Costa Rican born cellist Diana Flores is an active orchestral, chamber
musician, and educator currently based in Cincinnati, OH. She has performed with
the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Boston Pops, Grant Park Music Festival, Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, and
Sarasota Orchestra, among others. She was a member of the Civic Orchestra of
Chicago, and has participated in summer festivals such as Tanglewood Music
Center, Pacific Music Festival in Japan, The Orchestra of the Americas, and
Campos do Jordão in Brazil.
Starting in 2022, Diana has been a member of Sphinx Virtuosi with whom she was part of their album debut ‘Songs for Our Times’ with Deutsche Grammophon, as well as their international debut in Brazil.
Diana is a founder and co-director of Cincinnati Chamber Collective, she enjoys teaching at the School of Creative and Performing Arts, the Withrow University High School, and coaching chamber music for the Nouveau Players.
Diana has studied at the Longy School of Music (BM), the Chicago College
of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University (MM), and the College-Conservatory
of Music at the University of Cincinnati (AD). Her primary teachers include Mihail
Jojatu, Richard Hirschl, and Ilya Finkelshteyn.
She has performed in masterclasses
for Yo-Yo Ma, and has studied chamber music with Emanuel Ax, Roger Tapping,
and the Pacifica Quartet.
When not behind her cello, Diana enjoys cooking, listening to podcasts, and yoga.