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Anyela Gomez is a young professional saxophonist and composer from Colombia. She was born in Villavicencio, Colombia. She showed an interest in music at a very early age and started playing saxophone when she was 11 years. Anyela was then introduced to Classical music while attending Batuta- Meta Music School where she played the main saxophone in the Symphonic Band. She graduated from the District University in Bogotá with a Bachelor of Saxophone Classical with a major in performance. In 2015 Anyela was selected to participate as an active student in the “X International Music Festival FEMUSC ” in Jaragua do sul Brazil One of the most important festivals of music in South America.
In 2016 she won a full scholarship to participate in the VI International Music Festival “SESC” in Pelotas, Brazil. That same year she was part of the artistic program at the “V International Festival of Saxophone PERUSAX 2016” with is own project Colombian´sax quartet which is a saxophone quartet focused in all the traditional rhythms and musical styles from Colombia. In October of 2016 Anyela was invited to perform with Colombian’Sax Quartet at the “XV International Festival of Saxophone” organized by the University UNAM in Mexico City, where a lot of saxophonist around the world join to connect and take master classes. In 2017 she was selected to participate in the “II International Saxophone Festival” in Cali Colombia another important Saxophone Festival in South America. In that same year, Anyela was the winner of the financial support scholarship granted by the FJDC District University to carry out a year of university exchange with the National University of the Arts UNA in Buenos Aires Argentina. In 2018 she was part of the Tango ensemble of the Department of musical arts directed by Bernardo Monk, with this group she performed in the best large stages in Buenos Aires such as the auditorium Kirchner Cultural Center, Theater of the Usina del Arte, Cárcova Museum, Also in 2018 she was part of the “1st Meeting of Saxophonists focused on Tango in Buenos Aires Argentina.
She received master classes with different saxophone masters worldwide, among them; Claude Delangle France, Dilson Florêncio Brasil, Javier Valerio Costa Rica, Roberto Benitez Mexico, Emiliano Barri Argentina, and Nobuya Sugawa Japan. In 2020, thanks to the musical composition “Joropiao” performed with the Colombian’Sax quartet, Song Which is part of her first musical production “Travesias”. They were selected from more than 2000 proposals at the international level to be part of the artistic program of the “III European Saxophone Congress in Trento, Italy ” Event which was postponed until 2024 by the Covid-19. Upon graduation Anyela began her working career as an entertainer, in 2023 was invited to be part of the famous “Tumba Festival” as a Baritone saxophonist in Curacao. Currently she living is US where she has been invited to perform in important venues like legendary Rainbow Room at the Rockefeller Center in NYC, Doral Trump National, The Namm Show Anaheim California, DoralFashion Week, Latino Music Award in Miami, Orchard Beach Festival Summer Bronx NYC, Miami Fashion Week, DJExpo in New Jersey. In Summer of 2023 she launched her first single as a solist called “Midtown Summer” inspired in the midtown of NYC.
