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Name: Alexei Steblev
Skills: soloist (cello)
Phone: +7 095 905 4553
Fax: +7 095 905 4553
Address: Vesennyaya 25 - 2 - 21, Moscow 127635, Russia
Links: E-mail
 
ALEXEI STEBLEV cello Alexei Steblev was born in 1972 in Moscow, Russia and began playing cello at the age of 6. His studies took place at the Gnessin school of music and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Prof. I.Gavrysh. He gave his first public performance at the age of nine in the Rachmaninov Hall performing the J.C.Bach Concerto with the Moscow Conservatory Orchestra. Alexei has appeared in recitals and concertos all over Russia in cities such as Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Novosibirsk, Gorky, Odessa and many others. In 1988 he won the First prize on the "Concertino Prague" international competition followed by numerous engagements in Eastern European festivals. In 1990 he made a tour in Great Britain. The following year Alexei was invited to join string «Moscow-quartet». In 1993, being the member of this ensemble, he become a prize-winner of the Shostakovitch international string quartet competition in St.Petersburg. Lately he has appeared in several international music festivals including Evian, Braunschweig, Istanbul, Belgrade, Bregenz, Florence, Salzburg, Al-Kuwait... performing quartets and other chamber ensembles in collaboration with the "Borodine" quartet, Alexandre Rudine, Martin Lovett, Konstantin Lifshitz and many others. In 1995 the «Moscow-quartet» has recorded the world-premier CD of the complete works written by A.S.Taneev for "Olympia records"(London), in 1998 group recorded CD of selected works for quartet commissioned by Moscow Government. Since 1995 Alexei Steblev combines quartet playing with leadership of cello group in chamber orchestra «Arpeggione», Hohenems, Austria. Since 1998 Alexei is an assistant of Prof. I.Gavrysh in Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

 

Name: Steel City Sax Quartet
Skills: Arranger, Ensemble
Phone: +44 (0)114 2749071
Address: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Steel City Sax are a young, female saxophone quartet based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire (UK). We play a range of jazz, classical and popular music including many of our original arrangements. Suitable for wedding ceremonies and receptions, garden and birthday parties and other celebratory and coroporate events as well as recitals and music festivals.

Arrangement of specific pieces of music is available on request. Visit our website to hear us perform and view our current repertoire list.

 

Name: Juliana Steinbach
Skills: Soloist (pianist)
Phone: +33 6 63 41 12 30
Address: 36 rue Broca, Paris 75005, France
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Praised by the critics for her fiery temperament, exceptional charisma and great command of her instrument in the romantic and modern repertoires, as well as for the elegance, subtlety and intelligence of her classical interpretations, Brazilian-born pianist Juliana Steinbach is one of the most gifted artists of the young generation. Since her successful debut with the Israel Symphony Orchestra in 2002, Juliana Steinbach’s career has developed increasingly, with concerto appearances in Paris, Leipzig, Budapest and Prague, as well as recitals and chamber music performances in major venues and festivals throughout Europe (such as the Paris Auditorium du Louvre and Cité de la Musique, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Hamburg Musikhalle, Salzburg Festival and Firenze Teatro della Pergola), in North and South America (New York Lincoln Center, Buenos Aires Teatro Colón), Israel (Tel Aviv Museum) and in all the Asian capitals.

A recipient of many grants and awards (Cziffra, Natexis, Umberto Micheli, Meyer Foundations), Juliana Steinbach has been a top prizewinner in several international piano competitions (Artlivre in São Paulo, Tel-Hai in Israel). The First Prize at the ‘Premio Vittorio Gui’ (Firenze, Italy) in 2002 and the Beethoven Prize at the Trieste Competition (Italy) in 2005 contributed greatly to the dynamism of her chamber music and recital career. Having already recorded four chamber music albums for French and German labels, Juliana Steinbach will present in 2008 her solo debut recording, among other discographic projects. Highlights of her 2008/09 season include a concerto premiere in New York, several Messiaen 2008 celebration performances, as well as recital and chamber music appearances in Europe, United States and Brazil.

Juliana Steinbach began her musical training in France; after earning the highest degrees at Paris Conservatory, she successfully pursued her piano studies at the prestigious Imola Academy in Italy and The Juilliard School in New York. She has studied with Joseph Kalichstein, Jacques Rouvier, Franco Scala, Pnina Salzman and Maria João Pires.

In August 2005, Juliana Steinbach launched the ‘Music in Brionnais’ Piano and Chamber Music Festival in France (www.musique-en-brionnais.com). Now an annual event, it draws an international audience to the exquisite Romanesque churches of Southern Burgundy. A full week of performances and workshops, the festival allows the young pianist to build original programs and to present new projects, in recital and with some of her finest music partners.

 

Name: Urs Leonhardt Steiner
Skills: Arranger, Composer, Conductor
Phone: +1 415 401 9229
Fax: +1 415 401 9229
Address: 830 Yorkstreet, San Francisco CA, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Music Director and Conducter of the San Francisco Sinfonietta ,San Francisco CMC Orchestra Artistic adviser Musica en los Barrios Managua Nicaragua

 

Name: Simone Stella
Skills: Composer, Conductor, Player, Teacher, Writer (organ, harpsichord)
Address: Firenze, Italy
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Born in Florence (Italy) in 1981, Simone Stella studied piano at the Conservatory "L. Cherubini" of Florence with Rosanita Racugno, and perfected his piano studies with Marco Vavolo. Studying organ with Alessandro Albenga, he is also a disciple of the harpsichordist Francesco Cera for ancient music, and studied organ improvisation in Cremona with Fausto Caporali and Stefano Rattini. He has attended many courses and seminars held by internationally acclaimed artists including Ton Koopman, Giancarlo Parodi, Edoardo Bellotti, Mariella Mochi, Montserrat Torrent, Michel Bouvard, Stefano Innocenti, Claudio Brizi, Klemens Schnorr, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Ludger Lohmann, Umberto Forni, Monika Henking, Guy Bovet, Matteo Imbruno and Luca Scandali.

First Prize Winner in the International Organ Competition "Agati-Tronci" in Pistoia in 2008, and in both the 2004 and 2005 editions of the "Alessandro Esposito" Organ Competition held in Lucca, Italy, Simone Stella maintains an active concert schedule, both as a soloist and in various chamber formations, in Italy, Spain, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands. His repertoire includes the vast majority of Johann Sebastian Bach's keyboard works, as well as organ music from every historical era up to and including the present day. He is an active composer of instrumental music, both for solo instruments and chamber groups, in addition to working on free urtext editions of keyboard works by italian renaissance and baroque composers.

He was titular organist at the historical Orsanmichele Church in Florence.

Also acclaimed as a poet and critic, having won prizes in several international competitions, Simone Stella was awarded at a very young age the titles of Academic Senator by the International Academy of the Micenei and Accademico di Merito by the Italian Academy of the Etruscans for his musical and literary talents.

 

Name: Stephen Powell Music Services
Skills: Music Typesetting
Phone: +44 (0)1827 898219
Address: Tamworth, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
SPMS provides all music score production and music copying services using top quality Sibelius notation software. A personal and expert approach is provided by an experienced, performing musician. Based in Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK. Scores and instrumental parts for any size of ensemble can be produced, from solo instrumental pieces to large-scale orchestral and choral works. Classical and Theatre music are a speciality, but all genres of music are available. All work is produced to publication standard.

Clients include Geraint Lewis (UK), Neil Gardner (UK), George Caird (UK), Joris de Man (Holland and USA), Margi Harrell (USA), Michael Stimpson (UK), Dominic Hartley (UK), Chris Young (UK), Bolton Browne (UK), Robert Dove (UK). Scores prepared for clients have been performed by the strings of The Hallé Orchestra, The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, The Albion Ensemble and The Armonioso String Quartet.

Other services include: Transposition, Arranging, Orchestration, Specialised Avant Garde notation, Transcription, Recording, Music for Schools. Full details are available on the website (see link). Stephen Powell was born in Birmingham in 1961 and studied piano, violin, viola and oboe at school. He attended the University of Wales in Bangor where he continued his piano studies with Ann Rees and composition with William Mathias.

After graduating with a B.Mus from Bangor, Stephen joined the postgraduate Piano Accompaniment Course at Trinity College of Music in London. Member of The Incorporated Society of Musicians.

 

Name: Nigel Conway Stephens
Skills: Arranger, Player, Music Typesetter using Neuratron PhotoScore & Sibelius (Violinist)
Phone: +44 20 8660 2473
Address: 63 Downlands Road, Purley, Surrey CR8 4JJ, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
COMPETITIVE RATES/FAST RESPONSE TIME. Nigel provides a comprehensive and very personal notation service utilising the latest software, with a fast response time at reasonable rates. He can transcribe from handwritten manuscripts to produce high quality scores of any size from piano and vocal to full symphony orchestra.

In addition, he is able to carry out rapid transpositions from handwritten or printed music, and arrange music for various ensembles. Nigel is regularly required to carry out such arrangements at short notice for local String Quartets and other groups from piano/vocal scores for example.

Nigel's background is as a violinist. In earlier years he travelled extensively and absorbed influences of many ethnic styles from Scottish reels to Czechoslovakian dance in addition to the Classical repertoire. He currently plays with a number of London ensembles/orchestral groups and has begun a series of his own compositions.

 

Name: Rivka Stern
Skills: Composer
Phone: 972-2-9991882
Address: 38 Nachal Sorek st., Beit Shemesh 990110, Israel
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Biography: Rivka Stern was born in Haifa, Israel 1963. Her parents origin mixed from Luxemburg and Lebanon. Her father was Violinist, and she listened to a lot of live concerts from a very early age. Learnt Classical Ballet from age 12, and started to play Classical guitar from age 14. In age 21 composed her first Vocal song with guitar. Composed tens of songs from a lot of styles: Country, folk, soul, children songs etc. In December 1999 released her first musical Album with 14 traditional songs in Hebrew, where she composed all the melodies, played the guitar and sing. In January 2000 she started to lear Piano. Never take any lesson from any teacher up-to-date, but worked very hard on technic, especially on left hand. Her natural fingers skill helped her to establish the piano level she own today. All her Classical compositions for piano solo are recorded Live while she compose them, using Roland RD-100.

Solo Piano: Rivka Stern is a classical music composer, that compose new tonal music. Most of her works are for Piano Solo. Known as a special melodist, distinguished with a deep spiritual inner meditation and gentle beauty. Her music is original and authentic, wich use the Classical Music language to express the contemporary life

 

Name: Peter Vukmirovic Stevens
Skills: Accompanist, Composer, Player
Phone: +1 (206) 226 8776
Fax: +1 (206) 226 8776
Address: 1222 Summit ave. #301, Seattle 98101, United States
Links: E-mail
 
eter Stevens is a composer and pianist living in Seattle, Washington. His works include music for two pianos and percussion, choral music, mixed chamber, string quartet, percussion ensemble and solo piano. Peter graduated magna cum laude from Cornish College of the Arts. He currently studies composition with Samuel Jones, Composer-in-Residence at the Seattle Symphony. His other teachers have included Bern Herbolsheimer, David Mahler, Jarrad Powell, David Mesler and Bodhan Bubak in the Czech Republic. He performs in Seattle as a solo pianist, accompanist, and with Chamber Music Seattle. He has debuted his works with the New Prague Theater and at the Soros Contemporary Arts Center in Prague, Czech Republic.

 

Name: Charles (Chuck) Floyd Stevenson
Skills: Arranger, Player, Singer, Soloist, Teacher
Phone: +1 310 457 6520
Fax: +1 310 919 3545
Address: 29500 Heathercliff #195, Malibu 90265, United States
Links: E-mail
 
young looking 50 year old electric bass player.studing for 30+years.Jaco P's first bass student Ft Laud 1968-69.brought to LA by Captain Beyond's B.Caldwell (drummer)..numerous rock acts prefer jazz funk/free (groove master)pro tool literate..last touring act was with Axe out of texas..

have been running construction bussiness and now retired going back to playing full time (kids are raised.."a lot of right hand facility" of Cuban anscestry..grew up in South Florida..have toured europe 75-76 available for gigs,teaching etc..

 

Name: Jim Stewart
Skills: Teacher (Drum tutor)
Phone: +44 (0)7830 178534
Address: 1 Crooks Terrace, Grove Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 7BL, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
Jim has been a gigging musician since his school days and has a wealth of live performing experience and has played in various bands at small and large venues.

He formed Outofinto in 2000, playing and recording their unique brand of British Heavy metal. Jim is also a regular in the drum seat of the popular Dr Hexters Healers blues band.

 

Name: Kenneth Stiles
Skills: Singer, Soloist (Countertenor soloist)
Phone: +44 (0)1924 470986
Address: 8 Western Avenue, Birstall, West Yorkshire WF17 0PF, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
I am a UK based Countertenor soloist living near the city of Leeds.

I am an experienced, if relatively unknown singer and spent 17 years singing with Canterbury Cathedral Choir, travelling with them on many overseas tours including 2 trips to the USA and Canada.

I specialise in Baroque music and am particularly fond of the music of JS Bach. I hold an ARCM performers diploma in singing from the Royal College of Music in London.

I have studied with Jeremy Jackman, formerly of the Kings Singers, Ashley Stafford and Andrew Watts.

 

Name: Alastair Stout
Skills: Composer, Player
Phone: +1 412 269 3431
Address: 1439 1/2 Ridge Avenue, Coraopolis PA 15108, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Alastair Stout was born in 1975. He Studied Composition and Organ at the Royal College of Music (1993 - 1997) with Joseph Horovitz, at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1997 - 1998) with Dr. Rober Saxton and is currently working for a PhD in Composition at Royal Holloway, University of London with Simon Holt (due for completion in 2001).

His portfolio comprises a range of works from solo to multi-media dramatic pieces including ensemble,vocal and orchestral music. He has collaborated with choreographers at the London Contemporary Dance School, writing for the Internet (www.longtales.com) and for the theatre (GSMD production of The Cherry Orchard).

His works have been performed by ensembles including the Brunel Ensemble, Composer's Ensemble, Ixion, Chroma, St. Paul's Cathedral and Waltham Abbey Choirs, and solo artists such as Rolf Hind, Sarah Walker and Melinda Maxwell. The music has been played in in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall, Sir Henry Wood Hall, Reid Concert Hall, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, and festivals such as the Spitalfields Festival, Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Gregynog Festival and the Hoxton New Music Days. His music has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Radio Shetland.

Alastair is also an organist specialising in 20th century repertoire. He has played in St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Ely Cathedral and in churches throughout Britain. Organ works have been written for him by Arthur Wills, Stephen Wilcocks and Gordon Lawson. He was assistant organist at Wesley's Chapel, London from 1993 - 2001.

 

Name: Karis Stretton
Skills: Soloist (Pianist)
Address: United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
A prizewinner in the British Contemporary Piano Competition, Karis Stretton has performed as a soloist, accompanist and ensemble musician in many of the UK's principal concert venues, including St. John's Smith Square and the Queen Elizabeth Hall. She made her Purcell Room debut as a finalist for the European Music for Youth Piano Prize and gave her first international performance in Cologne, Germany.

Taking her first piano lessons at the age of nine, Karis went on to receive a scholarship for entry to Birmingham Conservatoire where she studied piano with Malcolm Wilson. She graduated with first class BA Honours having won awards for her solo playing as well as her performances as a chamber musician. Moving to London, she studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Susan Alexander Max, who remained her tutor for a number of years. In master-classes, Karis has worked with many distinguished concert artists including Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe and Philip Fowke.

Karis performs a variety of music with a repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the present day. She retains a keen interest in twentieth century and contemporary works and she has collaborated with composers and groups in a variety of projects. Examples include performing with B.E.A.S.T. (Birmingham Electro-Acoustic Sound Theatre) to give the world première of Mike Vaughan’s Collective Memories; working with The Music Collection and Jean-Jaques Dünki, giving the UK première of the Swiss composer's keyboard quartet Tétraptéron; and on-stage performances of music for cello and piano specially commissioned for choreographer Charles Linehan's production of Rialto.

Karis also maintains an involvement in music education. She teaches piano at the Centre for Young Musicians London, coaches at National Young Pianists’ Week, lectures at Open University residential schools, and is an examiner for the Associated Board. In addition, she has given workshops and educational concerts in schools, and participated in the series of study days held in association with Birkbeck College, giving a lecture-recital at Wigmore Hall.

 

Name: Christopher Adam Stripp
Skills: Player, Soloist, Teacher
Phone: +44 (0)7973 654 412
Address: United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Born in 1984, Christopher began playing the clarinet at the age of eleven. In 2000 he gained a Music Scholarship to study with Patrick Shelley at Sherborne School in Dorset for the duration of his sixth form studies. In 2001 Christopher was appointed principal Bass Clarinettist with the National Youth Orchestra where he received coaching from John Bradbury, amongst others, who subsequently became his teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2002. Christopher was a student on the ‘Joint Course’ with the University of Manchester and in July 2005 graduated with honours, being placed in the first class. He has just completed his fourth and final year of study at the RNCM taught by Nicholas Cox.

Christopher has been a recipient of the RNCM’s ‘Winfield/Grayam’ prize for solo woodwind and devotes much of his time to chamber music. He has recently been awarded first place in the RNCM's most prestigious chamber music prize, the Granada Prize, for his performance of Penderecki's Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio. He was also a finalist in the same competition with the Coupland Ensemble playing Brahms' Clarinet Trio.

Christopher has made numerous other appearances at the RNCM as a chamber musician, including performances of Malcom Arnold's Divertimetno for Wind Octet, Schumann's 'Fairy Tale pieces', Khachaturian's Clarinet Trio and Ravel's 'Introduction and Allegro' for flute, clarinet, string quartet and solo harp.

Last summer he toured the Yorkshire Dales with the Vacation Chamber Orchestra playing Schubert’s Octet in F and an arrangement of Richard Strauss’ 'Till Eulenspiegel' for five instruments. With the same ensemble he recently gave performances of Nonets by Martinu and Novak together with Nielsen’s 'Serenata In vano', opening the Ripon Cathedral Concerts Society 2005 season. At the end of July Christopher is due to perform as a concerto soloist with the European Vacation Chamber Orchestra on their tour of Italy and Switzerland. He will then revisit Italy in August to appear with the Orchestra dell'Accademia of the 2006 Stresa Conducting Competition.

 

Name: William Thomas Strong
Skills: Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Player, Teacher (Bassoon, Woodwind Quintet, I can teach all of the woodwinds.)
Phone: +1 (904) 573 9064
Address: 6170 George Wood LN W, Jacksonville/Duval/Florida 32244, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
I am a professional Bassoonist in the Jacksonville, FL area. I perform with 2 local area Orchestras and also a Woodwind Quintet.

I arrange and compose music for Woodwind Quintet. If you are interested in purchasing some of my music please contact me for a list of available pieces.

 

Name: Brandon Daryl Sturiale
Skills: Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Player, Soloist, Writer (In addition to composing and performing solo piano works, I have also scored works for small and large orchestra, stage plays, and children. )
Fax: +1 775-855-7904
Address: New York, NY , United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Brandon is a composer and pianist currently living in New York City. His contemporary piano solos have touched many hearts with their tenderness and ability to evoke images and emotion. Please take the time to find out about upcoming events and appearances, learn more about Brandon's background and career, sample audio clips from his solo CD entitled "Midnight Story", and purchase the album at www.brandonsturiale.com

 

Name: Marcelo Oscar Subrebost
Skills: Composer
Address: Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Links: Website     E-mail
 
He was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Began studying cello and composition at age 15. Study the practical treatise on harmony, Paul Hindemith with Miguel Bellusci. In composition he attended the seminar I teach Francoise Bernard Mache (15 teaching hours), sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of the MCBA

He attended as a Fellow of the course Torches Workshop Foundation Contemporary Music Composition taught by the Masters: Gerardo Gandini, M. Lambertini, F Monjeau and C. Saitta (100 teaching hours). UBA Course: Study and Application of Analog & Digital Media for Music Composition. Conducted by: Pablo Cetta, Oscar Edelstein, Paul Di Lisia, and Horacio Montes Daniel Gutman. Orchestration study with Maestro Bruno D'Astoli.

He graduated in Chamber Music at the National University of Lanus. UNLa. Upon request, he has made arrangements of pieces and concerts for public execution .. In 2003 he was awarded by the National Academy of Fine Arts; Stimulus Dr. Bonifacio del Carril prize for best play chamber music with the Taliban work. He was awarded the national grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006 for music creation. For his work Edge (see Strings) won an Honorable Mention in the Music Competition of the city of Buenos Aires. 2004/2005. CATEGORY "A": Symphonic Music.

Founded in 2000 Century Zero group with Pedro Pablo Pedroso (Cuba) dedicated to running mixed instrumental and electronic music; with sound processing in real time, which has been improvised with other guest musicians. 08.10.2000 in the Music Room at the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center, it was the first concert. 25.11.2001 in the Experimental Center of the Teatro Colon. The 1/12/2001 in the Recoleta Cultural Center in the Patio of the cistern. Several electronic works. 14.07.2002 in the Experimental Center of the Teatro Colon. 18/7/2003 in the Recoleta Cultural Center Auditorium. As associate composer "Research Laboratory and Musical Production" (LIPM) in the Recoleta Cultural Center. He wrote (in 2001), Electronic book "The Piquetero" (quadraphonic) in 3 movements. He is a member of the FARMEba, Argentina Federation of Electroacoustic Music Regional Buenos Aires. He has attended as speaker of the paper " Relationship of electroacoustic music with instrumental issue" : Week Media and Electronic Music . XXI National Meeting , Theatre Prince of Asturias , Rosario , Santa Fe, the 29/09/06 . A R. And the 24/11/06 at the First National Congress of Musical Arts "The Argentine musical art : retrospective and projections the XXI Century" Department of Performing Arts and Sound " Carlos Lopez Buchardo " - IUNA .

 

Name: Haitham Yasin Sukkarieh
Skills: Composer, Conductor, Player, Teacher
Phone: +962 5063432
Fax: +962 5063432
Address: Al - Aqsa , Amman 962127, Jordan
Links: Website     E-mail
 
composer & maestro of jordan orchestra the teacher of composetion $ orchestration & Harmony in Jordan Academy of Music

I play piano and Keybaord , my composetions is a modern oriental style

a had meny songs & theater music

 

Name: Timothy Richard Sullivan
Skills: Arranger, Composer
Fax: +1 416 923 0075
Address: 72 Isabella Street Suite 21, Toronto ON M4Y 1N4, Canada
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Composer and Producer. New work for orchestra, choir, chamber music, opera, film, television. Works for the Dance Theater of Harlem, the National Film Board, Canadian TV, Canadian Opera Company.

 

 


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