Marianne Sciolino is the founder and executive director of Sciolino Artist Management (SAM), a New York-based firm that represents award-winning classical instrumentalists, ensembles, and conductors for engagements with orchestras and in concert venues worldwide. Through her efforts, SAM artists have performed in Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, South Africa, Ethiopia, the UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Taiwan, Japan, and throughout the United States. Prior to establishing SAM in 2005, she spent fifteen years in international finance and seven years as a university professor of Spanish Language and Linguistics. A native of Buffalo who has worked in Canada, Mexico, Spain, and Italy as well as the U.S., she holds an MBA in Finance from New York University; earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Spanish from the University of Toronto; and studied piano at the Community Music School of Buffalo and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.