytime You Move” by Hunter Muskett.  After being disillusioned by the record business in 1969 he “dropped out” and went to live on a hippie commune in the Welsh mountains. Always passionate about songwriting and music production, he continued to write and play solo and in various bands and continues to this day to perform and record in the San Francisco Bay Area.

DIANA WEYNAND aka COACH D

Diana Weynand is a history maker. She played the women’s professional tackle football with the Los Angeles Lasers, becoming their general manager. Diana, aka Coach D, knows a thing or two about this great game and she is taking her knowledge beyond the field with the mission to empower people to mastermind their lives.

In her book, Diana presents eight Lipstick Football principles (Leap, Immerse, Play, Shine, Track, Initiate, Condition, Kick) derived from the football game and applied into our everyday activities. The Lipstick Football method aims to help readers seize life (carpe vita!) and achieve their highest dreams.

Diana loves writing, coaching, speaking and motivating groups. Given the choice, she’d almost always rather play and throw the ball on a field than watch other people have fun doing it on TV.

I shine when I perform music and produce shows. I’m passionate about protecting nature and the environment, and I commit my leadership skills to climate nonprofit organizations. I’m a sailor and I love being out on the water. However challenging and messy it may be at times; I love my life. As Helen Keller said, ‘Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.’ I choose adventure.

– Diana Weynand

JULIA VASQUEZ

Julia Vasquez is an artist-engineer and the founder of Prophecy Productions. Besides being a singer-songwriter, poet, dancer, creative director herself, Julia created a network of platforms and programs in entertainment and educational services for others, as well; Prophecy Productions is a creative, arts and education company that manages Biosonica Sound Meditations, Mindful Artistry Creative Co-working Retreats, Voice Alchemy Academy, Official Ecstatic Dance Radio. A major tenet of these productions is the aim at a world which is better than well. Julia’s personal work speaks to timeless, worldly, yet deeply personal experience.

Prophecy Productions, Biosonica, Mindful Artistry and Voice Alchemy Academy and Julia are all on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. You can also follow Prophecy Productions on Eventbrite to attend future public experiences:

NATHALIE BONIN

Nathalie Bonin is a composer and violinist from Montreal, Canada now based in Los Angeles.

Composer and Solo Violinist for the Grammy Winning “Women Warriors: The Voices of Change” soundtrack, her most recent album “Queen of Hearts” received multiple accolades including a Nomination from the Music+Sound Award for “Best Use of Production Music in a TV Trailer”, the HMMA Award for “Instrumental” category for her piece “Euphoria” and the Mark Award for “Classical Track of the Year” with “Arrival of the Princess” that was featured on Netflix “Bridgerton” season 2 Finale.

Nathalie has scored the music for numerous movies, short films, and television series as well as theme songs and soundtracks for worldwide audiences including NBC “New Amsterdam”, CBS “Good Sam” (trailer), AppleTV+ “The Oprah Conversations”, Hallmark, Showtime, and numerous other networks.

Concertmaster of La Voix TVA (The Voice) in Montreal for 8 years, she has been a featured violinist with Wynton Marsalis, Ted Nash and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as well as performed or recorded with: Stevie Wonder, Luciano Pavarotti, Chance The Rapper, YES, Cirque du Soleil, DeadMau5, Alan Parsons, Peter Cetera, Charles Aznavour, Gino Vannelli, Moist and Bran Van 3000. She recently premiered 2 violin concertos by Quinsin Nachoff and Jairo Duarte-Lopez.

Nathalie holds dual citizenship (USA/CANADA) and is Founder and Owner of Kinémuse Productions inc. in Montréal, Canada since 2015.