meet Moises Cunha
NNO Concertmaster, Artist in Residence &
ChamberFest artistic director
Increasingly recognized as a versatile and passionate performer, Brazilian-born violinist Moises Bonella Cunha has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Brazil, Italy, Russia, and the United States. As winner of several competitions, Moises has been featured as a soloist with major Brazilian symphonic and chamber orchestras, including Bahia Symphony Orchestra, Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra, and Theatro Sao Pedro Chamber Orchestra. In the United States, he was a soloist with the University of Georgia Symphony Orchestra, ARCO Chamber Orchestra, and the Northern Neck Orchestra. Moises has also performed on Brazilian television such as TV Educativa and TV Senado as a soloist of the Projeto SESI Catedrais.
Passionate about chamber music, Moises is Artistic Director of the Northern Neck Chamberfest, the NNO Chamber Series, and a frequent artist for the NNO Chamber Music Series. He has also been a Festival Artist with the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival in New Orleans. At the invitation of renowned pianist Arnaldo Cohen, Moises Cunha performed a solo recital for a full audience at the prestigious Sala São Paulo in Brazil. Moises is a founding member of the Delachaise Ensemble, an innovative and genre-defying ensemble presenting concerts and educational outreach throughout the Gulf region.
He has served as the Concertmaster of the Indiana University Symphony Orchestra during the Indiana University Summer Music Festival. Since 2018, Moises has served as Concertmaster and Artist-in-Residence of the Northern Neck Orchestra. He also performs regularly with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans.
A devoted and passionate educator, Moises Cunha has given numerous masterclasses in the United States and Brazil, including Loyola University New Orleans, Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra, Xavier University of Louisiana, FUNDARTE, and Pelotas Federal University, and currently directs and teaches at the Crescent City String Academy and the Crescent City String Camp & Festival in New Orleans. He is a frequent Artist-in-Residence with Recanto Maestro Youth Orchestra in his native Brazil, where he presents masterclasses, and coaches chamber music and orchestra sectionals. In 2020, Moises was a guest artist at the Goiás Federal University International Music Festival, in its virtual format.
Moises Cunha holds a B.M. and a M.M. from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he was a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, Conrado Wessel Foundation Scholarship, The Scott C. and Kathrin Schutz Latin American Scholarship, and the Artistic Excellence Award. Moises Bonella Cunha completed the D.M.A. at University of Georgia in the spring of 2018. His primary mentors include Mauricio Fuks, Kevork Mardirossian, and Levon Ambartsumian.
Passionate about chamber music, Moises is Artistic Director of the Northern Neck Chamberfest, the NNO Chamber Series, and a frequent artist for the NNO Chamber Music Series. He has also been a Festival Artist with the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival in New Orleans. At the invitation of renowned pianist Arnaldo Cohen, Moises Cunha performed a solo recital for a full audience at the prestigious Sala São Paulo in Brazil. Moises is a founding member of the Delachaise Ensemble, an innovative and genre-defying ensemble presenting concerts and educational outreach throughout the Gulf region.
He has served as the Concertmaster of the Indiana University Symphony Orchestra during the Indiana University Summer Music Festival. Since 2018, Moises has served as Concertmaster and Artist-in-Residence of the Northern Neck Orchestra. He also performs regularly with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in New Orleans.
A devoted and passionate educator, Moises Cunha has given numerous masterclasses in the United States and Brazil, including Loyola University New Orleans, Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra, Xavier University of Louisiana, FUNDARTE, and Pelotas Federal University, and currently directs and teaches at the Crescent City String Academy and the Crescent City String Camp & Festival in New Orleans. He is a frequent Artist-in-Residence with Recanto Maestro Youth Orchestra in his native Brazil, where he presents masterclasses, and coaches chamber music and orchestra sectionals. In 2020, Moises was a guest artist at the Goiás Federal University International Music Festival, in its virtual format.
Moises Cunha holds a B.M. and a M.M. from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he was a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, Conrado Wessel Foundation Scholarship, The Scott C. and Kathrin Schutz Latin American Scholarship, and the Artistic Excellence Award. Moises Bonella Cunha completed the D.M.A. at University of Georgia in the spring of 2018. His primary mentors include Mauricio Fuks, Kevork Mardirossian, and Levon Ambartsumian.