BIOGRAPHY

Puerto Rican flutist Josean Delgado is an avid orchestral and chamber music player based in East Lansing, Michigan. Since then, Delgado has performed as a Young Artist Fellow with the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico for three seasons. 
Mr. Delgado has newly started his Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance at Michigan State University under the mentorship of Richard Sherman, where he serves as a Teaching Assistant at the Flute Studio. Also, Delgado works as an intern in the Community and Learning department at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and in the Absolute Music Chamber Series in Lansing. 
A native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, Mr. Delgado began his studies at the Escuela Libre de Musica. He continued his studies at the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico and Purchase College of the State University of New York, where he received his bachelor's and master’s degrees. His primary teachers include Dr. Tara Helen O’Connor, Josué Casillas, Iván Mariani, and Mindy Heinsohn.
Mr. Delgado has appeared as a performer on stages throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Aruba and Puerto Rico. As a soloist, Delgado performs W. A. Mozart’s concerto in G Major with the Young Artist Concert Orchestra IV - Season II. As an orchestra musician Delgado has also participated with Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico: Gala Zafiro-Ópera de Puerto Rico, the musical "Man of La Mancha" and "Once in this Island" productions from the Repertory Theatre at the University of Puerto Rico, Aruba Symphony Orchestra, the Banda de Conciertos de Puerto Rico, participating in the 31st Festival Internacional de la Música de Festa in Castellón de la Plana, Spain, conducted by Ángel "Cucco" Peña, among others. 
As an active chamber musician, Mr. Delgado won first prize in the Molnar-Harris Chamber Music Competition at SUNY Purchase. He was part of the premiere of "La Flauta de Pan" by Italian composer Alberto Guidobaldi with the soprano Daniela Yurrita at the Jesus Maria Sanromá Hall at CMPR. Also, he was part of the European premiere of the Dark Sisters Opera by Nico Muhly, conducted by Neal Goren in Italy. Delgado was a founding member of the Trio Caribá, a flute trio, which made its debut in 2015-16 in a tour around Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and CMPR. In a partnership with the Sonorité Flute Quintet, there made a TV debut in the program ¿Qué es lo que hay? of Silverio Perez and was part of the New York premiere of the Massed Flutes playing the flute sextet Hide and Seek by Allison Loggins-Hull.
Mr. Delgado has participated in Domaine Forget International Music Festival, Trentino Music Festival in Italy, Chautauqua Institute, Iowa Flute Intensive, Puerto Rico Summer Music Festival, Aruba Symphony Festival & Academy, and the Puerto Rico Flute Symposium. Mr. Delgado has taken masterclasses with Emmanuel Pahud, Sharon Bezaly, Denis Bouriakov, Philippe Bernold, Marina Piccinini, Hannah Hammel, Julien Beaudiment, María Gabriela Rodríguez, among others. Delgado was the recipient of the Suzanne Shull "Kay Logan Flute Scholarship," CHQ General Scholarship and the Harriet B. and Ralph T. Geller Memorial Scholarship to support his study in the Chautauqua School of Music Instrumental Program.