Estel Vivó Casanovas is a saxophonist who advocates for women composers and is dedicated to growing the classical saxophone repertoire. Her passion for music has taken her from Barcelona, Spain to Rochester, NY, USA to discover new ways of expressing herself with music. After finishing her Master’s at the Eastman School of Music, Estel is honored to have been accepted to the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the Eastman School of Music to continue her studies with Prof. Chien-Kwan Lin. She pursued her Bachelor’s Degree at the Liceu Conservatory of Barcelona with Prof. Albert Julià Torné, where she was awarded a 4-year full tuition scholarship by the Ferrer-Salat Music Foundation.

Estel is a multi-award-winning saxophonist, having received prizes at the national and international level. Her most notable achievements include the First Prize from the 2023 International Saxophone Academy, the Second Prize from the 2022 Les Corts International Music Competition, and the Third Prize from the 2021 International Music Competition of Benidorm. She has also had the honor of advancing at the most prestigious national competitions, such as the Solo and Quartet divisions both at the 2024 North American Saxophone Alliance Collegiate Competition, and 2021 Juventudes Musicales of Spain. Estel regularly gives solo recitals at the Eastman School, as well as internationally, including a concert in the Impuls 2024 edition Concert Cycle in Barcelona and performing as a soloist with the Orchestra of the Terrassa Conservatory.

Estel has been broadcasted several times on the media. In 2024 she had a live concert broadcasted in the program Els programes de Catalunya Música from the radio channel Catalunya Música, and in 2023 she was interviewed by the program Esmorzem amb Estel Vivó Casanovas from the radio channel Catalunya Música. In other occasions she has been interviewed by the in the program El Submarí from the radio channel Ràdio Terrassa, as well as in the newspaper Diari de Terrassa, and in the magazine Gaseta de Matadepera.

As a chamber musician, Estel has been a member of numerous saxophone quartets and other chamber music groups. Most notable is her membership of the internationally recognized Eastman Saxophone Project, where she has arranged for the ESPES. She also founded the Delia Quartet, where she was a multiple-First-Prize-winner, at the national and international level. Her most notable achievements include the 2022 Les Corts International Music Competition, the 2022 Josep Mirabent i Magrans Competition, and the 2022 Juventudes Musicales de Ávila. With the Delia Quartet, she was invited as a guest artist at international renowned festivals such as the 2022 IV Liceu Sax Festival (Spain), 2021 FISP Palmela International Saxophone Festival (Portugal), 2020 CiMa International Music Festival (Colombia) and 2020 “Cervera Easter Festival” (Spain).

Additionally, Estel became the conductor of the Matadepera Wind Orchestra at 19 years old. In this leadership role, she was responsible for conducting, programming and rehearsing.