Carolina Rodriguez Russum

Passionate about fostering creativity and collaboration, Carolina brings a unique blend of musical proficiency and artistic management to create impactful and harmonious performances. Departing from a rewarding piano career and drawing upon my professional non-profit experience, she leads orchestras in an embracing manner.

Carolina was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. She began her piano studies with her mother, then with Carolina Elizalde, Marco Antonio Verdfn, Jose Luis Gonzalez Moya, Francisco Orozco, and Anatoly Zatin. Carolina studied piano for one year at SMU, one at McGill, and then achieved a Certificate in Advanced Piano Performance at Concordia University with Lauretta Altman and Gregory Chaverdian. Her passion for movement led her to study Dalcroze Eurythmics at Juilliard for two summers. Carolina also holds an undergraduate degree in Education from ITESO.

Besides performing and teaching, Carolina acted as president of Concertando Mexico, a non-profit music association. During the pandemic, she launched ArteSana, a multimedia project where she interviewed women whose lives had changed through creative and artistic activities. Carolina made her conducting debut in May 2018 in Guadalajara, Mexico. During the summer of 2022, she studied conducting with Kenneth Kiesler for three intensive weeks at the Conductors Retreat in Maine. Currently, she is pursuing a dual master's degree in Arts Leadership and Opera/Orchestra Conducting at the University of Houston.