Cadenza Musicians Directory
Accompanists

Name: Alberto Boischio
Skills: Accompanist, Soloist, Teacher (pianist - teacher)
Phone: +39 49693115
Fax: +39 49693115
Address: via Giovanni Falcone, 21, Padova 35142, Italy
Links: E-mail
 
Alberto Boischio, graduated Summa Cum Laude at Conservatory C. Pollini of Padua with G. Di Toma, has attended perfectioning courses with Gyorgy Sandor, Aquiles DelleVigne, Joaquin Achucarro, Piernarciso Masi, Dario de Rosa and was admitted to the International Ecole de Piano of Losanna directed by Fausto Zadra under whose guide specialized in three years. From 1989 to 1992 he has been regularly invited to concert seasons in Switzerland and Spain as a solist, solist with orchestra (execution of Mozart’s four concertos for piano and strings, recording live of KV 449) and in particular with chamber ensemble (integral execution of violin sonates of Beethoven and Brahms and most important sonates of romantic and modern peiod and in trio with violoncello all trios of Mozart and Beethoven and greatest romantic trios.). In 1993 he collaborated as a pianist for "Macerata Opera" for the making of The Marriage of Figaro with Barbara Frittoli and Rigoletto with Renato Bruson and Giusi Devinu and the direction of Gustav Kuhn. In 1994, with a pianistic duo, he won a scholarship at Chigiana Academy in the course given by Joaquin Achucarro, winner of 2nd prize at "Città di Gussago" piano competition and first prize at the European Piano Competition "Città di Moncalieri". From 1991 in duo with the violinist Stefano Furini he has been present in various concert seasons in Italy and Europe recieveng vast public and critic consent and obtaining in 1995 the first prize to the chamber music competition "F. Schubert" in Ovada (To). In 1996 with Furini and the violoncellista Jacopo Francini has founded the Trio Rachmaninoff which won the first prize at the international chamber music competition "Città di Pinerolo. Regularly engaged in solistic and cameristic activity, in 2000, with a concert at the course of improvement at Riva Del Garda, he begins a collaboration with Domenico Nordio and Alessandro Carbonare which has concluded with an important record recording in 2001. In February 2003 he recorded records the 24 Preludes op. 37 of Ferruccio Busoni and other rarities in first execution published by the prestigious specialized magazine CD Classics.

Discography: - Mendelssohn, conc. for piano, violin and strings (vl. S. Furini), Azzurra Music - 1995 - Albeniz, Recuerdos de Viaje (first recording), Lincetto, Schizzi per pf., Velut Luna - 1998 - Chopin, antology (150° anniversary), Sicut Sol – 1999 - Grieg, works for piano vol. I, Velut Luna - Garcia Lorca-Albeniz, Lyrics for canto and piano., Songs from Spain op. 232 for piano, Velut Luna - Bartok, Contrasts, Stravinsky, Histoire du Soldat, Lincetto, Fantasia (violin and viola Domenico Nordio, clarinet Alessandro Carbonare), Velut Luna - 2001 - Ferruccio Busoni, 24 Preludes op. 37 for piano and other rarities, Velut Luna - 2003

 

Name: Jeff Brent
Skills: Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Player, Singer, Soloist, Teacher
Address: 6511 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92506, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Jeff Brent is a professional multi-instrumental musician and gifted music teacher in Riverside, CA USA.

He offers piano lessons, guitar lessons, bass lessons, sax lessons, flute lessons, harmonica lessons, mandolin lessons and fiddle lessons.

His range of styles includes: Jazz, Blues, Rock, Funk, Latin, C&W, R&B, etc.

 

Name: Peter Burn
Skills: Accompanist, Player (Pianist, and Organist)
Address: 2 High Street, Culham, Oxford Ox14 4NB, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail

 

Name: Carlos Ricardo Caicedo Russi
Skills: Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Player, Teacher, Writer, Computer programming and MIDI
Phone: +58 41 940153
Fax: +58 41 940153
Address: Av. Principal Caja de Agua, Finca Los Andes, Tinaquillo, Cojedes 2001, Venezuela
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Born Date: 1975, October 6. Composer and viola player. I played in a symphonic orchestra since 12 until 21. Then dedicate my time to composition, chamber music, and computers (programming and MIDI). I studied in Orquesta Nacional Juvenil de Venezuela. My real teachers: the viola virtuoso Rodolfo Samglimbeni, the spanish/german conductor maestro Jordi Mora, the maestro virtuoso of doublebass Luis Gomez Imbert and the great virtuoso maestro of harpsichord Abreu.

If you are a soloist or ensamble interested in a solo, concert or any work, please e-mail me at crcaicedo@hotmail.com If you are honest and clear, I can write for you. My work is free only if you put correctly my credits in the concert program, and recognize the work as mine. My style is very eclectic, but i try to be clear, pretty and audible. I can work with you and your ideas, I write works played in Venezuela. This is the list: /Concerts/ Doublebass, mandolin, viola, flute, piccolo, trombone. /Chamber/ Solos for violin, viola, and harpsichord Duos for harpsichord&flute; viola&flute Two trios for flute, viola, cello Quartet for flute, violin, viola, doublebass Quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello, doublebass /Orchestra/ Little overture /Pedagogic/ Little concerts for viola, violin, flute, and tiny ensables, and solo pieces. ... and a lot of studies for many instruments.

I love the animals, art, literature, science, computers and Bible study (oops, forget my wife). You can speak me about music or anything. Forgive me if I sound pedantic, I try to apply the biblic principles but I be human and do mistakes (including this paragraph). I plan to self-publish my works, and works of others, in my site, as a Postcript archive or Cakewalk sequence.

I'm very sorry for my poor english. I speak spanish really, but can understand a bit of another languajes, like english, french, italian, portugues, esperanto and german. Feel free of e-mail me in any language, especially spanish or english, if you wish to play any of my works, you wish to make any plan with me or simply wish to speak me. Thanks.

 

Name: Craig Campbell
Skills: Accompanist, Composer, Conductor, Soloist
Phone: +1 (423) 232 0071
Fax: +1 (423) 928 9223
Links: E-mail
 
Performance degrees: The Juilliard Schoool, Yale University. Further study at The Royal School of Church Music, London and privately with Danil Roth in Paris. Organist, pianist, accompanist, vocal coach, conductor, composer.

 

Name: Manuel Carcache
Skills: Accompanist, Composer, Manager, Soloist, Teacher
Phone: +503 2602859
Address: Calle Berlin 208 Urbanizacion Buenos Aires 3, San Salvador, El Salvador 0009
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Salvadorean Composer and Guitarist. He was born in 1955. He studied guitar with José C. Morales, Carlos Payet and Neil Anderson. His music compositions studies were guided by Dr. German Caceres and Dr. John Adams. Manuel Carcache has written many works for different instrumental formations. Solo works for flute, oboe, cello, guitar, piano,etc. String Quartets, Wind Ensembles, a Guitar Concerto, Orchestral Works, a Cantata for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra. Vocal works with different accompaniments. As guitarist he has performed mostly in El Salvador. He has been a member of sevaral groups dedicated mostly to the ancient music. Mr. Carcache has been teaching guitar and organizing cultural events mainly in music and theater areas. At present, Mr. Carcache is the Secretary of the Consejo Salvadoreño de la Música and the National Theater Director. His music has been performed in America and Europe.

 

Name: Mansilla Roberto Cardenas
Skills: Accompanist,Composer,Player,Soloist,Teacher
Phone: +1 (541) 744 8766
Address: 1950 2nd st Apart. # A 202 , Springfield OR 97477, United States
Links: E-mail
 
Ricardo Cardenas is a musician from Chile-South America. He studied classical guitar at the Universidad C. de Chile of Santiago, as well as Jazz guitar and Latin American Folk. He has composed music for classical guitar, theater plays and publicity. He has founded several bands being the most important: Abya Yala trio (World Fusion) and helped start "Gaitambo"(Afro-Colombian Music) with outstanding musicians form Colombia and Cuba.

Ricardo is living now in the U.S.A. in the state of Oregon.

 

Name: Ann Carey
Skills: Accompanist, Player, Soloist, Teacher
Address: London, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Ann is a church organist and teacher based in North London. She is currently director of music at the church of Our Lady and St George, Walthamstow. Ann teaches the piano, organ, violin, viola, recorder and theory in north London. She teaches all ages and all levels.

Ann studied music at Girton College, Cambridge, where she was an organ scholar. She is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists and holds a BA in Music from Cambridge University.

Organist website: http://www.churchorganist.net

 

Name: Clive Carroll
Skills: Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Soloist
Phone: +44 (0)1371 850 184
Address: United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Clive Carroll graduated with 1st Class Honours in 1998 and has won numerous prizes for guitar and composition including the John Halford Prize and the 1999 Essex Young Musician of the Year Competition. His debut solo album which consists entirely of original material has been described by the eminent guitarist John Renbourn as 'a remarkable first recording...a milestone in the journey of the acoustic guitar.'

Clive has performed and recorded in a variety of styles including: Classical, Jazz, Blues, Irish, Bluegrasss and Rock. He has performed in the Royal Festival Hall, London and and other such venues. Clive recently recorded Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez'.

 

Name: Evelyn Chang
Skills: Accompanist, Soloist, Teacher
Phone: +44 (0)7887 846 399
Address: United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
Evelyn Chang was born in 1977, in Taipei, Taiwan. She started playing piano at the age of four. Since 1986 she joined the Quang-Jen Music School studying under Mary Kwok Chiu Tse. In 1991 she came to London to study at The Purcell School of Music with Andrej Esterhazy. During the five years at school, Evelyn was involved in many solo and chamber concerts in England as well as other countries such as Malta (where the Maltese president was present), and Hungary. At the age of sixteen, she won the first prize at the Ealing Festival playing Beethoven 1st Concerto. She was also invited with the school to play at the Backingham Palace. In the summers of 1994-5, she participated in the Tours Festival in France studying under Alexander Slobodyanik and Prof. Vera Gornosteava. Evelyn has been studying at the Royal College of Music with Prof. Irina Zaritskaya since 1996. She was awarded the Eric Harrison & Beddington & Hamilton Prizes in her first year, and lately the Frank Heneghan Prize playing virtuoso studies. In July '99, she gave concert in Spain, and was also the finalist of the 8th Taipei International Chopin Competition. In October she made a cd recording together with violinist Blai Soler.

 

Name: Konstantza Chernov
Skills: Accompanist, Player, Soloist (Pianist)
Address: United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Pianist Konstantza Chernov was born on January 2, 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria. From a family of non-musicians, she showed intense interest in music at an early age, and began her formal piano studies at the age of seven. In 1986 she won first prize at the Svetoslav Obretinov Bulgarian National Piano Competition. That same year she appeared as a solo performer on Bulgarian National Television's "The Magic Present" television program. The following year she continued her early successes by winning first place in the Dimitar Nenov Bulgarian National Piano Competition.

At the age of nineteen, Konstantza entered the Vladigerov Convservatory, where she pursued her piano studies with Stella Dimitrova. In the same period, she was a participant at the Venice Piano Festival which included performances in the Schola Grande de San Giovanni Evangelista. In 1995 she came to the United States to attend Mannes College of Music (where she studied with Arkady Aronov), and in 1996 she transferred to Queens College (CUNY), where she studied with Morey Ritt. She received both her B.M. and M.A. degrees from Queens in 2002.

While at Queens, Konstantza was extremely active as a performer. She played in many chamber music concerts and appeared with the orchestra twice - once as a member, performing the piano part in Copland's "Clarinet Concerto", and once as a concerto soloist herself, performing Ravel's G Major concerto. She received over a dozen honors from Queens including several Chamber Music Live awards, the Mark Kyrkostas Award (twice), two Rathaus Family Memorial Awards, and The Presser Scholarship. In addition to her piano studies, Konstantza proved herself to be no mean scholar (both academically and musical/theoretically), and graduated magna cum laude.

A promoter of modern music, she recently performed works by Robert Cuckson and Mark Kyrkostas, and she gave the world premiere performance of Martín Kutnowski's revised version of "Postcards".

 

Name: Wai Sum Chong
Skills: Accompanist (Ballet, vocal and instrumental accompaniment)
Phone: +44 (0)7890 973173
Address: United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
A pioneering student on their ground-breaking Pianist for Dance course, Wai Sum was trained by Scottish Ballet and graduated with distinction. She has worked for major companies and schools such as Birmingham Royal Ballet, Elmhurst School for Dance, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, Mark Morris Dance Group, and choreographers such as Ashley Page, David Bintley, Ian Spink, Patrick Hinson, Samira Saidi and Olivia Pickford.

Her skills at improvisation and innovative choices of music make Wai Sum much in demand to accompany free ballet classes. She is currently the Musical Director of Midland Theatre Ballet and enjoys a flourishing freelance career based in the Midlands

Wai Sum is also a highly successful accompanist was an Accompaniment Scholar at the RSAMD . She has worked for the Purcell School and Ardingly Summer Music Summer School.

 

Name: Francois Chouchan
Skills: Accompanist, Composer, Player (Pianist)
Phone: +1 (310) 703 2126
Address: Los Angeles 90069, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
I am a French classical pianist and a movie composer. I did all my musical classes at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris with Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen.

I am looking for artistic agent to promote my work and represent me. I love Chamber-Music, also be an accompagnist for classical singers. Feel free to contact me.

You can look at my complete Biography, my musical aspirations, and also listen to my last recordings on my website at: www.francoischouchan.com Thanks a lot, Francois.

 

Name: Andrew Jean Chu
Skills: Accompanist, Player, Singer, Soloist
Phone: +359 2 384154 (mobile) +359 887 67 20 77
Address: Housing Complex Nadejda 4, Blk. 420, ent., 2, 3rd fl., Sofia, Bulgaria
Links: E-mail
 
I am an experienced guitarist, vocalist and song writer. I used to record rap songs and dance on stage. I have been on stage about 8yrs. I also used to be a lead guitarist of a club band in Sofia Bulgaria. I am a black African living permanently in Bulgaria. My styles of guitar music is very close to that of the legend guitar player Jimi Hendrix. He inspired me a lot in my walk with the guitar but nonetheless I still have my own personal approach to the music. I have recorded many songs that I wrote and now hoping and praying to find sponsorship to publish them. I am ready to perform, the stage is where I belong. God bless you for reading it.

 

Name: Stephanie Chua
Skills: Accompanist, Player, Soloist, Teacher, toy pianist
Address: Canada
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Stephanie Chua is an expressive and versatile Canadian pianist. Through musical insight and innovative programming, Stephanie has devoted herself to introducing works of the 20th and 21st Centuries to the public. Along with giving dozens of Canadian and world premieres, Stephanie has also had the opportunity to work with international composers such as George Crumb, Alejandro Viñao, and Victoria Borisova-Ollas. She holds degrees and diplomas from the University of Toronto, the Royal Conservatory of Music, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and the University of Victoria. . Along with her main teachers, Dr. Robin Wood and Marietta Orlov, Stephanie has had the privilege of working extensively in master classes with Menahem Pressler and Leon Fleisher.

 

Name: Graham Coatman
Skills: Accompanist, Composer, Conductor, Player, Teacher, Artistic Director
Phone: +44 (0)7979 866303
Address: Shipley BD18 3RP, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
Graham enjoys an active and varied career as composer, musical director, pianist. As a performer he is equally at home in early repertoire, as conductor or continuo player, and as composer or pianist in contemporary music.

He is Artistic Director of Hexham Abbey Festival, and regularly involved as arts consultant, or leading and directing community & education projects.

Recent commissions & performances include Still Stories (an opera for solo soprano at Linbury Studio, Royal Opera 2006, The Dolphin's Adventure (children's musical in Canberra, Australia 2006); Entartung for sax & double choir (RSAMD 2007); In A Strange Land (staged choral song cycle The Venue, Leeds 2007); current commissions for Northern Ballet Theatre & Exaudi

 

Name: Aaron Cotton
Skills: Accompanist, Administrator, Arranger, Soloist, Teacher (Classical guitarist)
Phone: +1 972 527 5238
Address: Plano, Texas, United States
Links: E-mail

 

Name: Don Covert
Skills: Accompanist, Player, Singer (Pianist category)
Phone: +1 (561) 853 4898
Address: 2266 Avenida Alhambra, West Palm Beach 33415, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Pianist for entertainment. Play any style music. Your favorite songs and melodies and sing too with mike and amplifier. Any style from classical to country, doo wop, modern, fireside piano, blues, jazz, party, kiddie songs, rock, pop.

50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Modern.

See complete resume at: www.worldclassorchestra.org

 

Name: Lodewijk Crommelin
Skills: Accompanist, Soloist
Phone: +31 6 12163466
Address: Netherlands
Links: E-mail
 
Lodewijk Crommelin, born in 1974, studied piano with Russian pianist Naum Grubert at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Holland. After obtaining his performer's diploma he continued his studies in the United States with the celebrated pianists Abbey Simon and Horacio Gutierrez. His studies abroad were made possible with competitive scholarships from the Dutch National Funds for the Performing Arts and the VSB-funds.

At the age of ten he already won first prize at a competition. Later on he won several prizes at national competitions for young talent in Holland. He performs extensively in Holland and played concerts in Germany, Switzerland and the United States, and performed for the national public radio in the U.S. Besides his soloistic activities he plays chamber music and accompanies singers and instrumentalists.

 

Name: Jill Crossland
Skills: Accompanist, Soloist (Piano)
Links: Website     E-mail
 
British pianist, studied under Ryszard Bakst at Chethams's School and Royal Northern College of Music, and under Paul Badure-Skoda at Hochschule, Vienna.

Active concert career in Britain and Europe, including Wigmore Hall and South Bank in London

Recordings include Bach Goldberg Variations on Warner Classics.

 

 


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