About Diana  Lopez

A native of Colombia, Diana Lopez started to play the trumpet when she was eight years old. Age eleven Diana was accepted to study in the Tolima Conservatory of Music. Ms. Lopez has participated in many competitions in her country, of which she has been a winner and finalist. Competitions include Tolima Conservatory Concerto Competition, National Trumpet Competition, Young Artist Competition, and Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogota, among others. Currently Ms. Lopez is the Principal Trumpet of the Carmel Symphony, (IN). She has performed with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois Symphony, Northbrook Symphony, Ballet San Antonio, (TX), Classical Music Institute Orchestra, (TX), Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra, Bogota Philharmonic Band and National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia. 

​Diana earned her Bachelor of Music degree in trumpet performance at Lynn University Conservatory of Music with professor Marc Reese, and an Advanced Certificate in Orchestral Studies from The Orchestra Now (Bard College). She has also studied with Benjamin Wright of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Diana is the founder of the Women’s Brass Association of Colombia (Fembrass) of which around 80 women from different Latin American countries belong. She created it to provide education, opportunities and community to inspire female brass players in Latin America.