| Name:
| Konstantine Athanasakos
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| Accompanist, Soloist, Teacher
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| | Concert pianist Konstantine Athanasakos has performed throughout the United States as well as in England, France, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Greece as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician, bringing standing ovations in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, London, Paris, Nice, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Zurich, Rome, Milan, Murcia, Valencia, Athens and Salonica. One of the youngest nominees-ever for the National Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Greece, and First Prize winner in the ’03 Concours F.Clidat-L.Talmart’ in Paris, Mr. Athanasakos received early recognition as the Grand Prize winner of the Athens National competition at 14 and as a Unanimous Premier Prix Graduate of the Athens Conservatory at 18. Since that time, his honors have included A.Onassis and Bodosakis Foundation grants, a ‘Diplome’ from Academie d’ete de Nice in France, the New York Hellenic Times News Prize, and awards from the Athanasiadis Foundation in New York, the Goulandris Museum of Art in Athens, and the President of Greece K.Stephanopoulos. Founding member of the ‘Mythos Piano Trio’, Mr. Athanasakos has appeared in Jordan Hall, Northeastearn University and University of Harvard, at the Auditorio y centro de Congresos, Musical Arts Center, ‘The Composer’s Series’, and has received invitations from Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Wigmore Hall, Aspen Music Festival, Banff Center of the Arts, from the Greek and Spanish Embassies in the US, the Spanish Ministry of Culture, the Manhattan School of Music, Boston Concervatory, Longy School of Music, and others. The first Greek artist to perform on Internet TV-Radio Networks, Mr. Athanasakos’s performances have been broadcast by National Public TV-Radio stations in Europe and the USA. An ‘Artist Diploma’ graduate of the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, Mr. Athanasakos also pursued Doctoral studies at the University of Indiana at Bloomington under the supervision of Menahem Pressler and Franco Gulli. He earned his Masters and Graduate degrees (with both honors and distinction) from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, which he entered at the suggestion of Leon Fleisher. His mentors there included G.Chodos, P.Zander and R.Sherman. Mr. Athanasakos taught in the Athens Conservatory for 3 years, starting from age 16. He served as a visiting recitalist/lecturer at the American College of Greece and has been an Artist-in-Residence at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris.
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| Name:
| Haim Avitsur
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| Soloist
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| | Trombonist Haim Avitsur is enjoying a growing reputation as a soloist and chamber musician both in the US and in Israel. Mr. Avitsur has presented numerous solo recitals featuring newly commissioned works for trombone at venues such as Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, the Noonday Concerts-Trinity Church Wall Street, The O.Z. Chamber Music Series, American Landmark Festivals, and at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. His chamber music appearances include Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, WQXR New York Classical Radio Station, Bard College, and the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Avitsur has presented Master Classes at Aaron Copland School of Music, NY, and the Tel-Aviv Music Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel to name a few.
In November 2000, Mr. Avitsur gave his Carnegie debut at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall after having won Artist International's Special Presentation Award in its 2000 Competition. Mr. Avitsur is the first Israeli trombonist on record to play a full recital in this hall. Since the fall of 1999, Mr. Avitsur has been adjunct faculty at Queens College, New York. In the fall of 2000 Haim presented a faculty recital of world premiers and pieces written for him by composers including David Loeb and Jackson Berkey.
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| Name:
| Paul Ayres
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Composer, Conductor, Soloist (composer & arranger, choral conductor & musical director, organist & accompanist)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)20 8632 1854
| | Address:
| United Kingdom
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| | Based in London UK, Paul is a freelance composer & arranger, choral conductor & musical director, organist & accompanist. Check out the website for full catalogue, concert listings, sample scores and recordings.
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| Name:
| Andrea Baiocchi
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Player, Soloist, Teacher (Pianist)
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| | American pianist Andrea Baiocchi has performed as soloist, recitalist and chamber musician throughout the United States and Europe. A Fellow at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and First Prize winner of the 'National Career Award' by the National Society of Arts and Letters, Ms. Baiocchi was also named 'most promising pianist' by the Steinway Society of Chicago and First Prize winner of the Illinois State Music Teacher's Association Competition. Ms. Baiocchi has appeared in performance on Chicago Classical Radio (WNIB) and was recently interviewed on Deutsche Welle Radio, an international broadcasting service from Germany. Ms. Baiocchi has performed numerous solo and lieder concerts at Cité International des Arts in Paris, was a guest artist at the Musica Viva Series in Illinois, and was a participant in many summer festivals including the Franz Schubert Institut in Austria, the Académie Internationale de Musique Maurice Ravel, the Académie Festival des Arcs, and at Gargenville France.
In the summer of 2004, Ms. Baiocchi was invited by the German baritone Matthias Goerne to participate in masterclasses at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Lübeck, Germany. Ms. Baiocchi has also performed in masterclasses with Menahem Pressler, the renouned pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio, Piotr Anderszewski, Helmut Deutsch, Rudolf Jansen and Robert Tear. In addition, she has played for Manuel Rosenthal, composer and good friend of Maurice Ravel, who proclaimed her interpretation of Ravel’s Valses Nobles et Sentimentals one of the best he had heard.
Ms. Baiocchi holds a Bachelors Degree and a Performer Diploma from Bloomington's Indiana University as well as a Performer's Certificate - the school's highest award. She was also a Dean's Award and Friends of Music scholarship recipient, a participant in the Auer Hall Honors Concerts, a participant in 'Benjamin Britten: a Festival of Song' and the Charles Ives Performance Workshop, and was a soloist in Brahms' Second Piano Concerto. In addition, she holds a Diplôme des Etudes Musicales from the Conservatoire National de Région Boulogne-Billancourt in France. Her principal mentors were Hortense Cartier-Bresson, Leonard Hokanson, Jean-Louis Haguenauer, and Evelyne Brancart. She also studied with Jean-Claude Pennetier, Elly Ameling, Emile Naoumoff, and Mauricio Fuks. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Ms. Baiocchi has been based in Paris for the past two years.
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| Name:
| Alison Baker
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Player, Soloist (organist)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)1206 575825
| | Fax:
| +44 (0)1206 575825
| | Address:
| United Kingdom
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| | Alison spent her early twenties as a concert pianist but finally decided on a career at the organ. She studied with Peter Hurford, and is now in great demand as a recitalist, both in the UK and abroad. Recent and forthcoming engagements in the UK include recitals at St. Paul's Cathedral and at Sheffield, Bristol, Portsmouth and Truro Cathedrals, at Cheltenham Town Hall and at various City of London churches. During 1998 she performed in Germany, Denmark and Sweden, and plans to tour Scandinavia again during 1999. She has appeared many times on television in the UK: on the most recent occasions she was featured on BBC2's Esther programme and on Channel 5's Espresso. Earlier this year she was also invited to join Radio 4's Ad Lib discussion programme with Robert Robinson
In addition to her concert work, Alison is frequently asked to give talks and masterclasses, and to adjudicate. This year she adjudicated organ and choral classes at the Chelmsford Competitive Festival. Alison acts as a tutor for the RSCM Organist Training Scheme in the Chelmsford Diocese, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. Alison Baker is going places...energetic and highly accomplished performance...an earth-moving finale. St Albans Observer A well-balanced programme...well articulated...plenty of forward drive...impeccably played...compelling performance. Gloucestershire Echo
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| Name:
| Sarkis Garo Baltaian
| | Skills:
| Soloist, Teacher, Chamber musician (Piano)
| | Phone:
| +1 626 296 1695
| | Fax:
| +1 626 296 1695
| | Address:
| 2144 New York Drive, Altadena,CA 91001, United States
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| | Sarkis Baltaian, emerging as one of the most promising young pianists of his generation, has gained an international reputation as a concert pianist,soloist,chamber musician and recording artist. Praised by critics for his "beautiful tone and ability to project even the most delicate pianissimos" and compared to George Gershwin and Oscar Levant for his performance of Gershwin's Concerto in F, Mr.Baltaian made his Carnegie Hall Debut in 1999 and has performed extensively throughout the United States,Austria,Holland,Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
Mr.Baltaian is the 1999 winner of the USC Piano Concerto Competition. He is also a Grand Prize winner of the Allied Arts Association Competition, the "Young Piano Virtuosi" International Competition in the Czech Republic and the "Svetoslav Obretenov" National Competition in Bulgaria. His festival appearances include the Aspen International Music Festival,Holland Music Sessions and Plovdiv International Chamber Music Festival.
Sarkis Baltaian, of Armenian descent was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and began to study piano at the age of four with Rositza Ivancheva at the "Dobrin Petkov" Music School. Awarded a merit scholarship from the University of Southern California, he continued his education at USC where he received the Bachelor and Masters of Music Degrees. His principal teacher has been John Perry and he has also worked with various musicians such as Sergiu Commisiona,Larry Livingston,Vasil Kazandjiev,Emile Naumoff,Karl-Ulrich Schnabel,Gyorgy Sandor,John O'Connor,Germaine Muniet,Lee Kum-Sing,Nina Scolnik,Milton Stern,Sergei Dorensky,Dmitri Bashkirov.
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| Name:
| Volodja Balzalorsky
| | Skills:
| Player,Soloist,Teacher
| | Phone:
| +386 1 231 63 10
| | Address:
| Trubarjeva 10, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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| | Volodja Balzalorsky is an internationally acclaimed concert violinist who has performed in international musical festivals and concert series as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He is considered to be one of the most prominent representatives of Slovenian Artists-musicians. He is a member of Amael Piano Trio and Trio Ritratto dell'amore, artistic director of Ensemble Ouverture and Professor of Violin at Ljubljana University (Slovenia). Numerous highly praised concerts (International festivals and concert series), broadcasts, CD and TV recordings in various countries, have established his reputation as an artist with a sensitive, intelligent, and intuitive gift of interpretation, a polished technique, and a rich, full tone.
He has been a regular guest at international festivals throughout Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, G. Britain, Croatia and Slovenia. Publishing houses of Helidon, RTV Slovenia, The Spectrum society records, Orfej records- Croatia and Bauer studio records-Germany have issued his recordings on CD,s.
Mr. Balzalorsky is particularly active in the field of chamber music – last three years the most intensive as a member of Amael Piano Trio. He works with many ensembles, and for several years has successfully performed in DUO with pianists Christoph Theiler and Hinko Haas. Critics comment on the degree to which he is able to develop and maintain unity with his musical partners in this milieu, presenting “…an exceptional harmony of ease and authenticity of performance.” In 1999 and 2000, he was also Soloist and Concert Master of the "Freiburger Barocksolisten. He regularly gives master classes in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Britain and USA
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| Name:
| Sukhamoy Banerjee
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Player, Soloist, Teacher
| | Phone:
| +91-11-25221973
| | Fax:
| +91-125221973
| | Address:
| road no.57, delhi 011, India
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| | belongs to a cultural background and musical family.very popular tabla player in india as well as music composer, make own fusion south-north tal samvad, accompanied with so many stallwart musician and also a huge talented musician, organize several programme,
many ace students are played in india and abroad,like paolo, mohon sethi, ravishankar popoff,kartik ramchandran, gurdit singh, mohit pandey, sanjay, omkar, ashis, saket,etc.etc.
interest to teach, to perform, to recording,help to organize any classical fest, to learn any knowledge from any learned person,very interst to mix with globally classical music, to visit here and there for music & musical institution,
very dislike fake publisity, fake talk, unscientific music,unhealthy atmosphere,quantity of programme instead of quality service, disregards anybody either music field or any. illogical talkingetc.etc.
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| Name:
| Raymond Banning
| | Skills:
| Soloist, Teacher (Piano)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)1227 738901
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| +44 (0)1227 732502
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| Bechers, Mystole, Canterbury CT4 7DB, United Kingdom
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| | If there is any such thing as a conventional background for concert performers, then Raymond Banning has certainly not enjoyed one. Deprived of most of the privileges that help youngsters forge musical careers, he worked his way from a tough council estate to the main performance platforms of this country.
His determination and natural talent led to his first piano concerto performances in his teens, followed by study at the Royal College of Music. Lean years followed, however, when he had little opportunity to develop his playing skills, lacking even a decent piano of his own. But his determined resolve and, many would say, sheer bloody-mindedness, found him beginning to build a career in the 1980s as a recitalist on a national level.
The end of that decade, however, found him dissatisfied with his playing and he decided to thoroughly overhaul his approach to the keyboard. He had become increasingly inspired by the great late Romantic pianists such as Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Cortot and Myra Hess. He was aware that his own playing style lacked the values that those figures embodied. As he put it, "I decided to question everything I had ever been taught, and to have two rules only: to play in a more naturally relaxed manner, and to try and embody the qualities of those great pianists of a past age. Over the next few years my playing became totally transformed, gaining greater expressive depth and tonal range."
Following his dramatic conversion his concerts have attracted large audiences throughout the UK. An unashamed Romantic, he believes that many of the qualities that singled out the great performers of the past are being lost, with much contemporary playing emphasising the percussive nature of the piano. He devotes his attention to qualities of tone, colour and legato playing; qualities which mark his recitals as events of expressive and emotional power.
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| Name:
| James Barker
| | Skills:
| Singer,Soloist (Baritone/tenor)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)20 8778 4960
| | Fax:
| +44 (0)20 8778 4960
| | Address:
| 10 Talisman Square, Sydenham, London SE26 6XY, United Kingdom
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| | James'solo debuts have included the part of Aeneas in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Baritone soloist in Handel's Messiah, Tenor soloist in Haydn's Creation and baritone soloist on the Beethoven mass in C
James sings baritone with the BBC Syhmphony Chorus. He has performed Haydn's Nelson Mass, Handel's Messiah, Verdi's Fauré's, and Duruflé's Requiems with various London choirs.
James also enjoys giving solo recitals. Recent charity recitals have included works by John Ireland: Sea Fever, Durante: Vergin tutto amor,Purcell Music for a while. James is available for any work within the London area, be it a choir "filler", soloist or solo recitalist
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| Name:
| Rachel Barnes
| | Skills:
| Soloist (Recorder )
| | Address:
| London, United Kingdom
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| | The recorder player Rachel Barnes was born in Sheffield, England in 1972. She completed studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Utrechts Conservatorium, and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her recorder tutors have included Alan Davis, Reine-Marie Verhagen and Ashley Solomon.
She is a professional recorder player who specialises exclusively in the commission and performance of contemporary music. She has given first performances of both dedicated and commissioned works by James Erber, Donald Bousted, and Brian Inglis.
Her repertoire also includes works by Luciano Berio, Franco Donatoni, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Christopher Fox, John Cage, Toshio Hosokawa, Michael Zev Gordon, Graham Fitkin, Richard Ayres, and Louis Andriessen.
Significant performances in 2002 and 2003 were at State of the Nation (South Bank Centre, London), and on Resonance FM (London broadcast). "revelatory and hugely enjoyable. Rachel Barnes is one of the new breed of recorder virtuosi." www.Classicalsource.com
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| Name:
| Matthew Barrie
| | Skills:
| Player, Soloist, Teacher
| | Phone:
| +1 406 881 5566
| | Address:
| Kalispell, MT, United States
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| | Matthew Barrie has performed in all fifty states, Europe, Asia, and many other countries. Matt has performed with the San Fransisco Ballet as Concertmaster, the New World Symphony, and the Spoleto U.S.A. Festival Orchestra.
A graduate of the New England Conservatory in Boston, he studied with Masuko Ushioda, and performed with many orchestras in the New England area. his primary studies were given by violinist Walter Olivares.
Matt has performed and recorded live on many public radio stations such as, WGBH, WCRB, and WICN in Massachusetts. In addition he has enjoyed working as a violinist in musical productions such as "The Secret Garden", "West Side Story", "Revolution" and the 1997-98 national tour of "Carousel". Matt was the first prize winner of the Youth Opportunities United national competition in Pasadena, in 1990, 1991, and 1992.
As an educator he has coached Julliard pre college division violinists, worked with the Boston Music Education Collaborative, and served as a violin instructor at the Berkley Carrol School in Brooklyn, NY. Matt is happily married and resides in his home town of Kalispell, Montana.
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| Name:
| John Bass
| | Skills:
| Arranger, Player, Soloist, Teacher ( John studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with John White and Stephen Shingles)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)1908 309783
| | Address:
| Buckinghamshire MK14 5EE, United Kingdom
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| | John is an excellent musician with 20 years of experience in the profession. A talented teacher, John teaches privately and coaches chamber groups. He freelances in the South of England and the Midlands. John is a member of the well known Midsummer Music string quartet and string trio and regularly gives chamber recitals.
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| Name:
| Holly Bateman
| | Skills:
| Player, Soloist, Teacher
| | Phone:
| +1 801 825 8740
| | Address:
| 5065 South 1800 West, Roy/Weber/Utah 84067, United States
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| | Holly has a Masters in Violin Performance from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, USA, where she studied with Linda Case(a student of Josef Gingold). She now freelances in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, USA where she regularly plays with the Utah Symphony, Ballet West, LA East Recording Studios, Utah Musical Theater and Utah Opera. She was concertmaster of the Mormon Symphony for 3 years and is a regular member of The Orchestra on Temple Square, part of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir organization.
Holly has done some solo work, and has recorded Jules Massenet's Elegie on the "Nauvoo Brass Band" CD with Covenant Recordings. She recieves invitations to play solo recitals for small groups in her area and volunteers regularly to go to public schools and assist music teachers in coaching their violin sections.
Holly is a certified teacher of the Suzuki Violin Method (and yes, she teaches note reading and musicality!) and was herself a student of that method from the age of 3. She enjoys mentoring all age levels and abilities to achieve their goals and sees music as a vehicle, not the end-game.
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| Name:
| Sonja Beets
| | Skills:
| Composer, Player, Soloist, Teacher, Writer, ensemble coach (plays piano, organ, (celtic) harp.)
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| France
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| | Sonja Beets finished her studies as pianist and organ player at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. After her study she specialized in chamber music with George van Renesse, Nelly Wagenaar and by taking part in master classes both in the Netherlands and abroad, i.e. with Györgi Sebök. Furthermore she studied non-western philosophy, culture and music. While doing so she has learned to play an Indian bow-instrument -the Sarangi- in the dhrupad-style (oldest devote style).
Besides performing music she is active as a composer, painter and poet. A bundle of her poems was published on her own account and she has had several expositions of her paintings. She made a serious start in composing in 1989, stimulated to do so by Györgi Sebök, Martijn van den Hoek, Herman Ulhorn, Bernard Kruysen, Hans Zomer, Elly Ameling… She likes to write compositions suited personally for the people that take part in her own ensemble "Purusha". For this ensemble she created a variety of music, both instrumental and vocal.
After several years of teaching, performing and doing expositions Sonja Beets is now bringing these different disciplines into integration in herself and with others. She took the initiative to start the "Muzenstede" Foundation in 1997. This foundation aims to further the integration and symbiosis between men and art and between the different disciplines of art.
In the year 2000 she undertook to develop a musical tour called the “Muzikale Stadswandeling” in Wijk bij Duurstede (the Netherlands). For this project she set nine poems by the Dutch poet Willem de Mérode to music. She associated these poems with as many characteristic locations in this little town. The poems have been set to music for various combinations of instruments and voices, and recordings of these songs can be hired at the local tourist office, together with a brochure. This project acquired recognition both by the Dutch classical radio and regional television. The project was fully financed by the Muzenstede Foundation. Sonja Beets made her official debut as a composer with the presentation of this cycle of songs. In 2003 she finished composing a chamber opera on a libretto by Tom Sol after a story by Voltaire: “De Argeloze” (l’Ingénu). In 2005 she presented a special project about Flemish cultural heritage in Belgium, in which she integrated several different forms of art. Her work for carillon 'Had we the wings...' has been elected as obligatory work at the public exams 2009 for the highest grade students of the KONINKLIJKE BEIAARDSCHOOL “JEF DENYN” in Mechelen (B). She works and gives concerts with others artists, for whom she also writes new compositions.
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| Name:
| Yoel Ben-Simhon
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Player, Singer, Soloist, Teacher (I play oud, and sing solo. Accompaniment on guitar, piano)
| | Phone:
| +1 (917) 952 2544
| | Address:
| 107 North 1st Street, 4A, Brooklyn, NY 11211, United States
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| | Yoel Ben-Simhon (composer, oud, piano, guitar, vocals and percussion) Is Israeli born of Moroccan parentage, and has committed himself to researching the relationship between Jewish and Arabic music. Ben-Simhon pursued his academic studies at the Mannes School of Music and received his BA and MA in music composition from Hunter College in 1998. He has studied Classical Arabic music with Mr. Simon Shaheen, Mr. Bassam Saba and Dr. Ali Jihad Racy. Ben-Simhon is the founder and composer of the "Sultana Ensemble," a group comprised of musicians and dancers from Arab, American and Israeli descent, and with whom he has recorded two CD’s. His latest CD with the Sultana Ensemble is getting aired on radio stations all over the world. He also co-produced and arranged the music for two CD recordings for the Ladino-fusion band "Sarah Aroeste,". As an authority on Judeo-Arab music, Ben-Simhon was interviewed on NPR with acclaimed Andalusian singer Emil Zrihan, and has been featured in international press such as the Chicago Tribune, and Haaretz. In addition, he was the featured oud player on the soundtrack for the recently released movie “Vanity Fair,” and composed music for other movies such as "Concert Joe," and "Shaheed." Ben-Simhon is also the musical director of the avant-guard NY Jewish theater company Storahtelling, and a musician in residence at the Bnei Jeshurun synagogue in Manhattan. Ben-Simhon was an oud soloist, playing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Lucas Richman. Through his work, he has performed at venues throughout the US and Europe, including Seville-Spain, the United Nations General Assembly Hall, Celebrate Brooklyn Festival, the Jewish Museum in NY and the Chicago Cultural Center, and has performed with various internationally known artists such as Yossi Fine, George Mgrdichian, Howard Levi, Yair Dalal, Dr. Avi Eilam-Amzallag and memebers of the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, Gerard Ederi, Bassam Saba, Haig Manokian, Souran Baronian, Abdelftah Bennis, and Frank London, to name just a few. Visit Yoel's web site: www.sultanamusic.com
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| Name:
| Stephen Bennett
| | Skills:
| Player, Soloist, Teacher, Artistic Director
| | Phone:
| +44 20 8675 3877
| | Address:
| 47 Hambalt Road, London SW4 9EQ, United Kingdom
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| | Internationally known clarinet soloist and ensemble player. Many rave reviews, expert testimonials. Contact for details.
Beloved teacher.
Instruments: Bb, A, Eb clarinets and Basset horn.
Music makes people better human beings.
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| Name:
| Andrew Benson-Wilson
| | Skills:
| Player, Soloist, Teacher, Writer (Organ Recitalist)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0) 1256 358041
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| 3 St Mary's Court, Eastrop Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 4AT, United Kingdom
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| | Through his concerts, workshop teaching, and writing, Andrew seeks to inspire an appreciation of the organ literature of the fourteenth to early nineteenth centuries. His playing is based on an understanding of historic instruments and the techniques of performance that give life to the early repertoire. Andrew's recital programmes are built around the individual organ and venue, and can feature an individual composer, a focused theme or a broader introduction to a period or school of composition.
Andrew’s two CDs feature the world’s first recording of all the liturgical organ works of Thomas Tallis, recorded on the early 17th century organ at Knole. They are released on the Signum label’s Tallis series – the complete liturgical organ works on Tallis Vol 5: Music for the Divine Office (SIGCD016) and the remaining organ works on Tallis Vol 9: Instrumental Music and Songs (SIGCD042).
Andrew’s book, ‘The Performance of Early Organ Music’, has proved an invaluable, and gentle, introduction to performance practice. Andrew is also a concert and CD review, notably through his regular column in Early Music Review.
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| Name:
| Martin Berkofsky
| | Skills:
| Soloist (Pianist)
| | Phone:
| 1-540-788-3356
| | Fax:
| 1-540-788-3358
| | Address:
| Postbox 288, 9206 Rogues Road, Casanova, Virginia 20139-0288, United States
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| Name:
| Chiara Bertoglio
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| Soloist
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| | Chiara Bertoglio was born in Turin in 1983, and began studying the piano in 1986. She studied with Maria Rezzo, Ilonka Deckers, Emmy Henz-Diémand, Paul Badura Skoda and Konstantin Bogino. She is currently attending master courses at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Sergio Perticaroli. In 1999 she graduated at the Turin Conservatoir summa cum laude and with special distinction. In 2000 she obtained the diploma of the Science High School with 100/100. In 2001 she obtained the Swiss diploma for virtuosité with the same score. She took part in masterclasses with A. Lonquich, E. Henz-Diémand, K. Bogino, A. Ciccolini and P. Badura-Skoda. She won a scholarship from De Sono Music Association for the period 1996-2001. As a soloist she gave recitals and concerts in Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. In 2002 she went on a very succesful tournée in Germany and Poland, that received a great attention fromthe media, among which the second channel of the public national Polish TV, the radio and several newspapers. She performed the complete series of Impromptus by Schubert, at the Turin Conservatoir, and all the Studies op. 10 by Chopin in Switzerland at the age of 14. She played in the greatest concert halls of Turin, such as the RAI (Radio/Tv) Auditorium, the Sermig, the Conservatoir Great Hall, and the Piccolo Regio, and for the Unione Musicale and Settembre Musica. She played with orchestra Mozart's Concerto K414 with Ferdinand Leitner, in Milan the second concerto by Beethoven, in Switzerland Mendelssohn's first Concerto, in Germany and Italy Ravel's Concérto en sol, with great success, and the First Concerto by Brahms. She won the absolute first prize in the musical contests Muzio Clementi - Kawai (1991) and Franz Schubert (1992), as well as the 4th Contest for the best graduations of the year in Castrocaro (2000); the international selection with orchestra of the Schenk-Stiftung 2000, the selection of young musicians for concerts abroad organized by the ARAM (2001), and twelve first prizes in her category in other contests. She recorded a number of cd's of solo and chamber music for the Biemme. She has performed in many TV programs, on Italian national channels and for Sat2000.
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