Magdalena Sustere – Cello / Strings

Magdalena Sustere – Cello / Strings

Magdalena Sustere received her Masters of Music from The Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where she studied with Dr. Tanya Carey. She earned her Bachelors of Music Degree in Cello Performance from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Summa Cum Laude). Magdalena has additionally played in masterclasses for Lynn Harrell, Neal Cary, Robert Burkhardt, Penny Thompson Kruse,Ozan Tunca, John Friesen, Anne Suda, Julian Schwarz, Sara Sant’ Ambrogio, Eric Stephenson, and Steuart Pincombe.

Ms. Sustere has performed with The South Shore Opera Company of Chicago, BOHO Theater Company, Chicago Artist Chorale, Roosevelt University Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Composers’ Orchestra, Chicago Solisti, Jelgava’s Chamber Orchestra (Latvia), The Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, The Kankakee Valley Symphony, and The SIUE Symphony Orchestra. Magdalena has also performed on CD releases including Mums Dots Ir Laiks, Laiks Pielūgt IV,and Who Am I with Christian groups in Latvia as well as within The United States. She often collaborates on various projects with other artists, gladly offering her creative input with respect to the making of music. During her four years in Southern Illinois, she was the principal cellist of the University Symphony Orchestra.

Besides cello playing, Magdalena enjoys singing, playing electric bass, and making oral presentations. She has had the honor of representing The United States in Cuba (December, 2015) in an international choral festival with SIUE choir which was the only representative of USA.