Lorena Ríos Gómez started her saxophone studies at the Network of Music Schools of Medellín. She gained a Master in Art degree from the University of Antioquia, where she studied with Esneider Valencia and Wilson Ferrer, and a postgraduate degree in Saxophone Performance in the Superior Conservatory of Music in Castile and Leon, (Salamanca, Spain) with Maestro Andrés Gomis. In 2012 she was the winner of the ICETEX scholarship for Young Talents. She has played with different Medellín groups such as the Philharmonic Orchestra of Medellín, the EAFIT Symphonic Orchestra, the Children and Youth Orchestra of Medellín, and the University of Antioquia’s Symphonic Band, with which she has performed in different Colombian cities. She currently works as a researcher of the Latin-American saxophone music. She hopes to, through collaborations with Colombian composers, to nurture the saxophone repertoire available today. She also teaches saxophone at the University of Antioquia and the Network Music Schools of Medellín. She is the saxophone player of the women’s group Tahonnas enclave and performs with Trío Mestizaje and the Somnus Quintet.