| 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 Benavente
| | Skills:
| Composer, Conductor, Teacher (Director of the Priory Singers. Composer of musicals, choral/orchestral music)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)1633 420183
| | Address:
| Bakehouse Cottage, 32 Backhall Street, Newport NP18 1AR, United Kingdom
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| | At ISCA MUSIC we specialise in providing quality manuscripts for all sectors of the music industry. As experienced performers, educators and composers we are familiar with the requirements of musicians in all styles.
Over thirty years experience in choral, symphonic, instrumental and vocal solo work, musical theatre, chamber music and jazz as well as composition in education gives us confidence in our ability to provide a quality product time after time. We use the leading industry software SIBELIUS to produce scores from manuscripts, midi files or CD and cassette. We also offer a transcribing and score copying service. We can provide you with anything from a full score to a complete set of parts with multiple copies and transpositions if required.
As educators we have 28 years as High School Directors of Music, specialising in composition and performance. As performers, we have a variety of skills including orchestral work as principal clarinettist and solo work including the major chamber and concerto repertoire. As conductors and choral directors we have worked with major international soloists including Emma Kirkby, Gwyn Howell, Michael George and Bryn Terfel
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| Name:
| Kia Bennett
| | Skills:
| Player, Teacher (BMus(Hons) RSAMD, PGDip(dist) RNCM, MMus - Orchestral Training GSMD)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)7960 195153
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| | Kia Bennett studied flute with David Nicholson at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and was awarded a Bachelor of Music with Honours in 2007. In the same year she was the winner of the John McGregor Flute Prize for outstanding achievement and was a finalist in both the Concerto Competition and the Mozart Concerto Competition. After being offered postgraduate scholarships from two of the UKs leading colleges, Kia took up a place to study with flautist Richard Davis at the Royal Northern College of Music, generously supported by Dobies Charitable Trust. In her first term at RNCM Kia won the flute position for the BBC Philharmonic Professional Access Scheme and has subsequently performed with the orchestra. Kia was awarded a Distinction for her Postgraduate Diploma in Performance at the RNCM then took up scholarship to study on the Guildhall Artist - Orchestral Training MMus at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama supported by the Guildhall School Trust.
Kia was recently offered a years work as Co-Principal flute with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra (Durban), a position which she declined in order to pursue work in the UK. She has performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra(including their tour of Spain in summer 2008), with Welsh National Opera and the BBC Philharmonic. She has also won apprenticeships with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera. As part of her Orchestral Training at the Guildhall she completed a scheme with the Philharmonia Orchestra. She was also asked to play principal flute for the combined Symphony Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall conducted by Sir Colin Davis. Other orchestras she has performed with include the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra , City Side Sinfonia and Kentish Opera, she has also been invited to play principal with Sinfonia Cymru , the New London Sinfonia and also the newly formed Chelmsford Sinfonietta. Conductors she has worked with include: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Colin Davis, Gary Walker, Ilan Volkov, James MacMillan, Hansjörg Schellenberger, Vasily Petrenko, Michal Dworzynski and Stéphane Denève.
In masterclasses, Kia has had the benefit of instruction from many leading flautists including: William Bennett, Wissam Boustany, Ian Clarke, Michael Cox, Paul Edmund Davies, Philippa Davies, Robert Dick, Launa McGhee, Peter Lloyd, Jaime Martin and Jacques Zoon.
As well as orchestral work, Kia is in demand as a teacher,and enjoys playing as a chamber musician and as a soloist. She has particularly enjoyed working with Jonathan Fisher (staff pianist, RNCM), Nico DeVilliers (piano fellow, GSMD) and 'cellist Ben Gregor-Smith. She performed Reinecke’s Flute Concerto in her hometown, Sheffield, in January 2009 and recetly performed Bach's Bminor Suite with the New London Sinfonia and conducted by David Gibson. Kia has also performed a new work "Trafod" for solo flutes and orchestra by Welsh Composer Brian Hughs with Sinfonia Cymru. Kia gratefully acknowledges financial help from the Society for the Promotion of Training Women.
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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
| | Address:
| 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:
| Esteban Benzecry
| | Skills:
| Composer
| | Phone:
| 0033 1 42 55 38 94
| | Fax:
| 0033 1 42 55 38 94
| | Address:
| 3 , Rue des Cottages, Paris 75018, France
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| | Benzecry, Esteban (b. 1970, Lisbon). Argentinean composer of orchestral and chamber works that have been performed throughout the Americas and in Europe. His works have been played in Europa and America. Among the interpreters that performed his works are: Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Orchestre des concerts Colonne de Paris, Sinfonietta de Paris, Orchestre Symphonique de Cannes, Orchestre de la Basse-Normandie, London's Schubert Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonica Nacional de Argentina, Filarmonica del Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires, Simon Bolivar Symphony (Venezuela), Filarmonica de Bogota ,Carnegie-Mellon Contemporary Music Ensemble (USA), octuor de violoncelles de Beauvais and many others players. His honors include the distinction as the Young Revelation of the Season by the Asociación de Criticos Musicales de la Argentina (1992) and his Symphonie No. 1, ‘El compendio de la vida’ was named the Best Argentinean Work in 1994. In 1995, he was an invited composer at the Yehudi Menuhin Academy in Switzerland and In 1999 he was distinguished by the Academie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France with the prize from the Foundation Delmas and the prize Tronchet in 2002. In 2004, he became the recipient of the Fondation groupe d’entreprise Banque Populaire-Natexis Award for music .
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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
| | Skills:
| 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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| Name:
| Jay Bevan
| | Skills:
| Teacher, musician (Clarinet)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)7940 031360
| | Address:
| 39 Shrubbery Road, Streatham, London SW16 2AS, United Kingdom
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| Name:
| Anirban Bhattacharyya
| | Skills:
| Singer, Soloist, Teacher
| | Phone:
| (033)24156922
| | Address:
| P-26,Purbapally,Haltu Kathgola,Ground Floor, Kolkata 700078, India
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| | TUTELAGE: Initiation by mother Smt Minakshi Bhattacharyya at 3 yrs. age. Preliminary voice-training from Sri Abhijit Bandopadhyay, Sri Pradip Chatterjee. Training of Hindustani Classical Music from Smt. Chandana Chakraborty. From 1997 onwards,a senior student of Shrutinandan. Presently, receiving taalim from Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty.
PERFORMANCE: Shishu-Mahal and Galpo-Dadur Ashor of Akashbani from 1992 to 1998 in Rabindrasangeet and presently a B-Grade Artiste of AIR. Playback-singer in TV-serial Rajeshwari in 1998. Performed in The Doverlane Music Conference’04-’05 opening ceremony and the appraisal of“The Bande Mataram” was published in almost all the leading news-dailies. Devotional TV programmes- Anjali in Tara Muzik, Sharanagata in Zee Bangla and Upasana in ETV Bangla. Performs regularly in Down Memory Lane, Legends, Musically Yours-bengali modern songs programme in Tara Muzik Channel. Taken part in the Muzi-Quiz and performed in the Live show Tero Parbon on the eve of the new Bengali year in 2006. Regularly renders vocal support in the famous percussion ensemble Drums of India conducted by Mallar Ghosh. Invited in the famous Talk-Show Take-A-Break hosted by Parambrata Chatterjee aired in Tara Muzik Channel. Performed in Purbo-Kolkata Samonnoy Utsav, Calcutta Festival in 2007 and Bangla Sangeet Mela in 2006-’07. Performs regularly in the classical concerts organized by N.D.Music Circle. Sung bandish of different ragas in Geetinandan Part II composed and conceived by Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty. Playback-singer in ETV Mega-Serial Bamakhyapa in the lips of the title-role. Invited in the classical concert organised by the collaboration of EZCC and Saltlake Cultural Association in 2008.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Best Young Performer of Bengali songs in State-Level in 1996. Adjudged 1st in the “Bengali Modern Songs”competiton in Kasba Utsav in 1997. Best Singer Award in Classical Music competition organised by St.James School, named Jaco-Jagoran in 2002. Stood 2nd in Kheyal Competition organised by “ Doverlane Music Conference” and “Rajya Sangeet Academy” in 2003. Stood 1st in Bhajan,3rd in Thumri and Ragpradhan competition organised by Doverlane Music Conference in 2004. Stood 1st in Bangla Gaan organized by Dreamz Unlimited in 2006, held at AIKATAN, Salt Lake.
PRESS RELEASES: “Musical tribute was paid to Uma Sehanabis-the creator-founder of Patha Bhavan, by many including Anirban Bhattacharyya” - 16th January 2002, Aajkaal. “This year the Best Youngest Talented Singer Award by Sambad Pratidin went to Anirban Bhattacharyya”- 13th February 2004, Sambad Pratidin. “You really have a very good voice”- Pt. Jasraj. 22nd January 2005. His reaction after listening to the Inaugural Bandemataram Chanting by Anirban at the Doverlane Music Conference (53rd Session). “A very musical beginning to this year’s Doverlane Music Conference (53rd Session)-Bandemataram Chanting by Anirban Bhattacharyya” 29th January 2005, Anandabazar Patrika. “Anirban Bhattacharyya stood first in the Young Talent Search Contest titled Swapnaneel organised by Dreamz Unlimited. His musical album is yet to release” 17th May 2006, Aajkaal (evening).
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| Name:
| Rajnarayan Bhattcharya
| | Skills:
| Accompanist (Player of tabla and other percussion)
| | Phone:
| +91 9831941584
| | Address:
| 82/C,TARAK PRAMANICK ROAD, KOLKATA 700006, India
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| | Rajnarayan Bhattacharya received encouragement from his mother Smt. Nilima Bhattacharya, a disciple of Pt. Ramesh Bandopadhyay of Vishnupur Gharana. He took his initial training from his father Bhudeb Bhattacharya at the age of five. Thereafter, noted tabla player of Banaras Gharana and disciple of Gaur Paul, Sri Amiya Kumar Mukherjee took of the charge of Rajnarayan Bhattacharya. He got the degree of Sangeet Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti ,Allahabad and Sangeet Sudhakar from Surer Maya Sangeet Samaj and awarded GOLD MEDAL and also received Sangeet Alankar degree from the said organization with the encouragement of his uncle Dr. Saroj Kumar Bhattacharya. He also procured second position in the Inter Collegiate Music Competition organized by Calcutta University in the year 1982-83. He also stood second in the NATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL organized by Y.M.C.A. New Delhi. At present Rajnarayan is receiving intensive training from renowned tabla maestro and teacher of Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, Pt. Samar Saha of Banaras Gharana. He is selected as a panel artist of INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATION, under Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India. Performance in India & Abroad: • In INDIA: 1) DOVER LANE MUSIC CONFERENCE,KOLKATA 2) BHOWANIPORE SANGEET SAMMELAN,KOLKATA 3) NATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL, NEW DELHI 4) A Conference of SUR SINGER SAMSAD,MUMBAI 5) RUPASI BANGLA FESTIVAL, HYDRABAD 6) RAMKRISHNA MISSON INSTITUTE OF CULTURE,KOLKATA 7) A Conference of INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATION,BANGALORE 8) SRUTINANDAN,KOLKATA 9) A Conference of SANGEET PIYASI,KOLKATA 10) A Conference of SARAJ,NEWDELHI • In ABROAD: 1) RADIO FRANCE in the year of 2002 2) ASSOCIATION GANAPATI , BOURDEUX, FRANCE,2002 3) CENTRE MANDAPA , PARIS, FRANCE ,2002,2003,2004,2005 4) THEATRE OF LACHOCELL, FRANCE ,2004 5) A Conference of ASSOCIATION SAAMHATI,SALIGNY,FRANCE 6) RAMKRISHNA MISSION , PARIS , FRANCE,2002 7) WORLD YOUTH CONFERENCE , MILAN, ITALY,2004 8) WORLD YOUTH CONFERENCE , FLORENCE, ITALY,2004 9) MUSIC FESTIVAL , STURTGARD, GERMANY,2002 10) SUDDHA SANGEET PROSAR GOSTHI, DHAKA , BANGLADESH.2003 11) Conference of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, DHAKA, BANGLADESH,2003s 12) A workshop programe organize by ICCR in Bangladesh as a Tabla Guru,2006-2007 13) Performed India Festival in Belgium organized by BOZAR.
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| Name:
| Pasquale A Bianculli
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Player, Soloist, Teacher
| | Address:
| United States
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| | Pasquale Bianculli - has been heard in concert across the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. In 1983, he made his New York solo debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Tim Page, of the New York Times, describing the performance said, "...a sensitive musician...he juxtaposed workmanlike playing with passages of real inspiration". Of his Nocturnal by Benjamin Britten..."{He} was true to the works improvisatory quality, calling up some ominous, shimmering overtones from the instrument".
Pat began playing the guitar at the age of 13 under Joseph Cassano. His earliest musical influence was his father, Philip, an accomplished woodwind player and jazz musician. In 1972, he began intensive study in classical guitar at the Guitar Workshop in Oyster Bay, NY under Jerry Willard and Edgard Dana, Other teachers and coaches have included Alexandre Lagoya, Angel Romero and Timothy Walker. He received his M. Mus. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1981. That year he also performed for the legendary guitarist, Andres Segovia, in Granada, Spain. He has been on the faculties of Dowling College and the Rocky Ridge Music Center in Colorado and has taught at the Edna Manley School of the Arts in Kingston, Jamaica, performing throughout that country. Currently, he is on the faculty of C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University and the United Nations International School.
He has written two books; "101 Tips and Tricks for the Acoustic Guitar" and "Learn Folk Guitar with the Music of John Denver" published by Cherry Lane Music. He performs regularly in duo with his wife, Kathleen McDonald and with guitarist, Harris Becker. In 1999, the guitar duo released their CD, "Catgut Flambo". Pat is a co-founder of "A Midsummer Music Festival - Songe d'été en musique", a music festival in rural Quebec which will take place August 3-9, 2009.
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| Name:
| Robert David Billington
| | Skills:
| Player, Soloist, Teacher (Flute, piccolo, alto flute, baroque flute)
| | Phone:
| 305-669-1754
| | Address:
| 466 NE 210th Circle Ter #104, Miami, FL, United States
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| | Canadian-born flutist Robert David Billington earned his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree majoring in flute performance from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. He also has a Master of Music Degree majoring in flute performance from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI, and a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in music from Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI. Dr. Billington has also done post-graduate work at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, and at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne.
Dr. Billington has taught at the University of Miami, Boise State University, the University of Illinois, the University of Louisvile Preparatory and Non-Credit Department, the Louisville Academy of music, and at Ball State University. His doctoral essay, "A Description and Application of Robert Aitken's Concept of the Physical Flute," demonstrates a means by which the flutist can control certain physical elements of flute playing to become a better flute player.
Dr. Billington, currently the principal and solo flutist with the Miami Bach Society Orchestra, has performed with numerous orchestras in the United Staes and with festival orchestras in Europe. He also concertizes with the Billington and Gonzalez Classical Flute and Guitar Duo and with the LGEM Trio, a flute, guitar, and percussion trio that performs Western Hemisphere popular and folkloric music.
"Also on last night's program was Shun-san for solo flute, by Kazuo Fukushima, a Japanese composer. Robert Billington played the short work,which combines an Oriental style and sound in a Western structural framework. The sometimes breathy, sometimes steely tones, the microtones, simultaneously sounded tones and a host of other effects were all well-played by Billington." Owen Hardy, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY ". . . I was quite impressed with the flutist, Robert Billington." John Schuster-Craig, The Louisville Times, Louisville, KY ". . . Hurry, Ye Happy Shepherds, beautifully sung, and excellently accompanied by solo flute, played by Robert Billington." Raymond Barr, Coral Gables Gazette, Coral Gables, FL
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| Name:
| Billington and Gonzalez Classical Flute and Guitar Duo
| | Skills:
| Ensemble (Classical Flute and Guitar Duo)
| | Phone:
| +1 305 669 1754
| | Address:
| 466 NE 210th Circle Ter #104, Miami, FL 33179, United States
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| | The Billington and Gonzalez Classical Flute and Guitar Duo, formed in the autumn of 1988, has performed extensively in the South Florida region. The repertoire of the Billington and Gonzalez Duo ranges from transcriptions of Elizabethan music for recorder and lute to original compositions of twentieth-century music for flute and guitar. The Duo specializes in the performance of works from the western hemisphere and is one of the signature groups of the LGEM Musical Ensemble.
Canadian-born flutist Robert David Billington earned his BA from Northern Michigan University, his MM from Western Michigan University, and his DMA in flute performance from the University of Miami. Dr. Billington is the principal and solo flutist with the Miami Bach Society Orchestra.
Guitarist Rene Gonzalez received his BM, MM, and his DMA in guitar performance from the University of Miami where he is the director of the classical guitar program. Dr. Gonzalez teaches guitar master classes and performs recitals throughout the United States and has released the CD “The Hummingbird” on the EFM label.
The Billington and Gonzalez Classical Flute and Guitar Duo has performed frequently for concerts, recitals, and festivals in the South Florida area. They have performed concerts in Springfield, IL for the Springfield Classical Guitar Society; in Jupiter, FL for the Hibel Museum Promenade Concert Series; in Tavernier, FL for the Church of San Pedro Concert Series; in Weston, FL for La Cucina Tuscana Dinner Concerts; in Coconut Grove, FL for the Barnacle Historic Site Concerts Under the Moonlight Concert Series; in Hollywood, FL for the Hollywood Center for the Performing Arts Concert Series and for the City of Hollywood Noontime Concert Series; in Fort Lauderdale, FL for Tea at Lily's Concerts; in Miami, and Coral Springs, FL for Borders Books and Music Concerts; and have performed concerts in Coral Gables and Miami, FL at the University of Miami Gusman Hall, the Biltmore Hotel, the Chapel of the Venerable Beade, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, and at various branches of the Miami-Dade Public Library. The Billington and Gonzalez Duo has also appeared as a group or as part of a larger LGEM Ensemble at the Beaux Arts Festival, the Fairchild Tropical Garden Ramble, the Miami Beach Art Deco Festival, and at the Fort Lauderdal Downtown Festival of the Arts.
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| Name:
| Elizabeth Ann Binks
| | Skills:
| Player, Soloist, Teacher (violin and viola, Kingston and Chessington areas)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)20 8397 1716, +44 (0)7947 404484
| | Address:
| United Kingdom
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| | Elizabeth Ann Binks, A.G.S.M., received the coveted Salzman Scholarship and Scottish Arts Council Award. She has performed with professional orchestras and has given many recitals in such venues as St James Piccadilly, St Martin in the Fields, Regent Hall and Morley College. Elizabeth has also performed at the City of London Festival and other eminent establishments and music clubs. Solo television work includes a live performance for the BBC.
Elizabeth has been a member of the Scottish Opera Orchestra and has been guest leader of the Virtuosi of London. She has also performed with the Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the London Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia.
Elizabeth has a keen interest in modern music. She has been a key performer with Exultate and has taken part in works by composers such as James MacMillan, and has also given many first performances of contemporary works.
Educational work has featured strongly throughout Elizabeth's professional life, and has included Wells Cathedral School and the Guildhall School of Music. She teaches violin and viola privately in the Chessington and Kingston areas, gives performances of a wide and varied repertoire from the Baroque era to the 21st Century including popular and lesser known romantic works, salon and film music, also for social occasions and school programmes.
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| Name:
| Birmingham Brass Ensemble
| | Skills:
| Ensemble
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)7979 506727
| | Address:
| MIDLANDS, United Kingdom
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| | The Birmingham Brass was founded in the Millennium Year 2000. It is a body of players who play regularly as a quintet performing a variety of music within the Midlands based in the City of Birmingham.
The style and type of music ranges from Mozart to Mancini, and the broad range of arrangements gives the BB the versatility to fit into any setting with any style of music.
The Birmingham Brass are available for all occassions including, Wedding Ceremonies, Banquets, Balls, Formal Dinners and Conferences.
As an accomplished quintet we can suit your needs for the event you have in mind.
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| Name:
| Marat Bisengaliev
| | Skills:
| Soloist, Teacher
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)1226 766666
| | Fax:
| +44 (0)1226 766666
| | Address:
| United Kingdom
| | Links:
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| | Described recently by The Times as a “brilliant violin soloist”, Marat Bisengaliev has also been designated “a Latter-day Ysaye” by the American Journal Fanfare. The New York Times says that “He has taken to heart a style of playing that was a hallmark of violin virtuosity early in the century, and is only now coming back into favour after several decades in the shadow of a more drily rational style”. Born in Kazakhstan, USSR, in 1962 and making a startling debut at the age of nine, he later studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow with two of the legendary names in violintuition: Boris Belinki and Valery Klimov. Marat Bisengaliev was a prizewinner in 1988 at the Leipzig International Bach Competition, and in 1991 won first prize at the International Nicanor Zabaleta Competition in Spain, also receiving the special virtuoso prize for the most outstanding performance of the competition. In 2000, he received the Independent “Platinum Tarlan” Award and the Government “Medal of Honour” in Kazakhstan. A major recording contract was signed in 1991 with Naxos and Marco Polo for a series of recordings that includes Bisengaliev’s virtuoso recital repertoire and many major concertos. His recording of the Mendelssohn concertos with the Northern Sinfonia became Gramophone Critic’s Choice of the year in 1998. Fanfare nominated his recording of the concerto by the British composer Havergal Brian with the BBC Scottish S. O. “Elgar - Re-discovered works for violin - Vol. 1” (Black Box) was nominated for the 1999 “Gramophone Award”. The “Elgar - Re-discovered works for violin - Vol. 2 (Black Box) has been released to great critical acclaim and is one of five recordings recently highly recommended by Classic FM. In 1989 he founded the Kazakh Chamber Orchestra with whom he toured as a soloist throughout Europe. In 1991 he settled in England and has since performed with most of the major orchestras by making his concerto debut in England playing the Beethoven concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. His performances are frequently broadcasted on radio and television throughout the world. Recent tours have taken him to Hong-Kong, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Poland, Germany, New Zealand and France including televised concerts. Marat Bisengaliev has given concerts in over 25 countries with orchestras such as the English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish, The Philharmonia, Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, English Northern Philharmonia and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland playing in some of the most prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall (New York),Wigmore Hall and Barbican (London), Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), Waterfront(Belfast), Sheffield City Hall and the ”Last Nights of the Proms” in Dublin and Leeds. Highlights for 2003-04 include concerts in New-Zealand, USA, Spain, Portugal, Norway, France, Israel, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Russia and the UK with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Israel Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Chamber Orchestra as well as an intensive schedule for Black Box including a Prokofiev CD and the Elgar concerto. Supported by Karachaganak (Gas-Oil), Marat Bisengaliev has recently founded the Uralsk Philharmonia and plan to tour throughout the world with them. In addition to his busy career as a virtuoso violinist, Marat is the founder and chairman of the Uralsk International Violin Competition.Taking place last January in Kazakhstan for the first time, this event will now be held annually due to its tremendous success.
Opulent, appealingly varied sound... gravity and passion... impressive fleetness and virtuosity. Mr. Bisengaliev plays this music with great flair... broad colouristic effects... exquisite delicacy and warmth. New York Times Reviews: Bisengaliev’s violin... Fiery... refined in its accomplishments... With affection and eloquence... he soars thrillingly above the stage and engages in fiery dialogue with the pianist Benjamin Frith. The Times Russian violinist Marat Bisengaliev gives a formidable performance. The Sunday Telegraph ...staggeringly well played by the profound Russian virtuoso, Marat Bisengaliev, a thrilling young artist... Musical Opinion Bisengaliev... plays breathtakingly well. CD Review Deeply moving... an astonishing level of virtuosity... compelling. Classic CD ... bravura excitement, warm, flowing tone and awesome ease of execution. Fanfare The violinist is certainly more than a virtuoso... he possesses a generous musical nature. Monde de la Musique ... astounding technique... pure joy to listen to, infectious temperament... Very original and idiomatic... direct and powerful. Fono Forum ... sensational player of intense musicality and tonal splendour. BBC Music Magazine I was pleased to find that Bisengaliev’s virtuosity matched that of his well-known recordings. Bisengaliev’s art constitutes a notable marriage of virtuosity, imagination and thoughtfulness and his playing is extraordinary sensitive and poetic. The Strad ... finest rich-toned string playing I have heard in years. Hi-Fi News ... jaw droppingly good... spectacular bravura... sensational wizardry... Violinist of great technical accomplishment and communicative warmth. Gramophone The sensuous lyricism of Bisengaliev’s Brahms is something I will long remember. Listener (New Zealand)
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| Abigail Blackman
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| Player, Soloist, Teacher (Cello)
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| | Abigail Blackman is a young professional freelance cellist. With a BA hons degree in music from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and a Post Graduate Diploma from the Royal College of Music, London. Abigail has extensive experience in all areas of performance, as well as being an extra for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales she has worked with orchestras such as the National Chamber Orchestra of Wales, the National Concert Orchestra of Wales and Sinfonia Cymru and has also appeared on BBC 2 Wales. She will also be working with bands on recordings and live performances of their work. Abigail recently gave a solo recital in Gloucestershire with pianist Michael Haynes to great acclaim.
Abigail is an extremely versatile player, a fantastic sight reader, punctual and reliable. She is available for all types of work from band and session to orchestral, ensemble or solo. Please feel free to email her for a full CV and Biography.
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| Mark D Blackwell
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| Music Typesetting, Engraver
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| | Blackwell's Music Engraving (Typesetter, Copyist) Services by contract -- will beat any reasonable price -- per page or per job rates. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Provides letter-size hard copy, computer files by email or Internet.
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Mark D. Blackwell was born on the East Coast of the U.S.A. His main musical interests are violoncello, choir singing and composing classical music. As a computer programmer, he makes beautiful sheet music using the software platform, LilyPond.
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| Debora Blank
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| Accompanist, Arranger, Player, Soloist, Teacher
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| | Educación Integrante del Conjunto de Instrumentos antiguos del Instituto Goëthe de Córdoba - ejecutando Viola da Gamba, Flautas Dulces, Guitarra. Cromhornos)... 1973 - 1976 · Bachelor of Music de la Academia Rubin de Jerusalem – Israel (Junio 1983) · Akte Muziekonderwijs Diploma del Conservatorio Real de La Haya – Holanda (Junio 1987). · Certificado de Practitioner en el Arte de la Programación Neurolingüística (PNL) (septiembre de 1992) · Estudios de Musicoterapia en la Universidad de Buenos Aires (Marzo 1995/96) · Certificados de asistencia a los siguientes cursos: La Flauta Dulce en la Música popular - organizado por El Centro Ricordi de Asesoramiento Musical.(1987) Flauta Dulce, Planeamiento, Actividad musical en el Jardín de Infantes - organizado por el Centro Ricordi de Asesoramiento Musical (1976) La Experimentación Musical Creativa - Organizado por la Sociedad Argentina de Educación Musical (1987) Seminario de Neurobiología en Música - Organizado por la Asociación Argentina de Musicoterapia. (1992) Participación como miembro activo del VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Medicina Social presentando el trabajo: Música: instrumento de salud. Raíces étnicas. (1997 - Ctro Cultural Gral San Martín - Bs. As.)
Habilidades Musicales: · Creación de método de enseñanza de música cuyo principio básico es el desarrollo de la creatividad y la identidad propia de cada alumno, aplicando técnicas de Programación Neurolingüística. · Capacidad de arreglar piezas para ser tocadas en pequeñas bandas. · Capacidad de dirigir pequeñas bandas. · Especialidad en música latinoamericana (Tango, Bossa Nova, Folklore Latinoamericano). · Conocimiento profundo de repertorio de guitarra clásica. · Manejo de instrumentos complementarios: Flauta dulce, Saxofón, Flauta Traversa, Clarinete.
Experiencia Laboral: puesto desempeñado · Fundadora y Directora General desde 1988 a la actualidad de “Estudio Arte” – Estudio Musical multi-instrumental. (coordinando 7 profesores a cargo de diferentes instrumentos) · Profesora de Guitarra especialidad Guitarra clásica, folclórica y Tango. · Profesora de Iniciación Musical -· Profesora de Flauta Dulce. -· Profesora de Saxo. - Profesora del taller: Técnicas de Programación Neurolingüística aplicada a la Música. La experiencia acumulada de 14 años de enseñanza a alumnos de entre 4 y 75 años
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