Camila Osses

Adjunct Instructor - Collaborative Piano

cossessoto@uca.edu

SFA 109

Camila Osses is a Chilean pianist born in Talca. She obtained her master’s degree with highest distinction at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in Russia, under the guidance of Professors such Oleg Malov, Sergei Uribaev, and Irina Vasileva. Camila has performed in Russia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and the United States. She has given piano masterclasses and workshops in Mexico and Chile. As a chamber musician, Camila has collaborated with numerous ensembles in Chile and abroad, as well as coaching vocal and instrumental students at Universidad de Talca, in Chile. She has held an active career as a pedagogue as well, teaching students at different levels. Recently, she was awarded with the Edmund Cykler Song Scholar at the University of Oregon, to research, record, and produce a scholar edition of art songs by Chilean twentieth-century composer Carmela Mackenna, which she premiered in June 2023 along with soprano Camille Ortiz and bass-baritone Craig Phillips. Also, she will edit and publish the Piano Sonata no. 2 by Chilean Romantic composer Enrique Soro, as part of her doctoral dissertation. At the present, she is a doctoral candidate in musical arts in piano performance, as well as a Collaborative Piano master’s degree candidate at the University of Oregon.