Concert Organizers

Kana Luzmoor

Kana Luzmoor is a Japanese-American violinist from the San Francisco Bay Area, and is passionate about redefining the traditional concert experience and elevating all historic art for all. Kana began frequenting the Hidden Cafe during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. Having lost the outlet to perform due to the pandemic, The Hidden Cafe community inspired her to share her ideas and talents, which led up to the first installation of Summer at The Hidden Cafe in which featured her colleagues, friends, and former classmates. She hopes that this concert series is a step towards progress in Western Classical music, which is often rigid and exclusive.    

Currently attending University of Cincinnati (CCM) for Master of Music under the tutelage of Timothy Lees, Kana has also attended the National Orchestral Institute and Festival (2020-2022), Brevard Music Festival (2019) and the UC Berkeley Summer Symphony (2016, 2018). She graduated from California State University Long Beach for a Bachelor of Music under the tutelage of Moni Simeonov. She is also a former student of The Crowden School in West Berkeley, graduating back in 2014. She is currently working as an intern for Midori’s Orchestra Residencies Program. 

Ryan Villahermosa

Ryan Villahermosa strives to expand the boundaries of classical music to better connect to audiences, ensembles and students. Through Summer at The Hidden Cafe, he helps new audiences discover new music by presenting diverse programming from diverse artists to diverse, public audiences.

Ryan currently serves as the Instructional Assistant specializing in Orchestral Strings at Del Sol Academy of the Arts in Las Vegas. He also teaches violin, viola, music theory, and guitar privately with multiple music schools in the Las Vegas area. Trained as a violist, violinist, and conductor, Ryan has performed in California, Nevada, Washington, Montana, New York, and Hawaii. Ryan appeared as a soloist with the University of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in 2018 and conducted the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra for their 2019 cycle of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet. As an orchestral violist, Ryan has performed with the Bakersfield Symphony, Bozeman Symphony, Henderson Symphony, and other ensembles on the West Coast.

Melissa McGlumphy

Bio coming soon!

Special Thanks To:

Asako and Andy Kellogg, The Hidden Cafe
Terry Taplin, District 2 Berkeley City Councilmember
Rory Terrell and Krista Robins, Local Artists Berkeley
Clio Soiffer and Ashley Vu, Asian Pacific Environmental Network