Biography

“Bustos’s sweet yet masculine voice and clear diction only heightened these gut-wrenching parts.” – The Boston Musical Intelligencer

Pablo Bustos, tenor is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he received both his Bachelor and Master Degrees in Vocal Performance. Highlights of concert appearances include Handel’s Ode to St. Cecilia, conducted by Ton Koopman with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall (Ton Koopman Young Artists Workshop). Under the auspices of the Eastman School of Music, he was a featured guest soloist with pianist Beryl Garver, singing a program titled, "To Julia: Songs by and about women," featuring works by Hensel, Strozzi and Quilter. This summer Mr. Bustos will sing a program featuring Schumann's Liederkreis Op. 24 and Argento's Six Elizabethan Songs, at both the Eastman School of Music and the New York State Summer School of the Arts, School of Choral Studies with pianist Greg Hankins. He has been invited to sing Bach's Cantatas BWV 62, 91, 121 in performances with the Bachfest Malaysia at 'Thomas Kirche' during the 2020 Leipzig Bachfest.
Recent operatic engagements include: Alfred in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, the Witch in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflote, and Colin in the East coast premiere of Nolan Gasser’s opera The Secret Garden with the Opera Theatre of Weston, VT. Mr. Bustos has participated in two modern premieres of baroque operas with the Boston based early music ensemble La Donna Musicale. He performed the role of Scipione in Maria Teresa Agnesi’s La Sofonisba and the role of Il Padre in Camilla de Rossi’s Il Figliuol Prodigo, opposite Soprano Julianne Baird singing the role of La Madre.
His discography includes: The Lutheran Masses and Advent Cantatas of J. S. Bach with the Publick Musick Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, both available on the Musica Omnia Label.
He currently lives in Rochester, NY, where he is the Organist/Director of Music Ministry for Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation, as well as Adjunct Voice Professor for the Liberal Arts College of the Rochester Institute of Technology and Voice Instructor at the Eastman Community Music School.

photo by Gerry Szymanski

Concert works performed

Opera roles performed

Opera roles studied