Natalie Zemba

Natalie Zemba is Kalliope’s founder and Artistic Director, and principal arranger. Currently splitting her time between Europe and Boston, she is acting Co-principal bassoonist with the Pori Sinfonietta in Finland, alongside recent performances with the Vratsa Symphony (Bulgaria), Vector Reed Quintet (Netherlands), Portland Symphony, New Bedford Symphony, Plymouth Philharmonic, and Sound Icon. From 2017-2021 she was the principal bassoonist of Camerata Mazatlán, Templum New Music Ensemble, and the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de Las Artes in Culiacán, Mexico. During her time with the OSSLA she was featured twice as a soloist on the Mozart Bassoon Concerto and the Latin American premiere of Mathieu Lussier’s Double Concerto for Bassoon and Trumpet. She also was professor of bassoon and ear training at the Centro Municipal de Artes de Mazatlán, and the Escuela Superior de Música del ISIC in Culiacán. Natalie won the Boston Woodwind Society Sherman Walt Competition in 2015, and currently serves as a board member and treasurer for the organization.