Staff

For twenty-three years, Ida Kavafian has been the Artistic Director of Music from Angel Fire in New Mexico. She also founded and guided Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival as Music Director for ten years, building it into one of the leading festivals in the country.
As an educator, Ida Kavafian is on the faculty of the Curtis Institute and the new Conservatory of Music at Bard College, and has served on numerous competition juries and boards, including Chamber Music America.

Nancy Ondov has been in the field of non-profit administration for 15 years. After serving as Music from Angel Fire’s Executive Administrator for the last 5 years, she has been named as the Festival General Director.

She is currently associated with Executive Directors of Classical Music Festivals of the West; Chamber Music America; the National Endowment for the Arts; and New Mexico Arts.

Lynne Mazza has worked with Music from Angel Fire for 16 years. She has a formal music education, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music History and Journalism, as well as a Master of Music degree and Doctoral Studies in Musicology.

For over 35 years, she has worked in varied areas of the music industry, including the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Great Performers Series and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Merkin Concert Hall, concert management, music publishing and the recording industry. Lynne Mazza is also the Associate Artistic Director and Program Annotator for the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado, and she writes frequently on the arts.