JAIME-DONJUAN, Nubia

Nubia Jaime-Donjuan began her cello studies at the age of six, and was a member of the Sonora Youth Symphony Orchestra. She continued her professional studies at the University of Sonora, studying composition with Arturo Márquez and Alexis Aranda, orchestration with David H. Bretón, and master class in composition with Brian Banks at UDLAP.

In 2021, she was the first woman to win the Concurso de Composición Arturo Márquez with the work Maso Ye ́eme, which fuses the popular genre of danzón and the Danza del Venado Yaqui. She is composer-in-residence with the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble and the Tzintz Philharmonic Orchestra. Ms. Jaime-Donjuan navigates between two worlds, composition and performance, being cellist of the Quinteto Pitic, beneficiary of the FONCA 2021-2022, and founder of the Orquesta Philharmonic Orchestra of Sonora, where she currently serves as co-principal cellist.