Hailed for her virtuosity and vibrant musical spirit, bassoonist Eleni Katz has established herself as a prominent soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Eleni is a winner of the 2022 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and has performed with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Sarasota Orchestra, and as a member of the New World Symphony. Other recent appearances include La Jolla Chamber Music Society’s SummerFest, a Carnegie Hall Debut with Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner through Young Performers Career Advancement (YPCA) and a 2022 fellowship with the Phoenix Chamber Music Society, Music Academy of the West, Artosphere Festival Orchestra, and Spoleto Festival USA. Eleni was a winner of Yale’s Concerto Competition and was a semifinalist in the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition. Her approach to playing the bassoon has been described as “uncannily human” (The Royal Gazette) and has always believed the bassoon should emulate the organic nature of the human voice.