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Manoela Wunder: violin, viola, cello, piano, and voice

A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, violinist Manoela Wunder has established herself in Los Angeles as a versatile and eclectic artist. Classically trained, she has a strong passion for improvisation in jazz, blues, and rock genres and is an active composer and arranger for string ensembles and jazz bands. She founded an electric rock string quartet, the Electric Angels, and has a jazz group “The Wunder Trio”, she performs as well as a guest violinist with local act “New Sensations” and the international world music band “Esperanto”. Manoela has been featured in films and TV shows such as Suburgatory (ABC), Qwerty, Spaghetti Storm, The Composer, and The Monstrosity. Manoela has performed with a wide range of orchestras and chamber groups in New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles as well as Europe. Her music has been heard in the Alice Tully Hall (NY), Symphony Center Chicago and Walt Disney Concert Hall (LA). She is a multiple prizewinner of competitions in the United States and Europe and has been a guest at many prominent festivals throughout her career. Manoela holds a Bachelor of Music from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College (NY) in Violin Performance and a Master of Music degree with distinction under scholarship from DePaul University in Chicago. Ms. Wunder has been an avid educator in a variety of instruments for many years. Since moving to Los Angeles, she has taught for several private music schools as well as public elementary and middle school classes and orchestras.

See manoelawunder.com for more information about her professional activities.


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