Cristina Hermosillo & Eduardo Rodríguez

Cristina Hermosillo was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and has been living in Vienna for several years. She completed a Master’s degree in Arts Education, specialising in singing, at the Private University of Music and the Arts of the City of Vienna, and was awarded the Fidelio Creation Prize in 2019. She made her opera debut in 2014 as Nella in Puccini’s *Gianni Schicchi* at the Teatro Calderón in Zacatecas. Alongside her work as a singer, she is involved in interdisciplinary projects that combine music, performance and arts education. As a qualified social education worker specialising in music and the arts, she develops programmes that bring together artistic and educational approaches. Since 2023, she has been working under the artistic direction of Prof. Viktoria Loukianetz.

Eduardo Rodríguez, M.A., is a classical concert guitarist from Zacatecas, Mexico. After completing his bachelor’s degree in Zacatecas, he continued his studies at the UNAM in Mexico City. In 2009 and 2013, he was awarded grants from the Zacatecas Artistic Development Programme in recognition of his musical education projects.
As a member of the Cuicacalli guitar trio, he won numerous first prizes at Mexican chamber music competitions and toured South America and Europe with the album *Música de América*. He was also part of the Fandango Guitar Trio as part of ‘Salzburg Live Music Now’ and a prize-winner at international guitar ensemble competitions.
Eduardo has performed as a soloist with various orchestras in Mexico and has appeared at festivals in Germany, the Czech Republic and Spain. In 2018, he completed his Master’s degree under Prof. Laura Young at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, followed by postgraduate studies. Since 2022, his solo album *Murales* has been available internationally and has been presented at numerous European and Latin American festivals.