Claudia Robaina
Claudia Robaina is the Dean of Artistic Administration at New England Conservatory of Music and former Program Manager at MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows. Throughout her career, CLAUDIA ROBAINA’s personal mission has been to nurture creative individuals to reach their full potential. Born in Venezuela, and trained as a violist, she has dedicated a decade to classical music management while at Columbia Artists Management and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. At both organizations, she managed and empowered the careers of hundreds of conductors, instrumentalists, and composers. Claudia’s reputation as a thoughtful leader, effective producer, and personable manager has led her to cultivate strong working relationships with Yo-Yo Ma, André Previn, Yefim Bronfman, Colin Currie, and John Williams, among other professional collaborators including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Silk Road Ensemble, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Aspen Ideas Festival.
3 words to describe Nature?
Grand. Life. Powerful
3 things Nature taught you?
Humility. Beauty. Resilience
3 most treasured Nature spots
Seating in front of the ocean, on top a mountain, or next to a waterfall.
When you look at the ocean, it makes you feel...?
Human, fluid, calm
When you see a forest, it makes you feel...?
Surrounded, protected by wise giants
When you see a volcano, it makes you feel...?
Energized, amazed, powerless
When you see a sunrise or sunset, it makes you feel...?
Inspired, grateful
When you hear thunder, it makes you feel...?
Impermanent, small
When you hear the wind howling, it makes you feel...?
Curious
Are you an Ocean, Mountain, Forest, or Desert person?
Ocean
On a scale of 1 to 10, how important is Nature to your well-being?
10
Share with us a childhood nature memory?
Swimming in a school of fish while visiting the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of Venezuela. It was our chosen vacation spot during my entire childhood.
