Composer Angélica Negrón calls the conductor, vocalist, instrumentalist and visual artist Raquel Acevedo Klein a "force to be reckoned with.” Acevedo Klein was recently named by The Washington Post as a “classical composer and performer to watch in 2022.” She has conducted for the New York Philharmonic, Roomful of Teeth, the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Beth Morrison Projects, and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. She has premiered vocal work by John Adams, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, Paola Prestini, and performed with Caroline Shaw, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, Claire Chase and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She has performed onstage at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, The Town Hall, BAM, and on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. In 2021, Acevedo Klein curated a four-week festival to celebrate the opening of Little Island, where she premiered her audience-interactive motet "Polyphonic Interlace," made from 40 recorded layers of her voice. Opera Philadelphia has commissioned Acevedo Klein to compose her first opera film, which she will perform in as the lead role. Over the course of her young career, Acevedo Klein has captured the attention of The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Los Angeles Times. Her versatility as a musician and composer make Acevedo Klein a highly sought after collaborator.