| Name:
| Chavdar Parashkevov
| | Skills:
| Soloist
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| | Bulgarian-born violinist Chavdar Parashkevov has captivated audiences throughout Europe and the US with his sensual artistic approach, sensitivity, and virtuosic technique. Born in 1977 Mr. Parashkevov began violin studies at the age of five with Anna Kovacheva. She remained his primary teacher until he graduated with honors from the School for the Performing Arts “Dobri Hristov” in his native city of Varna in 1996.
Mr. Parashkevov has been awarded a number of prizes from various Bulgarian competitions. These include: Second Prize in ”Best Performance of Bulgarian Music” – Varna 1993, First Prize in the National Competition “Svertoslav Obretenov” – Provadia 1994, Special Prize in a competition for the “Best Performance of Czech and Slovak Music” – Varna 1995, First Prize in “Young Talents Competition” – Sofia, and prize for a Bach performance in 1996.
Mr. Parashkevov’s diverse career has included numerous appearances with different orchestras. He has soloed with the Varna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Festival Chamber Orchestra in Varna, as well as the Schumen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of Music School “L. Pipkov” in Sofia, Bulgaria. Throughout the years, Chavdar Parashkevov has studied with many renowned violinists, including Peter Hristoskov, Ginka Gichkova, Eduard Schmieder, Veronica Bogaertz, Thomas Hapanen, Takashi Shimizu and Nelli Shkolnikova.
Mr. Parashkevov is currently working with Andrzej Grabiec at the University of Houston. Since 2002 Mr. Parashkevov has been performing as a core member of the Houston Grand Opera and first violin of the Tomatz Quartet in Houston.
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| Name:
| The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony
| | Skills:
| Orchestra
| | Phone:
| +1 212-570-1200
| | Address:
| 605 Park Avenue , New York, New York 10021, United States
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| | About The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Founded in 1999 and now recognized as one of the finest non-professional ensembles in New York City, The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony combines professional-level music making with a philanthropic mission to support public service organizations operating within New York City.
Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (PACS) members combine successful business careers with considerable accomplishment in music. Members of the orchestra include investment bankers from Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley, as well as judicial law clerks and attorneys from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLC; Sidley Austin Brown & Wood; and the Law Departments of the City of New York and the State of New York. Other members are executives with AIG, AllianceCapital, Bank of America, BMG Records, Cyan Pictures, DB Marketing Technologies, Johnson & Johnson, Nickelodeon, Pfizer, Reader’s Digest, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, RG Niederhoffer Capital Management, RoyalBlue Financial and Tommy Hilfiger, to name a few.
Well schooled in the performing arts, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony members include alumni of The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, The Mannes College of Music and The Curtis Institute of Music, as well as former members of professional orchestras.
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| Name:
| Jane Parker-Smith
| | Skills:
| Soloist (International Concert Organist)
| | Fax:
| +44 (0)870 0518900
| | Address:
| 141 The Quadrangle Tower, Cambridge Square, London W2 2PL, United Kingdom
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| | Jane Parker-Smith is one of the world's leading concert organists, acclaimed by the critics and public alike for her musicianship, virtuosity and interpretative ability. Her studies at the Royal College of Music in London were crowned with a number of prizes and scholarships, including the Walford Davies Prize for organ performance. After a further period of work with the concert organist Nicolas Kynaston, a French government scholarship enabled her to complete her studies in Paris with the legendary blind organist Jean Langlais, perfecting the knowledge and understanding of twentieth-century French organ music for which she is today internationally renowned.
She made her London debut at Westminster Cathedral at the age of twenty, and two years later made her first solo appearance at the BBC Promenade Concerts in the Royal Albert Hall. She has since performed in concert halls throughout the world. She has recorded a wide range of solo repertoire for RCA, Classics for Pleasure, L'Oiseau Lyre, EMI, ASV, Collins Classics and Motette. In addition, she has collaborated with the renowned Maurice André in a duo recording of music for trumpet and organ. She has performed numerous times on radio and television with special feature programmes on both German and Swiss television. She appears frequently at international festivals and is often invited to be a jury member for organ competitions.
Highlights in her concert career have been performances in such major festivals as the City of London, Bath and Three Choirs Festivals in England, with appearances in the International Celebrity Recital Series at Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral and St. Paul's Cathedral in London; abroad she has played in the Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg in Germany, the Jyväskylä Arts Festival in Finland, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Festival Paris Quartier d'Été in France, the Festival L'Europe & L'Orgue Maastricht in Holland, Festival Internationale di Musica Organistica Magadino in Switzerland, the Athens Organ Festival in Greece. She also gave four solo concerts as a guest recitalist at the American Guild of Organists National Centennial Convention in New York and two concerts at the American Guild of Organists National Convention in Philadelphia.
Jane Parker-Smith's extensive concerto repertoire has brought her performances with many leading orchestras, including the BBC Symphony and the BBC Concert Orchestras, the London Symphony, the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras, the Philharmonia, the City of Birmingham Symphony, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Athens State Orchestra and the Prague Chamber Orchestra. She has worked with conductors of the stature of Sir Simon Rattle, Serge Baudo, Carl Davis, Vernon Handley, Matthias Bamert and Richard Hickox.
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| Name:
| Rachel Parkes
| | Skills:
| Teacher
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)1934 830270
| | Address:
| The Acers, 94 Park Road, North Somerset BS49 5HH, United Kingdom
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| | Classically trained singer, BMus (hons). Teaches in all genres of music including musical theatre, early music, rock and opera. Estill-based teaching works on specific voice qualities, support technique and giving a performance authentic to the genre of music.
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| Name:
| Rachel Marie Parkes
| | Skills:
| Singer, Soloist (Coloratura Soubrette Soprano)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)1934 830270
| | Address:
| The Acers, 94 Park Road, Congresbury BS49 5HH, United Kingdom
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| | Rachel graduated from the school of music at the University of Wales with BMus (hons) in 2003 and is known for her "shimmering soprano voice". During her career, Rachel has performed with the award-winning female vocal ensemble Voices SA, and the professional ensembles Con Spirito and Lyrica. Rachel has also performed in a coloratura masterclass with Cardiff Singer of the World's Ingrid Surgenor, toured Prague as the soprano soloist in Tippet’s "A Child of Our Time" and performed at venues across the UK and the East coast of America.
In August Rachel will be the soprano soloist of choice for the premier of a major new work entitled "Namarie", taking place in Austria. Rachel can be heard on the original recording of June Boyce-Tilman's composition "Hildegard Revisited", and has recently recorded a selection of Sacred arias in conjunction with Archangel Recordings, which was premiered in April 2006 on Brunel 200 fm. Rachel has also sung on live radio, by listener request, and has received favourable reviews for her confident and moving performance.
Prizes won include the Churchill Music Prize 1999, Friends of the Playhouse Stage and Film Award and the Kingswood Vocal Prize.
Repertoire includes: Oratorio: Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, JS Bach's Magnificat in D, Rutter's Requiem, Mozart's Grand Mass in C, Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Gloria, Allegri's Miserere, Tippett's A Child of Our Time and Vivaldi's Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera, Mozart' Exultate Jubilate. Musical theatre: Rapunzel in Into the Woods, the Narrator in Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Joanne in Godspell, Pandora in The Secret Diary, Johanna in Sweeney Todd and Clunegonde in Candide. Opera: Barbarina in Le Nozze Di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute.
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| Name:
| Mario Parrella
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Conductor, Player, Soloist (Pianist and Conductor; accompanist for Singers and Chamber Music.)
| | Phone:
| +39 35 595 578
| | Address:
| via S. Zeno 64, Comun Nuovo (Bg) 24040, Italy
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| | - Short Biography - Italian born in Aversa (Caserta), started to study music since he was 3 years old. After his coming to Northern Italy, he continued his musical studies as pianist at the "Conservatorio G. Verdi" in Milan, under the guide of Alberto Colombo. After graduation, prosecuted his studies with the famous russian pianist Lazar Berman.
- Recitals and Competitions - Mario Parrella did give many Recitals for the most important Musical Associations in Italy and abroad. Winner of many International Piano Competitions in 1995 started to study Conducting, and made his debut with the Jupiter Ensemble in 1999 giving recitals dedicated to A. Corelli, G.F.Haendel and J. S. Bach. Actually Mario Parrella is the Musical and Artistic Principal of the "Coro Lirico Bresciano".
- Conducting and Opera - Mario Parrella won in 1995 a International Competition for Assistent at the "Teatro alla Scala" of Milan and there started to study Analisis with Salvatore Sciarrino and Conducting under the guide of Armando Gatto. At the "La Scala" he took part to the staging and performance of many spectacles of the Opera's season. He worked with the most famous guest Conductors of the Theatre and with Riccardo Muti, the Principal Conductor at "La Scala".
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| Name:
| Natalia Paruz
| | Skills:
| Player, Soloist (has a classical music trio of musical saw, vibraphone and cello)
| | Address:
| New York, United States
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| | Natalia Paruz plays classical music on the musical saw, pitched cowbells, handbells, 4-in-hands, theremin, etc.
"Natalia is a wonderful artist, absolutely!...", "Natalia, the saw-lady whom I adore..."these were among the accolades bestowed upon Natalia by Good Day New York's Lynn Brown and Bobby Rivers during a performance by Natalia on this popular early morning NY news and variety TV program. Natalia is no stranger to TV, however. She has been delighting audiences the world over with her unique sonic and visual performances as well as her vivacious and humorous interviews on such acclaimed television programs as Fox After Breakfast, The Vicki Lawrence Show, Oddville MTV, Good Morning America, Over the Edge CBS and Biggers & Summers on the Lifetime channel. Radio audiences have become acquainted with her angelic singing saw through her repeated broadcasts on NPR's 'A Prairie Home Companion', WBAI 99.5FM and WFMU 91.1FM. Natalia's unique talent of playing classical music on 'strange' instruments has sparked great public interest in this dynamic performer. She has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta, with the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by maestro Paul Dunkel, with PDQ Bach composer Peter Schickele at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall and at festivals such as the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, the Utah Arts Festival, the World Trade Center's Buskers Fair, Queens Farm Museum Agricultural Fair, Ecofest NY, Harmony Day, etc. Other performances include the Museum of the City of New York, the Coney Island Museum, numerous performances at the Rainbow Room and concerts around NY, CT, Israel and France. Natalia's saw playing won her a medal of honor from the mayor of the Maisons-Alfort region in Paris, France, a citation of honor from the New York City Council, and she was also chosen by 'Time Out Magazine' for the 'Best of New York' list. Natalia has recorded on Capitol Records, Universal Records, and Atlantic Records
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| Name:
| Stepan Pasicznyk
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Player, Singer, Soloist, Studio recording (Proficient in the use of Cool Edit Pro & Cubase recording software)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)20 8440 7899
| | Address:
| 60 Cranbrook Road, Herts EN4 8UW, United Kingdom
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| | The Ukes is a British Ukrainian band formed by Stepan Pasicznyk formerly of Wedding Present spin off The Ukrainians. It plays traditional Ukrainian music, in a folk rock style, and also traditional style Ukrainian dance "Zabava" music. Concert appearances to date have been in the UK, Canada, France, and Germany.
As well as having recorded more traditional Ukrainian music and original songs about Ukraine in Ukrainian and English since leaving The Ukrainians, Stepan Pasicznyk also works as a session musician, having recorded on projects produced by Justin Sullivan of New Model Army, Phil Manzanera, guitarist of Roxy Music, and "Swill" Odgers of British Punk/Folk Group The Men They Couldn't Hang 's latest release "Elvis Lives Here" with his "Swagger Band". He sessioned on the last release by Ukrainian American duet Darka and Slavko before they parted company.
Other previous Ukrainian musical activity included playing accordion for Reading based Traditional Dance ensemble Metelyk and a year with Ukrainian male voice choir Bulava. He plays with UK Waltham Cross based Ukrainian Dance and general function band Zhnyva. He has translated songs from Ukrainian into English for Ukrainian artist Lessia Horova, and recorded an English version of Razom Nas Bahato, Ukraine's Orange Revolution anthem by Greenjolly. Some of his other musical and media exploits include incidental music for BBC TV's Soccer enthusiasts show Row Z, preparing musical arrangement for a London Theatre production "Husbands and Lovers" by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar, and recording introductory music for Canadian British Columbia longest running Ukrainian radio show, Nash Holos.
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| Name:
| Yvonne Paterson
| | Skills:
| Arranger, Ensemble, Soloist, Teacher (Flute and Guitar Duo)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)7764 852685
| | Address:
| 11 Hunterhill Road, Paisley PA2 6SR, United Kingdom
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| | Andrew Robinson (guitar) and Yvonne Paterson combine to make DUENDE!
An exciting young Scottish duo with flamenco flair, Yvonne and Andrew are both 1st Class Honours graduates and have been playing together since they were at school! The Duo is renowned for their arrangements and versality between various styles. Their extensive repertoire spans many genres including classical, easy listening, and Latin-American. Both performers are highly accomplished, award winning soloists as well as excellent chamber and orchestral musicians.
Check out www.yvonne-flute.webeden.co.uk for more info.
Available for recitals, background music, corporate functions and weddings.
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| Name:
| Pritam Paul
| | Skills:
| Player, sitar player (Sitar Player)
| | Address:
| West Bengal, Kolkata 700040, India
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| | PRITAM PAUL [Sitar Player] 1/17, AZADGARH,TOLLYGUNGE, P.O. -REGENT PARK , P.S. - JADAVPUR, KOLKATA - 700 040. Contact No. : [Mob]: +919831089728 Email : pritam.sitar@gmail.com I am a young Sitar performer. I was born on 1984 in Kolkata. My Great Great Grand Father is Late Sri Motilal Pal was a great painter as well as a famous sculptor. My Great Grand Father is Late Sri Vim Chandra Paul was famous in making Harmonium and Sitar. My Grand Father Late Shri Banamali Chandra Paul [ Panchu Babu ] was a renowned Sitar Player with that a popular Sitar maker. Nowadays, My Father Shri Rabindra Nath Paul [ Bablu Da ] is also a very Famous Sitar Maker as well as a Sitar Player . Today standing in 4th Generation, I consider myself as a sitar player. When I was at an age of 7years I started Playing Sitar and I learned basics from my Father who was a [ Student of Ustad Benjamin Gomes ], after then Shri Ashit Golai [ Student of Pt. Dipak Chowdhury ], then Shri Sailen Das [ Student of Pt. Lakshman Bhattacharjee %26 Pt. Ravi Shankar], and Shri Kushal Das. Currently I am also studying from Smt. Ameena Perera [ Daughter of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ] %26 Shri Asim Chowdhury. [ Student of Ustad Benjamin Gomes and Pt. Bimalendu Mukherjee ], I am also under the supervision of Shri Bhaskar Roy for commercial purpose. Presently I am an Artist of “YUVAVANI”~ All India Radio(KOLKATA) and also the Life Member Sitar Artist of “Calcutta Cine Musicans Association”. I have completed M.A. in Instrumental Music (Sitar) under Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. I had participated on some prestigious competitions such as Paschim Banga Rajya Chatra Yuba Utsab Music Competition in 1999 and Calcutta University Institute Inter College Oriental Music Competition in 2007, where I stood first. I was rewarded with GOLD MEDAL and V.G. Yog Memorial Award of [ All India Merit Test in “Graduate Level” ] from Sarba Bharatya Sangeet- o-Sanskriti Parishad [W.B. India] in 2008, also GOLD MEDAL of [ All India Merit Test in “Graduate Level”] from Pracheen Kala Kendra [Chandigarh. India] in 2010, and GOLD MEDAL and Gokul Nag Memorial Award of [ All India Merit Test in “Post Graduate Level” ] from Sarba Bharatya Sangeet-o- Sanskriti Parishad [W.B. India] in 2011. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION [Instrumental Music] 1) M.A. [Instrumental Music - Sitar 2nd Class] under Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. in the year 2011. 2) B. A. [ Hons. In Instrumental Music - Sitar 1st Class] under Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. in the year 2009. 3) M. MUS, "SANGEET RATNA" - Sitar [ 1st Class, Distinction] from Bangiya Sangeet Parisad, [West Bengal. ] in the year 2010. 4) M. MUS, "SANGEET RATNA" Sitar [ 1st Class] from Sarbabharatiya Sangeet - O - Sanskriti Parisad, [West Bengal] in the year 2011. 5) B. MUS "SANGEET PROVAKAR" Sitar [ 1st Class] from prayag Sangit Samiti, [ Allahabad] in the year 2009. 6) B.MUS, "SANGEET VISHARAD" Sitar [ 1st Class ¬“First”] from Pracheen Kala Kendra, [Chandigarh] in the year 2010. EXTRA QUALIFICATION : 1. Certificate on Computer Application. Desk Top Publishing [D.T.P.] from “THE MOTHER COMPUTER CENTER, Dankuni, Hoogly ” [W.B. India]. 2. Spoken English from “THE MOTHER COMPUTER CENTER, Dankuni, Hoogly” [W.B. India]. PERFORMED [Sitar ] 1 All India Radio [Kolkata] Frequently. 2 Paschim Banga Rajya Chatra Yuba Utsab. [ Chanditola - 2 , Hooghly, West Bengal] in the year 1999. 3 Nazrul Mancha [ Rath Tala] Kolkata, West Bengal in the year 2004. 4 Rabindra Vhaban [ Barahnagar, Kolkata ] in the year 2005. 5 Sri Ramkrishna Bedanta Math [ Kolkata, West Bengal] in the year 2008. 6 The Art of Living { Brahm Naad }[ New Delhi], in the year 2008. 7 Bharatmata [ Bijoygarh College, Kolkata ] in the year 2008. 8 Press Club [ Kolkata – 700069 ] in the year 2009. 9 Tarun Sengupta Smrity Bhawan Hall [ Birati, W.B.] in the year 2010. 10 Pt. Narayan Rao Jashi Sangit Samaj [ Kolkata] in the year 2010 %26 2011. 11 Baba Allauddin Memorial Committee [ Kolkata] in the year 2010. 12 United Minds For Peace Society [ Kalamandir, “Kala Kunj”, Kolkata - 17, W.B. ] in the year 2010. 13 T.M.C festival [Gandhi Colony School For Boys, Kolkata,] in the year 2011. 14 Bengali Engineers Club, [Chajjubagh, Patna, Bihar] in the year 2011. 15 Sri Aurobindo Institute of Indian Culture, [ Shillong - 793001 ] in the year 2011. 16 Timir Baran Symphony Orchestra “ Reproduced and Conduched by Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar” [ Kala Mandir , Kolkata ] in tha year 2011. 17 Amir Khan Sangeet Samsad [ Rabindra Vhaban , Burdwan ] in tha year 2012. 18 Concert organized by “Philips” at vedic village, Rajarhat Kolkata in tha year 2012 %26 2013. 19 Shri Aurobinda Anushilan Society, Suri (Birbhum) in tha year 2012. 20 Sishu Tirtha, Shantiniketan (Birbum) in tha year 2012. 21 Germany Tour by Anubhab Academy,Koln ( Cologne [Koln], Duisburg,Frankfurt,Dusscl Dorf,Hamburg,Bonn, Essen, Berlin, Kassel, Munich, Mannheim etc.) in the year 2012(6jun-27aug). 22 Daily Cultural Programme by Odisha Tourism, Puri ( Odisha ) in tha year 2013. * I also performed in all over West Bengal for various festivals.
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| Name:
| Pavlova Wind Quintet
| | Skills:
| Ensemble (Wind Quintet)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)7775 904626
| | Fax:
| +44 (0)1235 539888
| | Address:
| 22 Anna Pavlova Close, Colwell Drive, Abingdon OX14 1TE, United Kingdom
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| | The Pavlova Quintet is based in Oxfordshire, and we perform a range of popular classical and light music from baroque to 20th century. Each concert is built round a theme - such as American (Barber, Gershwin, Machala), 20th century English (Holst, Mathias, Tom Poster), South American (Julio Medaglia), Christmas, A Russian Easter, Animals in Music.
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| Name:
| Theodora Pavlovitch
| | Skills:
| conductor
| | Phone:
| +359 2 458291
| | Address:
| Sofia, Bulgaria
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| | THEODORA PAVLOVITCH has been conducting the Choir since 1991. She graduated from Sofia Academy of Music in choral conducting and in sound-directing. Prof. Arnaoudov's pupil and assistant, she was first singer and later chorus master of Sofia Chamber Choir. Over the period 1986-1991 she was also chorus master of the Chamber Choir with the Bulgarian National Television, contributing to the performances in a number of TV programs, live concerts and recordings of: Haydn, Joseph - "Das Jahreszeiten", "Nelson-messe"; Bach, J.S. - "Matthaus-passion"; Handel, G.F. - "Psalm 112", among others. Since 1989 she has been teaching in choral conducting at Sofia Academy of Music.
In 1995 she was elected Board member and member of the Executive Bureau of the Union of Bulgarian Choirs, and in 1997 she became Board member of Europa Cantat, the European Federation of Young Choirs.
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| Name:
| Emma Peaurt
| | Skills:
| Singer, Soloist (Soprano)
| | Address:
| Manchester, United Kingdom
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| | Emma Peaurt was born in Darlington and currently lives in Manchester. She read music at Durham University before completing her postgraduate studies at the RNCM where she studied with Barbara Robotham. She now studies with Pat Hay. A finalist in the AESS English Song Competition 2006 and the Russell Shepherd Memorial Competition 2004 and winner of the Kate Snape Scholarship 2006, overall singing prize and Recital prize at the Mrs Sunderland Music Festival in 2005 and the Manchester Welsh Society Prize in 2004; she has appeared with Opera North at the Leeds Fuse Festival 2006, the RNCM Baroque Ensemble and the RNCM Wind Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall. Recently she worked in the chorus of Scottish Opera in their production of Lucia di Lammermoor and had coaching with David Harper, Stephen Mould and Andrew Greene at Opera Australia, Sydney.
In recent operatic performances she has been seen as Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) for St John’s Opera Company, Josephine (HMS Pinafore) for St Helens Gilbert & Sullivan Society and as Norina (Don Pasquale), Constance (Dialogue des Carmelites), Oberto (Alcina), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera) and Lucia (The Rape of Lucretia) in the RNCM Opera Excerpts. She also took part in The Lover’s Recantation by Thomas Arne as part of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and was part of the chorus for Stravinsky’s Rake's Progress at RNCM.
Recent guest artist appearances include; Names of the Dead for Opera North; Macclesfield Male Voice Choir, Rhos Orpheus Male Choir, the RNCM Baroque Ensemble and the RNCM Wind Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall. Works she has performed as an oratorio soloist include: Bach’s St John Passion for Leicester Bach Choir; Poulenc’s Gloria & Rutter’s Requiem; Haydn’s Creation, Jenkins The Armed Man, Tippett’s 5 Negro Spirituals from A child of our Time at the Bridgewater Hall for the Hallé Choir, Handel’s Messiah, Rutter’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s Nelson Mass.
She combines this with working in the Oran duo with the pianist Andrew Dunlop and recent recitals include Wrexham Arts Festival, Durham University, Wesley Chapel Harrogate, Heaton Hall, St Ann’s Church Manchester, Bury Parish Church, Gallery Oldham and Sens (France).
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| Name:
| Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo
| | Skills:
| Ensemble
| | Address:
| United States
| | Links:
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| | The classical guitar duo of David Pedrick and Jeremy Hutson was formed in 1998. Hailed as “master guitarists” (Annapolis Capital Gazette), the Pedrick-Hutson Guitar Duo has given critically acclaimed performances throughout the eastern United States. Recent performance highlights include the Steinway 150th Anniversary Concert Series, the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society Festival, The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, The Lancaster Summer Arts Festival, concerts at the Delaware Center for the Performing Arts, The Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, and the Johns Hopkins University Midday Concert Series.
Dedicated to both preserving the past and embracing the future, the duo’s concert programs typically sample over four centuries of music by composers from around the globe. They have been invited to premiere several new compositions for guitar duo, trio and quartet in addition to their own original pieces and transcriptions of works by the masters.
Lauded as offering “an exquisite choice of repertoire played with a gusto rarely found among young guitar duos in America” (Classical Guitar Radio, Denver, CO), the duo’s debut CD Mirage has garnered national acclaim for its diverse programming and sensitive ensemble. Selections from the recording have been featured on National Public Radio affiliates throughout the U.S. and the CD's final track is included on the 2002 Oasis Acoustic Sampler. The duo has also been heard on radio programs such as Crossover, The Long and Dusty Road, Classical Air, and The Intimate Guitar.
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| Name:
| Esra Pehlivanli
| | Skills:
| Soloist (viola)
| | Fax:
| +31 642740192
| | Address:
| Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| | Esra Pehlivanli was born in Ankara in 1977. She started her musical education at the Ankara State Conservatory with Prof. Koral CALGAN and completed her studies in nine years (instead of ten), graduating in 1997 with distinction.
She has certificates from the Royal College of Music for music theory and viola, from the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Academy for chamber music and orchestra. She has participated in several master classes, including those with Michael KUGEL, Luigi-Alberto BIANCHI, Hartmut LINDEMANN, Joachim KRIST .
In 1999 she moved to Belgium to study with Michael KUGEL and started her master degree in Royal Ghent Conservatory where she graduated with distinction. At the moment she is in the advanced study program with Michael KUGEL in the Royal Maastricht Conservatory in Holland.
The content of her repertoire spans from baroque music until the present day. She has given concerts in Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Turkey, Poland and Austria. Esra Pehlivanli won the "Honorary Mentioned" prize in the 5.Krzyzstof Penderecki International Contemporary Music Competition in Poland in 2001. She received "Diploma D’onore " from Torneo Internazionale di Musica (TIM, 2001). In November 2002 she won the first prize in Premio Valentino Bucchi International Performance Competition The Viola in The 20th Century in Rome.
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| Name:
| Jaroslav Pelikan
| | Skills:
| composer, flutist
| | Phone:
| +420 2 72740631
| | Fax:
| +420 2 72740631
| | Address:
| Srobarova 22, Prague 10 101 00, Czech Republic
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| | National theater opera of Prague's flautist Jaroslav Pelikan (1970) has lived in a musical background since his childhood: he has been member of the Kühn's Children's Choir, at the Prague conservatory he has studied composition under prof. Feld and flute playing under prof. Jan Riedlbauch, at the Academy he concentrated on flute playing (he has been the student of prof. Valek and prof. Cech). In the years 1992-93, he has been engaged in Brazil where he tought at the conservatory and played in several orchestras and in a wind quintet. At home, he is member of several chamber groups (among others of the Duo Jers with Jaroslav Novak and of the wind quintet In uno Spirito) with which he has succesfully taken part in several competitions as the Mercury-Prix Vienna 1996, the Dusek competition and others.
Until today, he has devoted his composing activities to instrumental music. He is the author of two sonatas for flute and piano, of a violoncello sonata, of a 1. Chamber symphony, of a sonata for trumpet and organ and of a string quartet. His stay in Brazil has been important far the evolution of his style. There he wrote his second Chamber symphony, his third sonata for flute and piano, a Trio and a Concerto for oboe (performed too in Tokio on autumn 1999). A continuation of these tendencies are the Chorinhos (first performance at the Prague Rudolfinum on the 13. 10. 1999), a flute concerto with South-American elements (the use of a Spanish guitar for instance). In the Chorinhos, the author stylises the city folklore, so typical for the brazilian music.
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| Name:
| Paula Peluso
| | Skills:
| Soloist (Pianist)
| | Address:
| Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Name:
| Claire Elizabeth Owen Pendleton
| | Skills:
| Singer
| | Phone:
| 01483 458707
| | Address:
| Top Flat, 33, Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4JN, United Kingdom
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| | Claire studied at UCL/Birkbeck College receiving distinction in Opera Performance and was awarded a scholarship from the Otakar Kraus Memorial Fund. She then went on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma at Trinity College of Music, winning the 1999 Ricordi Opera Prize.
Her oratorio experience has included Mahler's 8th Symphony, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Mozart's Mass in C Minor and the Requiem, Haydn's Stabat Mater and Creation, Handel's Brockes Passion and Messiah. Venues include Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Southwark Cathedral, Fairfield Halls, St.John's Smith Square and St.Martin-In-The-Fields.
Operatic roles include Countess Almaviva (Figaro), Vanessa (Vanessa), Madame Lidoine (Dialogue of the Carmelites), Queen of The Night & First Lady (Magic Flute), Michaela & Fraquita (Carmen) High Priestess (Aida),Servilia (Clemenza di Tito, Naide (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Le Rossignol (L'enfant et les sortileges)
Claire recorded the role of 'Blush of Morning' in Arthur Sullivan's 'The Rose of Persia' for BBC Music Magazine. She is a regular session singer and has sung with London Voices and Southwark Voices, working for ITV1, BBC television and BBC radio. She has sung in France, Netherlands, Italy and South Africa. Claire is an extra chorister at English National Opera and sang in War & Peace, Masked Ball, La Vestale and will sing in Kovanshchina and Trojans Part I & II this season. She studies with Nick Powell and Phillip Thomas.
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| Name:
| Kelly Melissa Penn
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| Composer, Player, Teacher (students accepted for instruction, age 4 up piano, violin and flute)
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| 517-676-3698
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| 978 W. Columbia Rd., Mason 48854, Vietnam
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| | Kelly Penn is a graduate of Akron University. She holds a masters degree in Education and has been teaching private music lessons for 10 years. She holds affiliations with Steinway educational partnership program.
Her current achievements include finishing a technique book for piano students based entirely on the pentatonic scale as well as developing a preschool music program for piano. It is becoming the most requested program of parents for preschool children and lesson instruction on piano.
Currently accepting students for piano beginning at age 4, all levels welcomed, flute beginning at age 9, all levels welcome, and violin, beginning at age 8. Lessons are given in Mason, Michigan. Contact for available times and scheduling information.
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| Wayne Michael Peppercorn
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| Composer
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| 1218 Creekwood, Batavia, OH 45103, United States
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| | Classical composition is my heart's voice. I believe music should "glorify God, serve as a resource for enjoyment, a place to have your spirit touched, lifted, and re-energized". For me, the best musical vehicle to accomplish this goal is tonal and structured compositions.
Music usually reflects the times in which it was written. Today's music is no exception. Unfortunately, the narcissism, irresponsibility, and anger (rage) of our society is reflected in some of today's music. Personally, I find no enjoyment from works that are thus conceived.
It is my opinion that a lot of today's serious composers neglect one very important music ingredient...the listener. One only has to look at the drop off in concert attendances to see we have a problem. Please understand that I am neither condemning anyone nor their musical style. However, it does appear our generation has turned it's back on the "serious music audience"; today's audience does not (maybe can't) understand most of today's serious music (probably because it's not written for them, i.e. the patrons, the listeners).
It is my hope, having said the above, you may understand the essence and purpose of my writing. Thanks again for visiting.
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