Costa Rican Baroque violinist Guillermo Salas-Suárez made his directorial debut with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. Guillermo holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Historical Performance from Case Western Reserve University, where he studied with Dr. Julie Andrijeski. He has performed with the Atlanta, Austin, and Lyra Baroque Orchestras, CityMusic Cleveland, Apollo’s Fire, Bourbon Baroque, and The Newberry Consort, among others.

As a music scholar of 18th-century Spain and Mexico, he has presented his research in conferences at Boston, Indiana, and Oregon Universities, and is currently writing an academic book for IU Press. As an educator, Guillermo is committed to the advancement of historical performance in Latin America, on the faculty at the Festival de Musica de Santa Catarina (Brazil) and is invited to conduct workshops and masterclasses at the Academia de Música Antigua de Medellín (Colombia), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, as well as the premier universities of his home country.

Outside of music, Guillermo has been praised as a “galactic legend” by the Duolingo language learning app because, why yes, he is a language nerd. But also an avid reader and a yogi.