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Name: Prema G. Kesselman
Skills: Player, Soloist, Teacher (Flute, Piano)
Phone: USA: +1 (856) 429 3935 UK: +44 (0)79 6264 2047
Address: United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Flutist Prema Kesselman is an active soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, performing throughout the USA, Canada and UK. She presented a highly successful New York solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 2005, which included two pieces composed specifically for her. The New York Concert Review wrote “Ms. Kesselman handled it all with assurance and a cool and focused tone…rock solid and note perfect…limpid and beautiful…a fluid and tight-ensembled performance. The final chord brought a standing ovation and an encore.” Ms. Kesselman, born in New York, began her serious musical training in Los Angeles, California, where she attended the Colburn School of Performing Arts. Since her concerto debut at the age of 15, she soloed with the Colburn Chamber Orchestra, Herbert Zipper Orchestra, Orchestra da Camera and the Temple University Symphony Orchestra. She has garnered prizes and awards from the Artists International Presentations, Inc., National Flute Association H.S. Soloist Competition, International Music & Dance Association of Canada-Annual Music Competition, Fé Bland Foundation, Myrna W. Brown Young Artist Competition, MTNA National Woodwind Competition, National Arts Association and the Young Musicians Foundation-Beverly Hills, CA. Her performances have been broadcast on Los Angeles’s KUSC 91.5 FM “Sundays at Four” and on WorldSpace digital satellite radio network throughout four continents. In addition, she performed in the Aspen Music Festival and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and in the following prestigious venues: Academy of Music, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Herbert Zipper Concert Hall, Kimmel Center, Sai Kulwant Hall-Prashanti Nilayam, Sydney Opera House, and the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Ms. Kesselman graduated from Temple University-Boyer College of Music in Philadelphia, PA, with a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance, Summa Cum Laude, where she studied flute with David Cramer. Previously, she studied with Nadine Asin, Peter Lloyd, and Catherine Ransom, and has performed under the baton of Daniel Hege, Daniel Lewis, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leonard Slatkin, and David Zinman, to name a few. Ms. Kesselman was previously Guest 2nd Flute with the Haddonfield Symphony and substitute flute with the New World Symphony. In the 2004-2005 season, she was presented as a guest artist in a solo recital sponsored by the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia and performed in South India with the Universal Symphony Orchestra, comprised of eminent musicians from all over the world. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Flute Performance Studies at the Trinity College of Music, where she is studying flute with Wissam Boustany. Ms. Kesselman is sponsored the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program, which is one of the largest, most competitive scholarships available in the performing arts in the USA.

 

Name: Junghee Keum
Skills: Player, Teacher
Phone: +44 (0)121 449 0248
Address: 228 Alcester road, birmingham B13 8EY, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
I am a freelance viola player available for work with orchestras, quartets , chamber music and teaching work in the uk.

I studied with Rivka Golani and have m.mus in viola

For more details please contact me or find a detailed cv on morgensterns website www.morgensternsdiaryservice.com

 

Name: Dr.Bhaskar V. Khandekar
Skills: Accompanist, Composer, Player, Soloist, Teacher, Writer (same)
Phone: 0761-4002775
Fax: 0761-2490086
Address: Kalavardhan Academy, Near Jain Mandir, Agrawal Colony ,, jabalpur MP 482001, India
Links: Website     E-mail
 
India's First Music Therapist ,Dedicated to Music Therapy since 1993. First Ph.D. in Music Therapy.Hindustani Violinist , Musicologist .Dr.Bhaskar is not only a brilliant performing artist but also a eminent educationalist . Having more than 10 years Teaching Experience of classical music. Dr.Bhaskar has also given powerful play-back -music for many theatres and dramas entitling him as wonderful composer . He has given many successful Performances & Lec-Demos , and received wide appreciation all over India .

In his Second Phase - Dr.Bhaskar Khandekar is a very peculiar Astrologer and Gems Expert . His clinical approach and guaranteed Musical Remedies through horoscope , distinguish him as an authentic and extraordinary personality in this field . He had developed a 9 month Music Therapy Course for pregnancy period , so as to avoid psyco-somatic problems and to have a brilliant child. Activly , Dr. Bhaskar Khandekar is promoting and popularizing classical music through " KALAVARDHAN " Academy of Performing Arts Jabalpur .

He is also Director of RAASI "Research And Advance Studies Institute" ,where many research scholars are doing Ph.D. under his guidance . As a musicologist ,violinist and therapist Dr.Bhaskar is a eminent name of destinction and perfection making him pioneer of all his fields.

Dr.Bhaskar has obtained his Masters degree in Violin and had Ph.D. in very rare subject called " Music Therapy " from the reputed Indira Kala Sangeet VishvaVidyalaya Khairagarh .[C.G]. Apart from being a musician he is also master of Business Administration and hold the diploma for the same in 1984.

 

Name: Amit Khaneja
Skills: Singer, Soloist (Lyric Tenor)
Phone: +1 (718) 382 5896
Address: 2246 Ocean Av 4-F, Brooklyn, USA 11229, United States
Links: E-mail
 
Amit has thrilled his audience with the shear beauty and vibrancy of his voice. He has lent his voice to early music, lieder and opera and has been praised for an unending legato and a sense of urgency in his voice which blooms at the top and is complimented by a commanding stage presence.

Amit has appeared widely in New York, in operas and oratorios, having sung with Dicapo opera among others in roles such as Tamino (Die Zauberfloete), Nemorino (L'elisir d'amore), Alfredo (La Traviata), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), to name a few. Amit’s Lyric tenor has been lent to numerous performances of Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte) and Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) with New York Opera Productions, Amato Opera, NYC and has been hailed by The Voice-NYC as “Silvery tenor with a fine legato that remains true to Mozart’s music even in the most demanding passages”. He has also appeared with various ensembles in the Tristate area such as New York Cantata Singers-NYC, BC Chorale, BC orchestra, First Presbyterian Chorale NJ, Douglaston Singers NY and Good Shepherd Choir, in important oratorio works such as Alexander's feast(Handel), Messiah (Handel), Weihnacht's oratorium (Bach), and countless Bach cantatas for the Tenor voice. Amit debuted at the Carnegie Hall in a program of songs and arias in 2003 to a very receptive audience. His success at Carnegie Hall led to other concert engagements in NYC.

Amit has been praised for lending his italianate bel canto style to Lieder and Italian art song singing. Liederabends, which have particularly been praised, include Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Mahler), which was presented in Toronto, Die Schoene Mullerin (Schubert) presented in New York, and a compilation of Tosti songs presented in Italy. He has sung concerts in India, Germany, Israel, Canada, Italy and USA and has been awarded Zubin Mehta Scholarship and Indian Council of Cultural Relations Award for musical excellence. Amit has been invited to important festivals such as Jugendfestspieltreffen in Bayreuth,Germany; International Vocal Arts Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel ; Toronto Music festival, Toronto, Canada; IIVA, Chiary, Italy; Sangat Music Festival, Bombay, India.

Reviews include The Voice, New York, BC Magazine, Brooklyn-NYC, The Times of India- New Delhi, Indian Express, New Delhi, La Corriere della Sera, Italy. All reviews have praised his silvery tenor and musicianship unanimously.

 

Name: Mr Gold Gold Ki-Matono
Skills: Singer (download my music with rapid shares.com)
Phone: +256 772 387 892
Address: lubaga, Kampala 256, Uganda
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Mr Gold Ki-Matono was born on 20th Oct 1970, in Mulago Hospital in Uganda. His grandmother madren Najuma taught him many things about people in the world and their home. At the age of twelve he was the best musician at his school, Kijukira Primary - Kassanda - Mubende. His desire to learn about the rest of the world and uganda. In 1993 he started to learn the drams (jazz) and singing. Mr Gold Ki-Matono is a radio presenter on Radio Simba in Binsangawano. MR Gold Ki-Matono is an artist who use play in different places. He is a musician who can sing and dance for all the people in the world.

 

Name: Olivia Kilmartin
Skills: music copyist (computerized music setting, editing and proof-reading)
Phone: +44 (0)20 8986 4327
Fax: +44 (0)20 8986 4327
Address: 48 Cassland Road, London E9 7AN, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
I am a freelance music copyist with 10 years experience in music publishing, offering a professional music-setting service using both the Windows and Acorn version of Sibelius. I can also scan scores which can then be edited or transposed.

 

Name: Angela Jia Kim
Skills: Soloist
Address: United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Described as 'a superb colorist' with 'playing that encompasses the full range of sound from the very delicate to the very powerful', pianist Angela Jia Kim has delighted audiences around the world in recital, orchestral, and chamber music performances. Maria Curcio, the eminent protégé of Artur Schnabel, described Angela as 'a real virtuoso of the instrument ... [with] astonishing artistry at the keyboard'. She went on to predict that Ms. Kim would 'represent her country on the world stage as one of the great musicians of our time.'

In addition to performances in cities such as New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Paris, Warsaw, Toronto, and Montreal, Angela has been featured on PBS Television, Japan's NHK telecast throughout Asia, CBC Radio broadcast throughout Canada, Chicago's WMFT-FM (Dame Myra Hess Concert Series), New York's WNYC, and Washington D.C.'s Voice of America.

 

Name: Michelle Kim
Skills: Soloist
Address: New York
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Pianist Michelle Kim is captivating the attention of audiences throughout the United States and abroad for her unique blend of pianistic power, poetry and striking stage presence. Described as "an artist of intense passion and profound sincerity," Ms. Kim has performed solo recitals and with orchestras in South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Central America and throughout the United States, including soloist appearances with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Music Festival Orchestra, the Livingston Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Catania. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Newark Symphony Hall, the Brevard Music Center Festival, the John Harms Center, the Teatro Massimo di Catania in Sicily, the Conservatory of Monteverdi in Bolzano, the Great Hall of the University of Leeds and the Sejong Cultural Center.

Recent seasons included “Sunday’s Live” series at LACMA in Los Angeles which was broadcast live on K-Mozart, performances in the Dame Myra Hess Series at the Chicago Cultural Center which was broadcast live on WFMT, the Internationals in West Palm Beach, Festival des Claviers en Poitou, France, the Mozart Festival in Ohio, the Roundtop Center for the Arts, Maine and orchestral appearances with the Staten Island Symphony, the Flagler Symphony, the NJCU Symphony and the Hamilton-Fairfield Orchestra, the Reading Symphony, the Paducah Symphony and the Lima Symphony.

Upcoming performances include Caramoor, the Ridgefield Symphony, the Brooklyn Symphony the Bergen Philharmonic, the Bangor Symphony and other recital performances in New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Chicago and West Palm Beach.

 

Name: Edmund Kimbell
Skills: Accompanist, Singer, Soloist, Teacher, translator (Provide programme or singing translations of German texts.)
Phone: +1 773 935 1803
Fax: +1 773 935 9180
Address: 450 West Melrose Avenue, #222, Chicago, Illinois 60657-3818, United States
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Countertenor and pianist Edmund Kimbell is a versatile and multi-faceted artist who switches easily between voice and keyboard. As singer, his opera roles include the Czarevitch Feodor in "Boris Godunov" with the San Francisco Opera, Miles in Britten's "The Turn of the Screw" with the Sarasota Opera, and concert performances of the Page and Fourth Jew in "Salome and Amor" in Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice," as well as numerous Amahls. Concert and recital appearances include Bernstein's "Missa Brevis" at the Grant Park Music Festival, Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" with the San Francisc Symphony Chorus, and Lieder recitals in California, Illinois and Canada.

As pianist, he performs both as soloist and as accompanist. Focusing on 19th and 20th century music, his repertoire ranges from Romantic Lieder through the lyric asceticism of Federico Mompou to the tumultuous "Fantasy Sonata" by contemporary prize-winning composer Michael A. Kimbell, which he has premiered. Mr. Kimbell frequently accompanies himself. He has also directed his own chamber arrangement of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" from the keyboard.

He can be heard (as boy soprano) in the world premiere recording of Daniel Kobialka's "Antiphony Across . . ." and as the voice of Young Bobbin in "Loom," an audio play produced by LucasFilm Games. His translations of two of the plays of the Austrian comic dramatist Ferdinand Raimund are published by Peter Lang. Side pursuits include theatrical lighting and sound design and intellectual property issues relating to the Internet.

 

Name: The King's Ensemble
Skills: ensemble (Brass Quintet)
Phone: +44 (0)1443 436709
Address: 15 LLEWELLYN STREET, PENTRE, MID GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES CF41 7BY, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
This newly formed Brass Quintet are located in South Wales, Great Britain. We cater for all types of events ranging from weddings, corporate events, and parties through to recitals and formal concerts. The ensembles repertoire consits of baroque, classical, jazz, pop, world music - catering for all musical tastes.

 

Name: Kingdom Choir
Skills: Choir
Phone: +44 (0)7946 734 992
Address: 21 The Avenue, London W41HA, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
Kingdom Choir Kingdom Choir have performed besides the likes of Elton John, Luther Vandross, the Spice Girls, Michael Ball, Leslie Garrett, Alexander O'Neal, not to mention Gospel Greats such as Andrae Crouch, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Helen Baylor, Alvin Slaughter and Jessy Dixon.

The Kingdom Choir are a collection of outstanding singers drawn from various churches in the London area. Karen Gibson leads them, an experienced singer and director, whose skills have made this choir one of the most sought after for radio and television work.

They have appeared on major religious radio and television shows such as Songs of Praise, First Light and the Gospel Train. Venues range from the Royal Albert Hall and St Paul's Cathedral to Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square and even the Millennium Dome. They have performed besides the likes of Elton John, Luther Vandross, the Spice Girls, Michael Ball, Leslie Garrett, Alexander O'Neal, not to mention Gospel Greats such as Andrae Crouch, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Helen Baylor, Alvin Slaughter and Jessy Dixon.

Charities with which they have been involved include Amnesty International, Bishop Desmond Tutu's PEN for political prisoners, Jubilee 2000, The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and The Churches Commission for Racial Justice. They have performed for dignitaries such as Bishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, performing alongside Joan Armatrading for the latter, singing a tribute song especiallypenned for him by Joan. The choir have also won the Church Minstrels for the Year 2000, an annual competition hosted by BBC Radio 2. They have been featured on a feature film (Tube Tales), a TV series (Maisie Raine), an advert (for Orange), on radio, on CD recordings and in places as far afield as Ireland, Hungary and Israel.

 

Name: Kingston Chamber Orchestra
Skills: Orchestra
Address: United Kingdom
Links: Website     
 
The Kingston Chamber Orchestra performs three concerts per year in Kingston Parish Church. We are an amateur orchestra with a professional approach to programming, combining standard repertoire (e.g.Haydn 104)with unusual pieces (e.g. Moeran - Sinfonietta)and new works. We rarely need wind players but vacancies arise in the string section from time to time! We are particularly keen to hear from composers with works for chamber orchestra. [2(1).2(1).2(1).2. 2.2.0.0.T Perc Str] and from soloists wishing to perform rarely heard concertos.

 

Name: Kingston Quartet
Skills: Ensemble
Phone: +44 (0)7950 636509
Address: East Sussex, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
The Kingston Quartet first formed in 1999 and have since gone from strength to strength having recently performed for HRH The Countess of Wessex and The Lord Mayor of London.

The quartet are available to hire for weddings and functions and also perform regular concerts. Details of our upcoming concerts are on our website.

Since the quartet first formed they have performed at The Barbican, the Royal Academy of Arts, The Mansion House and Dorich House Museum.

 

Name: Michael Geoffrey Kirby
Skills: soloist, teacher
Phone: +34 670837316
Fax: +34 922682437
Address: Prol. C/ Cortes 41, Res. V.J. Radazul Alto, , El Rosario, Tenerife. 38109, Spain
Links: Website     E-mail
 
I am the Principal Clarinettist of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Clarinet in the Conservatorio Superior de Musica in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. If you go to my web page you can find out more about me and my activities as a clarinettist.

 

Name: Dave Knight
Skills: Teacher (Drum tutor)
Phone: +44 (0)7939 622030
Address: Talkin Headz, 6 Apsley Hill, Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK17 8NJ, United Kingdom
Links: E-mail
 
Dave Knight is an exciting, talented young drummer yet has over eight years of playing, teaching and recording experience.

He studied at London's Drumtech under Brian Greene, Paul Elliot, Mark Roberts Terry Gregory and Pete Cater, developing not only his drumming skills but also his music theory and recording ability.

Dave's eight years experience makes him highly proficient in all styles of contemporary playing including; Rock, Pop, Jazz, Funk and Latin. Dave has toured Europe, played in shows and is a regular session and recording drummer with valuable recording experience.

 

Name: Steven J Knight
Skills: Player, Soloist
Address: Greater London, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Hello, I am a young clarinet player who is about to pass Grade 8. I have a wide range of repertoire that fits nearly all styles. I play for a small but talented Youth Orchestra.

 

Name: Tia Knight
Skills: Composer, Singer
Address: WA 98198, United States
Links: E-mail
 
Haunting and magical music ... full of spells, wonder and dreams.

 

Name: Francis Knights
Skills: Accompanist, Conductor, Player, Teacher, Writer
Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Links: Website     E-mail
 
Francis Knights studied at London, Oxford and Nottingham universities, and has held research and teaching posts at the Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford University and the British Library. His research interests include cathedral music, manuscript sources, performance practice and early keyboard instruments; he is editor of 'Clavichord International' journal, and has published numerous articles and editions. As well as giving recitals on harpsichord, clavichord and organ, he directs the chamber choir Voces Angelicae and the period-instrument baroque ensemble Bach Collegium Oxford.

 

Name: Sezai Kocabiyik
Skills: Player (Oboe)
Phone: +90 212 259 24 26
Address: ISTANBUL, Turkey
Links: E-mail
 
Born in Bulgaria. Graduated from the State Conservatory in Istanbul. Postgraduate degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

 

Name: Nikola Kodjabashia
Skills: Arranger, Composer, Player, Soloist, Teacher, Writer
Phone: +389 91 221 824
Fax: +389 91 114 154
Address: Leninova 14a, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 91000
Links: E-mail
 
Born: 06.06.1970 in Skopje, Macedonia into a family of musicians. Father, Yane Kodjabashia composer and PhD. in Byzantin music. Mother Rujica Kodjabashia, primary music school teacher. Work Experience: 1999-2000 personal music & software assistant of Rolf Gehlhaar [sound=space] multimedia, 1995–1998 Macedonian National Radio and Television as a music producer and TV presenter, 1996-1998 Professor of piano at the "National Music and Ballet Educational Center" in Skopje, Macedonia. Education: 1999/2000 Master Degree in composition with Sir Harrison Birtwistle at King's College London. 1998 Post-graduate (Magisterium) diploma in composition from Academia de Musica in Bucharest, Romania with Anatol Vieru (student of Khachaturian and Shostakovich). Graduated from the Faculty of Musical Arts at the St. Cyril and Methody University in Skopje, 1993 in piano and 1997 in composition. Composition master classes: with Marco Stroppa (IRCAM), György Kurtag and György Ligeti. Piano master classes: with Boris Romanov, Imre Rohmann, Zoltan Kocsis, etc.

Works: Musical Drama "Explosion of a Memory" for 3 singers, actor, dancer, orchestra a due and live electronics, "Homework" for 5 instruments, "Assumptions" for piano 1999/2000, "Yellow Sostenuto" for ensemble & electronics 1999, "Kraftwerk Scherzo & Blues", "Hymn" 1998, "Symphony 1997" for large orchestra, "Die Hamletmaschine suite" upon the play by Heiner Müller for synth & samplers 1997. "Passacaglia" for Orchestra a tre "Canon with a blue end" for strings, "Crossfader" for 14 soloists, 1996, "Sonata 1992" and "Catharsis Variations" 1991 for piano, several Theatre and Film soundtrack commissions, "Alshar live plus" the jazz album 1997/98, etc… Discography: "Die Hamletmaschine and Songs Without Words" – Theatre and Film Music Compilation, Fyrma Records, 1998; "Alshar live @ Ohrid Summer Festival" – Live Recording, Fyrma Records 1998. "Guan" – piano music from Macedonian Contemporary Composers, Skopje Jazz Festival Records, 1995; "Macedonian Document" – Various Underground Artists, Trotoar Records, 1997. Commissions: piano concerto for Julian Joseph's 2000/01 concert series, Violin and electronics piece for Oleg Kondratenko's contemporary music recital tour-Germany 2000/01, Piano piece "Assumptions" for Julian Jacobson's "Beethoven Plus" recital series (premiered on 8th of March at Regent hall, London), piano piece for Marcelo Bratke, Musical Drama "Explosion of a Memory" for the Macedonian National Opera (to be premiered on 21st of June in Skopje), "Crossfader" for the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Public's award for best new piece at "the Moscow Autumn Festival" 1996), "Die Hamletmaschine"1996, "Mission"1998, and "The Dark Knight Returns"1999 theatre soundtracks commissioned by Macedonian National Theatre, "Amaro ma non troppo" a film soundtrack for MRTV and Vardar Films, etc…

Recitals: 1994 touring Great Britain, performing recitals of his own works at festivals in Manchester (for EPTA), St Giles Cripplegate, London, Bradford, Litchfield, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Southend-on-Sea, and also in Ljubljana (Slovenia) 1993, Bucharest (Romania) in 1997 Szombathely (Hungary) 1993, Sofia, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Krayova (Romania) 1992, Sarajevo (Bosnia) 1990 and many more in Macedonia. Awards: Public's award for best new piece at "the Moscow Autumn Festival" 1996 for the piece "Crossfader", Best Festival Premiere for "Katharsis Variations" on DMM 1992, Theoretical articles, texts and publications: "Stravinsky's Serenade en La" - the modal approach, King's College London 1999, "Igor Stravinsky and Charlie Parker" – a comparative thesis, Union of the Romanian composers magazine 1997, "Sonology, spectral analyses and psycho-acoustics" – three essays, NAUKA, Macedonian popular science magazine 1998, "MIDI and AUDIO in orchestration", "Re-Composing the past" ZVUK Macedonian contemporary music magazine 1997, 24 TV scenarios for the "Musical Magazine" series on Macedonian National TV 1996/98, numerous audio and text reviews for the Macedonian National Radio and TV 1995/98, etc…Other: -Steinway & Sons piano artist (please visit www.Steinway.com), -ECAM ltd. Artist -Artistic director and composer of the ALSHAR ensemble -Member of the Macedonian union of composers [Information about Nikola Kodjabashia also available on most large Internet providers search engines, please type: Kodjabashia, or: Alshar, and click search] Nationality: Macedonian

 

 


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