Bobby Yang
He is about the same age as Joshua Bell who is forty-three years old. They both went to the same musical school as children.
He was schooled in New York. Bobby Yang and his group, the unrivaled, play modern music along with contemporary music. They are known for playing popular music such as Queen and The Rolling Stones entirely by ear.
Bobby Yang started off as a member of Meadowmount School of Music, where he learned proper technique of playing the violin and how to play classical music extraordinarily well. Unlike all the other students Bobby was allowed to listen to modern rock on his off time giving him the inspiration of a life time, to make the violin as popular as the guitar.
Bobby of course has not yet accomplished this goal but he has certainly changed many viewers perspective on what the violin is capable of. Not too long ago Bobby performed at LucasFilm in San Francisco where his band performed a space series. Not only was the music superb and deserved the standing ovation that he received, but his ability to change an E-string with in twenty five seconds during the performance also deserved the standing ovation. Overall Bobby Yang loves playing by ear and pushing the violin to new heights.
CD by Bobby Yang
“YANG IT! Live at Eddie’s Attic”
“No. 1 Tribute”
He was also apart of the album “Letters”
Songs by Bobby Yang
Bohemian Rhapsody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiV1yIignA4
AC/DC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwlyerfVcrg&feature=fvw
Separate Ways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v_rPQ0PDa0&feature=related
Helter Skelter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jSV9j_XfPY&feature=related
Eruption
He learned this in twenty minutes; he also taped it the same day.
http://www.bobbyyang.com/video/750kb.htm
His web sites.
http://www.bobbyyang.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bobbyyang
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bobby-Yang/592712458
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Cellist Matt Haimovitz by Chris
BIO:
Born December 3rd, 1970, in Bat Yam israel.plays a cello made by Matteo Gofriller in 1710. Graduated from harvard in 1996. Performed Bach suites in night clubs and restuarants. 1999 to 2004, Haimovitz was a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts.Since 2004, he has taught at the Schulich School of Music of Mcgill University.
NAME:
Matt Haimovitz
D.O.B:
December 3rd, 1970
ORIGIN:
Bat Yam,israel
GENRE:
Classical
BIO:
Started to play cello at 7, with Irene Sharp. AT 9 years he switched teachers to Gabor Reito. Itzhak Perlman introduced him to Leonard Rose, In order to study with Leonard his family had to move to New York in 1983. Rose described Haimovitz as "probably the greatest talent I have ever taught". February 1985, Haimovitz joined the Israel Philharmonic orchestra in a concert that was broadcasted. was followed in 1986 by an American tour with Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. He was given an Avery fish career grant, for musical achievements. He was the youngest musician to recieve this. In 1987 he signed a contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. He is married to Luna Pearl Woolf.
KNOWN FOR:
1. Socalled - Figlude
2. Carter - Figment
3. Sokolovic - Vez
4. Provost - Les Vertiges De S.
5. Tremblay - Cèdres En Voile (Thrène Pour Le Liban)
6. Stucky - Dialoghi
7. Du - San
8. Woolf - Sarabande
9. Carter - Figment No. 2 (Remembering Mr. Ives)
10. Haimovitz/Du - Miranda
VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6An9QjIWss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7K0lpAXHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jX0VDqCYDM
LINKS:
http://oxingale.com/index.php?page=cds
http://www.matthaimovitz.com/
http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/haimovitz/haimovitz.htm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1572001
Born December 3rd, 1970, in Bat Yam israel.plays a cello made by Matteo Gofriller in 1710. Graduated from harvard in 1996. Performed Bach suites in night clubs and restuarants. 1999 to 2004, Haimovitz was a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts.Since 2004, he has taught at the Schulich School of Music of Mcgill University.
NAME:
Matt Haimovitz
D.O.B:
December 3rd, 1970
ORIGIN:
Bat Yam,israel
GENRE:
Classical
BIO:
Started to play cello at 7, with Irene Sharp. AT 9 years he switched teachers to Gabor Reito. Itzhak Perlman introduced him to Leonard Rose, In order to study with Leonard his family had to move to New York in 1983. Rose described Haimovitz as "probably the greatest talent I have ever taught". February 1985, Haimovitz joined the Israel Philharmonic orchestra in a concert that was broadcasted. was followed in 1986 by an American tour with Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. He was given an Avery fish career grant, for musical achievements. He was the youngest musician to recieve this. In 1987 he signed a contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. He is married to Luna Pearl Woolf.
KNOWN FOR:
1. Socalled - Figlude
2. Carter - Figment
3. Sokolovic - Vez
4. Provost - Les Vertiges De S.
5. Tremblay - Cèdres En Voile (Thrène Pour Le Liban)
6. Stucky - Dialoghi
7. Du - San
8. Woolf - Sarabande
9. Carter - Figment No. 2 (Remembering Mr. Ives)
10. Haimovitz/Du - Miranda
VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6An9QjIWss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7K0lpAXHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jX0VDqCYDM
LINKS:
http://oxingale.com/index.php?page=cds
http://www.matthaimovitz.com/
http://www.cello.org/Newsletter/Articles/haimovitz/haimovitz.htm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1572001
Violist Rivka Golani by Sarah
Rivka Golani
Rivka Golani was born on March 22nd 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her father was Jewish, and had lost his family in the Holocaust. Golani’s mother was from Polish Galicia and and was very artistic, same as her father. Since the Golani family had been so engaged in the arts, Rivka Golani decided to play the violin age age seven, and became a pupil of Alexander Moskowsky at 18. while her sister had learned to play the cello. Switching to the viola at 21, she became a pupil of the composer and violist Oedoen Partos while studying 1965-71 at the Rubin Academy of Music at the University of Tel Aviv.
Golani lived in both London and Toronto. She was a member of the Israel Philharmonic and appeared as a soloist with other orchestras in Israel before moving to Canada in 1974. Golani taught 1978-87 at the University of Toronto and her pupils included Mary Carol Nugent, Beverley Spotton, and Kent Teeple. In 1987, Golani settled in London with her then husband, the conductor Thomas Sanderling, but she frequently returned to Canada to give concerts. She performed on a viola with a unique cut-away design made by her former husband, the Hungarian-born luthier Otto Erdesz. Then she later appeared as soloist with several orchestras and symphonys such as the Boston Symphony orchestra, Royal Concergebouw, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, and many more. At the Promenade concerts in London she played concertos by Walton in 1984, Robin Holloway in 1985, and Elgar in 1990. By 2003, she had 215 pieces and 50 concertos were written for her.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001391
Rivka Golani was born on March 22nd 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her father was Jewish, and had lost his family in the Holocaust. Golani’s mother was from Polish Galicia and and was very artistic, same as her father. Since the Golani family had been so engaged in the arts, Rivka Golani decided to play the violin age age seven, and became a pupil of Alexander Moskowsky at 18. while her sister had learned to play the cello. Switching to the viola at 21, she became a pupil of the composer and violist Oedoen Partos while studying 1965-71 at the Rubin Academy of Music at the University of Tel Aviv.
Golani lived in both London and Toronto. She was a member of the Israel Philharmonic and appeared as a soloist with other orchestras in Israel before moving to Canada in 1974. Golani taught 1978-87 at the University of Toronto and her pupils included Mary Carol Nugent, Beverley Spotton, and Kent Teeple. In 1987, Golani settled in London with her then husband, the conductor Thomas Sanderling, but she frequently returned to Canada to give concerts. She performed on a viola with a unique cut-away design made by her former husband, the Hungarian-born luthier Otto Erdesz. Then she later appeared as soloist with several orchestras and symphonys such as the Boston Symphony orchestra, Royal Concergebouw, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, and many more. At the Promenade concerts in London she played concertos by Walton in 1984, Robin Holloway in 1985, and Elgar in 1990. By 2003, she had 215 pieces and 50 concertos were written for her.
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001391
Monday, June 14, 2010
Bassist Michael Anthony by Garrett
Michael Anthony was an american born average boy who simply had a
profound interest in music. As a teenager, he was involved in sports as well
as other extra curricular activities but in his spare time he began to pick
up guitar and then switched to bass because of the popularity of guitar.
After graduating from Arcadia High School, he focused his life to his
passion for music and began to play in bands that he either helped found or
that needed a bassist. After a few minorly successful groups, Anthony was
picked up to join the famous rock group known as Van Halen. This group
became a huge success because of its unique sound and creativity, both of
which Anthony contributed to enormously. Over time, the band diminished from
its exorbitant success, this led to Anthony along with Sammy Sagar, Chad
Smith, and Joe Satriani to form a modern reunion of rock legends in a band
known as Chickenfoot. This combination of legends has led to some major
successes even though the band has only been in existence for a short period
of time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnYwAGCyrio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5FSdrO44u8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX9eU3ptoM4
http://www.madanthonycafe.com/
http://www.vhlinks.com/pages/interviews/ma/dfc1299.php
http://www.chickenfoot.us/
profound interest in music. As a teenager, he was involved in sports as well
as other extra curricular activities but in his spare time he began to pick
up guitar and then switched to bass because of the popularity of guitar.
After graduating from Arcadia High School, he focused his life to his
passion for music and began to play in bands that he either helped found or
that needed a bassist. After a few minorly successful groups, Anthony was
picked up to join the famous rock group known as Van Halen. This group
became a huge success because of its unique sound and creativity, both of
which Anthony contributed to enormously. Over time, the band diminished from
its exorbitant success, this led to Anthony along with Sammy Sagar, Chad
Smith, and Joe Satriani to form a modern reunion of rock legends in a band
known as Chickenfoot. This combination of legends has led to some major
successes even though the band has only been in existence for a short period
of time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnYwAGCyrio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5FSdrO44u8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX9eU3ptoM4
http://www.madanthonycafe.com/
http://www.vhlinks.com/pages/interviews/ma/dfc1299.php
http://www.chickenfoot.us/
Violist Kim Kashkashian by Bronte
*Name:*
Kim Kashkashian
*Born:*
* *August 31, 1952
*Place of origin: *
Detroit, Michigan
*Genre: *
Classical and Contemporary
*Known for: *
Winning second place in the 1980 Lionel Tertis International Viola
Competitionand
the 1980 ARD
International Music
Competition
*Biography:*
Kim Kaskashian was born in Detroit Michigan in 1952. She is a talented
violist who has placed in several viola competition such as the Lionel
Tertis International Viola Comp. and the ARD International Music
Competition. She plays both contemporary and classical music and has been
recorded on several CDs. Kim now teaches at the New England Conservatory
with her huge knowledge of music and beautiful tone. She loves chamber music
having participated in the Marlboro Music Festival. Recently, Kim Kashashian
has performed solos with New York, Berlin, London, and Tokyo Orchestras.
*CDs:*
- Linda Bouchard Pourtinade. Kim Kashkashian, viola, Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion. (CD ECM1425)
- Johannes Brahms Sonatas for Viola and Piano, Op. 120. Kim Kashkashian, viola, Robert Levin, piano. (CD ECM 1630)
- Benjamin Britten Lachrymae, Op. 48. Kim Kashkashian, viola Robert
Levin, piano. (CD ECM 1316)
- Benjamin Britten Lachrymae, Op. 48a. Kim
Kashkashian, viola, Dennis Russell Davies, conductor, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. (CD ECM 1506)
- Elliott Carter Elegy for Viola and Piano. Kim Kashkashian, viola Robert
Levin, piano. (CD ECM 1316)
- Paul Chihara Redwood. Kim Kashkashian, viola. Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion. (CD ECM 1425)
- And more…
* *
*Video Links:*
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGP-YuSDPnw*
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMk2BGiDQAI*
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnKyENTIB6s&feature=related*
* *
*Websites:*
*http://www.necmusic.edu/faculty/kim-kashkashian?lid=2&sid=3*
*http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/strings88/CoverStory.shtml*
*http://saintpaulsunday.publicradio.org/featured_artists/kashkashian.html*
Kim Kashkashian
*Born:*
* *August 31, 1952
*Place of origin: *
Detroit, Michigan
*Genre: *
Classical and Contemporary
*Known for: *
Winning second place in the 1980 Lionel Tertis International Viola
Competition
the 1980 ARD
International Music
Competition
*Biography:*
Kim Kaskashian was born in Detroit Michigan in 1952. She is a talented
violist who has placed in several viola competition such as the Lionel
Tertis International Viola Comp. and the ARD International Music
Competition. She plays both contemporary and classical music and has been
recorded on several CDs. Kim now teaches at the New England Conservatory
with her huge knowledge of music and beautiful tone. She loves chamber music
having participated in the Marlboro Music Festival. Recently, Kim Kashashian
has performed solos with New York, Berlin, London, and Tokyo Orchestras.
*CDs:*
- Linda Bouchard Pourtinade. Kim Kashkashian, viola, Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion. (CD ECM1425)
- Johannes Brahms Sonatas for Viola and Piano, Op. 120. Kim Kashkashian, viola, Robert Levin, piano. (CD ECM 1630)
- Benjamin Britten Lachrymae, Op. 48. Kim Kashkashian, viola Robert
Levin, piano. (CD ECM 1316)
- Benjamin Britten Lachrymae, Op. 48a. Kim
Kashkashian, viola, Dennis Russell Davies, conductor, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. (CD ECM 1506)
- Elliott Carter Elegy for Viola and Piano. Kim Kashkashian, viola Robert
Levin, piano. (CD ECM 1316)
- Paul Chihara Redwood. Kim Kashkashian, viola. Robyn Schulkowsky, percussion. (CD ECM 1425)
- And more…
* *
*Video Links:*
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGP-YuSDPnw*
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMk2BGiDQAI*
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnKyENTIB6s&feature=related*
* *
*Websites:*
*http://www.necmusic.edu/faculty/kim-kashkashian?lid=2&sid=3*
*http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/strings88/CoverStory.shtml*
*http://saintpaulsunday.publicradio.org/featured_artists/kashkashian.html*
Violinist/violist Pinchas Zukerman by Skyler
Pinchas Zukerman Violinist/Violist
Facts
Genre: Classical
Country: Israel
Born: July 16, 1948
He is known for being an exceptional violinist, violist, and conductor
Biography: Pinchas Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 16, 1948. His father Yehuda Zukerman taught him how to play violin at age seven and Pinchas was studying at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music at age eight. He later moved to New York and enrolled in the Julliard School at age 12. Zukerman studied under Ivan Galamian. His career began with his New York debut at the Lincoln Center in 1969. He had married flautist Eugenia Zukerman in 1968. Zukerman became director of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in 1980. Zukerman got a divorce in ’83 and married actress Tuesday Weld in ’85. In 1998 they divorced. In the same year Zukerman accepted conductorship at Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. He now has been married to Amanda Forsyth for six years, the principal cellist in the NAC Orchestra. He is also on the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music. He travels on occasion on tours for concerts as a soloist, chamber musician, and conductor.
CDs
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas CD
Bach Violin Concertos
Masters of the Bow
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Symphonies 2 & 3 by Schubert, Pinchas, and Zuckerman (Audio CD - 2002)
Romantic Violin / Itzhak Perlman · Pinchas Zukerman · Erick Friedman · Anne Akiko Meyers by Edward Elgar, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saens, Johannes Brahms, and Felix Mendelssohn (Audio CD - 2001)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto; Violin Romances [Netherlands] by Ludwig van Beethoven, Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Pinchas Zukerman (Audio CD - 1989)
Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zuckerman play music for two violins by MOSZKOWSKI, SHOSTAKOVICH, PROKOFIEV, Samuel Sanders, and Itzhak Perlman
Zukerman Conducts Mozart by Amanda Forsyth, Kimball Sykes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pinchas Zukerman, and National Arts Centre Orchestra
Violin: Greatest Hits by Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saens, Johannes Brahms, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, and Alexander Borodin
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2j_oIh-C0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UjMANGKbE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CZsLCBKziQ&feature=related
Facts
Genre: Classical
Country: Israel
Born: July 16, 1948
He is known for being an exceptional violinist, violist, and conductor
Biography: Pinchas Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 16, 1948. His father Yehuda Zukerman taught him how to play violin at age seven and Pinchas was studying at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music at age eight. He later moved to New York and enrolled in the Julliard School at age 12. Zukerman studied under Ivan Galamian. His career began with his New York debut at the Lincoln Center in 1969. He had married flautist Eugenia Zukerman in 1968. Zukerman became director of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in 1980. Zukerman got a divorce in ’83 and married actress Tuesday Weld in ’85. In 1998 they divorced. In the same year Zukerman accepted conductorship at Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. He now has been married to Amanda Forsyth for six years, the principal cellist in the NAC Orchestra. He is also on the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music. He travels on occasion on tours for concerts as a soloist, chamber musician, and conductor.
CDs
Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas CD
Bach Violin Concertos
Masters of the Bow
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Symphonies 2 & 3 by Schubert, Pinchas, and Zuckerman (Audio CD - 2002)
Romantic Violin / Itzhak Perlman · Pinchas Zukerman · Erick Friedman · Anne Akiko Meyers by Edward Elgar, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saens, Johannes Brahms, and Felix Mendelssohn (Audio CD - 2001)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto; Violin Romances [Netherlands] by Ludwig van Beethoven, Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Pinchas Zukerman (Audio CD - 1989)
Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zuckerman play music for two violins by MOSZKOWSKI, SHOSTAKOVICH, PROKOFIEV, Samuel Sanders, and Itzhak Perlman
Zukerman Conducts Mozart by Amanda Forsyth, Kimball Sykes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pinchas Zukerman, and National Arts Centre Orchestra
Violin: Greatest Hits by Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint-Saens, Johannes Brahms, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, and Alexander Borodin
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2j_oIh-C0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UjMANGKbE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CZsLCBKziQ&feature=related
Violinist David Garrett by Alex
Name: David Garrett
Date Born: September 4, 1981
Place of Birth: Aachen, Germany
Genre of Music: A mix of Classical and Contemporary
What is he known for? : He is known for his skill at such a young age (<14), and now he is the world’s fastest violin player (flight of the bumblebee).
When Garrett was four years old, his father bought a violin for his older brother. Garrett was interested and soon learned to play as well. A year later, he entered a competition and won first prize. By the time he was seven, he was playing once a week in public. He studied violin at the Lubeck Conservatoire. When he was twelve, Garrett began working with the Polish violinist Ida Haendel, often traveling to London and other cities to meet her.
At the age of 13, Garrett recorded two CDs, appeared on German and Dutch television, and gave a concert at the house of the German President, the Villa Hammerschmidt, at Dr. von Weizsäcker’s personal invitation. He was offered to use of the famous Stradivarius "San Lorenzo", which is among the best instruments of the "golden period". When he was fourteen, as the youngest soloist ever, Garrett signed an contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Aged 17, he played with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in concerts marking the 50th anniversary of India’s Independence. Garrett Continued to study at the Royal College of Music in London. He graduated from Juilliard in 2004.
Studio Albums
Free (2007)
Virtuoso (2007)
Encore (2008)
David Garrett (2009)
Classic Romance (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkX0URELfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSFPQDEkc-k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBac3nl5LmY
www.david-garrett.com
www.david-garrett-fans.com
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/david-garrett
Date Born: September 4, 1981
Place of Birth: Aachen, Germany
Genre of Music: A mix of Classical and Contemporary
What is he known for? : He is known for his skill at such a young age (<14), and now he is the world’s fastest violin player (flight of the bumblebee).
When Garrett was four years old, his father bought a violin for his older brother. Garrett was interested and soon learned to play as well. A year later, he entered a competition and won first prize. By the time he was seven, he was playing once a week in public. He studied violin at the Lubeck Conservatoire. When he was twelve, Garrett began working with the Polish violinist Ida Haendel, often traveling to London and other cities to meet her.
At the age of 13, Garrett recorded two CDs, appeared on German and Dutch television, and gave a concert at the house of the German President, the Villa Hammerschmidt, at Dr. von Weizsäcker’s personal invitation. He was offered to use of the famous Stradivarius "San Lorenzo", which is among the best instruments of the "golden period". When he was fourteen, as the youngest soloist ever, Garrett signed an contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Aged 17, he played with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in concerts marking the 50th anniversary of India’s Independence. Garrett Continued to study at the Royal College of Music in London. He graduated from Juilliard in 2004.
Studio Albums
Free (2007)
Virtuoso (2007)
Encore (2008)
David Garrett (2009)
Classic Romance (2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHkX0URELfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSFPQDEkc-k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBac3nl5LmY
www.david-garrett.com
www.david-garrett-fans.com
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/david-garrett
Violist Jimbo Ross by Kate
Jimbo Ross
Full name: James Ross
Born: Burbank, CA 10-5-53
Genre: Rock, Jazz, Blues (electric)
CD’s by Jimbo:
Driven By The Blues CD
Steady Rollin' Man CD
Also appears in:
Justin Timberlake Futuresex/Lovesounds CD
Tori Amos Under The Pink CD
Don Ellis Live At Montreux CD
Nicholas Gunn Sacred Fire CD
David Benoit Freedom At Midnight CD
Don Ellis Music From Other Galaxies And Planets CD
Gilberto Santa Rosa Intenso CD
Bio: Jimbo Ross is a rock, jazz, and blues violist, as well as a singer, composer, arranger, and producer. He grew up playing guitar, and transferred that style to viola. Jimbo Ross has become a studio musician and has played for many different artists in many different styles. He is part of the West Coast club scene as well as involved in the Hollywood recording industry. Now Jimbo lives in California, and has produced two of his own CD’s. He continues to make the music he loves. He loves experimenting with different styles of music, and believes that “music from every culture has a deep meaning”. Also, he enjoys Chinese and Thai food, and Ben & Jerry’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream.
Jimbo Ross is known for his signature blues style and passionate electric viola skills in all the diverse music he plays.
Websites:
http://www.bodaciousrecords.com/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jimbo+Ross
http://www.schickele.com/shoppe/psrec/blue.htm
Video links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edx4eP7cZ8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq9saiZQwlQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqr2zX_Oao
Full name: James Ross
Born: Burbank, CA 10-5-53
Genre: Rock, Jazz, Blues (electric)
CD’s by Jimbo:
Driven By The Blues CD
Steady Rollin' Man CD
Also appears in:
Justin Timberlake Futuresex/Lovesounds CD
Tori Amos Under The Pink CD
Don Ellis Live At Montreux CD
Nicholas Gunn Sacred Fire CD
David Benoit Freedom At Midnight CD
Don Ellis Music From Other Galaxies And Planets CD
Gilberto Santa Rosa Intenso CD
Bio: Jimbo Ross is a rock, jazz, and blues violist, as well as a singer, composer, arranger, and producer. He grew up playing guitar, and transferred that style to viola. Jimbo Ross has become a studio musician and has played for many different artists in many different styles. He is part of the West Coast club scene as well as involved in the Hollywood recording industry. Now Jimbo lives in California, and has produced two of his own CD’s. He continues to make the music he loves. He loves experimenting with different styles of music, and believes that “music from every culture has a deep meaning”. Also, he enjoys Chinese and Thai food, and Ben & Jerry’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream.
Jimbo Ross is known for his signature blues style and passionate electric viola skills in all the diverse music he plays.
Websites:
http://www.bodaciousrecords.com/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jimbo+Ross
http://www.schickele.com/shoppe/psrec/blue.htm
Video links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edx4eP7cZ8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq9saiZQwlQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqr2zX_Oao
Bassist Billy Sheehan by Makayla
Full name: William "Billy" Sheehan
Date Born: March 19th, 1953
State of Origin: Buffalo, New York
Genre of music they play: Hard rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion, instrumental rock, progressive rock.
Known for: his work on bass with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin.
Bio: Billy Sheehan has changed the way bass guitar is played. Rising to god status in the 80's with his Buffalo, NY based band Talas, Billy was recruited by David Lee Roth when Roth left Van Halen in '85. He recorded two platinum selling albums with Roth before setting out on his own. Forming Mr. Big in 1989, with "To Be With You" from their album release "Lean Into It" the band achieved a Billboard #1 single in the US and 14 other countries. While developing his trademark style of playing he has performed over 4000 live performances on every continent except Africa and Antarctica.
He was voted the "Best Rock Bass Player" 5 times in Guitar Player magazines Readers Poll, an honor which placed him in their "Gallery of Greats" (alongside Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Geddy Lee and Eddie Van Halen to name a few). On January 27, 1999 Billy's handprints and signature were captured in cement on the Hollywood Rockwalk at Guitar Center. This is an honor given only to those artists who have made a considerably noteworthy contribution to Rock and Roll. In Japan, Billy has won the prestigious "Player Magazine" (Japan's #1 Music magazine) Readers Poll for Best Bass Player 14 consecutive times. In 2000 by he performed before 40,000 fans with Mr. Big at the Osaka Dome in Japan then began work on his solo album. Billy's first solo album titled "COMPRESSION" was released on April 25, 2001. On "COMPRESSION", Sheehan wrote, sang, played Baritone 12 string and 6 string guitar, played bass and programmed drums on the entire record, except for 2 songs.
CD's: Billy Sheehan: Holy Cow, prime cuts, Compression, Toss it in the flames, All mixed up, Caroline, and Cosmic Troubadour
Video Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLGBk1mE5U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_3KmT5YDUI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9bG8hwZ9Bo
Other links: http://www.billysheehan.com/
http://www.myspace.com/billysheehan
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Billy-Sheehan/36797576876
Other upcoming records include a new Mr. Big album (their 6th) slated for release in Fall 2001, an all instrumental bass album, an experimental Bass & Drum record w/ Terry Bozzio, and the 5th Niacin album featuring Dennis Chambers on drums (Funkadelic, Steely Dan, and Mahavishnu Orchestra). Niacin is an all-instrumental Bass, Drums, and Hammond B3 band at the cutting edge of a new musical movement.
Date Born: March 19th, 1953
State of Origin: Buffalo, New York
Genre of music they play: Hard rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion, instrumental rock, progressive rock.
Known for: his work on bass with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin.
Bio: Billy Sheehan has changed the way bass guitar is played. Rising to god status in the 80's with his Buffalo, NY based band Talas, Billy was recruited by David Lee Roth when Roth left Van Halen in '85. He recorded two platinum selling albums with Roth before setting out on his own. Forming Mr. Big in 1989, with "To Be With You" from their album release "Lean Into It" the band achieved a Billboard #1 single in the US and 14 other countries. While developing his trademark style of playing he has performed over 4000 live performances on every continent except Africa and Antarctica.
He was voted the "Best Rock Bass Player" 5 times in Guitar Player magazines Readers Poll, an honor which placed him in their "Gallery of Greats" (alongside Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Geddy Lee and Eddie Van Halen to name a few). On January 27, 1999 Billy's handprints and signature were captured in cement on the Hollywood Rockwalk at Guitar Center. This is an honor given only to those artists who have made a considerably noteworthy contribution to Rock and Roll. In Japan, Billy has won the prestigious "Player Magazine" (Japan's #1 Music magazine) Readers Poll for Best Bass Player 14 consecutive times. In 2000 by he performed before 40,000 fans with Mr. Big at the Osaka Dome in Japan then began work on his solo album. Billy's first solo album titled "COMPRESSION" was released on April 25, 2001. On "COMPRESSION", Sheehan wrote, sang, played Baritone 12 string and 6 string guitar, played bass and programmed drums on the entire record, except for 2 songs.
CD's: Billy Sheehan: Holy Cow, prime cuts, Compression, Toss it in the flames, All mixed up, Caroline, and Cosmic Troubadour
Video Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veLGBk1mE5U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_3KmT5YDUI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9bG8hwZ9Bo
Other links: http://www.billysheehan.com/
http://www.myspace.com/billysheehan
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Billy-Sheehan/36797576876
Other upcoming records include a new Mr. Big album (their 6th) slated for release in Fall 2001, an all instrumental bass album, an experimental Bass & Drum record w/ Terry Bozzio, and the 5th Niacin album featuring Dennis Chambers on drums (Funkadelic, Steely Dan, and Mahavishnu Orchestra). Niacin is an all-instrumental Bass, Drums, and Hammond B3 band at the cutting edge of a new musical movement.
Bassist Gary Karr by Paul
Gary Karr
Nov 20, 1942 – Now
Born in Los Angeles, California
Classical Double Bass Virtuoso and Teacher
Gary Karr started his career as a young performer, making his debut on the nationally televised New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert in 1962, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. He performed a solo piece, “The Swan” from the carnival of the animals. Since this inception of his bass playing life he has been featured on six continents with orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Simon Bolivar Orchestra (Caracas, Venezuela), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony, and with all the major orchestras of Australia, playing solo pieces.
Karr has taught bass lessons at several prestigious universities, such as Julliard School, Yale University, New England Conservatory, North Carolina School of the Arts and Indiana University. He eventually retired to Victoria, BC in 2001 and currently lives with his dog after 40 years of solo performance.
CD’s
Poetic Schumann at 39
Bassically Telemann
En Aranjuez con tu Amor
Bach Solo Suites 4, 5, & 6
And much much more
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAbtqJxWlhc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpTK0ewlfiM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEymmtH1ykg&feature=related
Websites:
http://www.garykarr.com
http://www.quillsquotesandnotes.com/wrgarykarr.htm
http://www.activebass.com/i2--Up-Close-And-Classical-With-Gary-Karr
Nov 20, 1942 – Now
Born in Los Angeles, California
Classical Double Bass Virtuoso and Teacher
Gary Karr started his career as a young performer, making his debut on the nationally televised New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert in 1962, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. He performed a solo piece, “The Swan” from the carnival of the animals. Since this inception of his bass playing life he has been featured on six continents with orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Simon Bolivar Orchestra (Caracas, Venezuela), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony, and with all the major orchestras of Australia, playing solo pieces.
Karr has taught bass lessons at several prestigious universities, such as Julliard School, Yale University, New England Conservatory, North Carolina School of the Arts and Indiana University. He eventually retired to Victoria, BC in 2001 and currently lives with his dog after 40 years of solo performance.
CD’s
Poetic Schumann at 39
Bassically Telemann
En Aranjuez con tu Amor
Bach Solo Suites 4, 5, & 6
And much much more
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAbtqJxWlhc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpTK0ewlfiM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEymmtH1ykg&feature=related
Websites:
http://www.garykarr.com
http://www.quillsquotesandnotes.com/wrgarykarr.htm
http://www.activebass.com/i2--Up-Close-And-Classical-With-Gary-Karr
Violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti by Jamie
Full name: Amy Schwartz Moretti
Date Born: Not available
State/Country of origin: Wisconsin
Genre artist plays: Classical-Contemporary
What she is known for:
Former Oregon Symphony and Florida Orchestra Concert master, and Director of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at the Mercer University Townsend School of Music.
Biography:
Amy Moretti was born in Wisconsin and began playing violin at the age of 4. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music graduating as valedictorian. Moretti made her debut at Carnegie Hall for her solo concerto debut in 1998, has been featured with many Orchestras in the U.S., and has made many solo and collaborative appearances through out her career. She was formerly concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony in Portland with Music Director Carlos Kalmar and earlier, the Florida Orchestra in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater with Music Director Jahja Ling and his successor Maestro Stefan Sanderling. Moretti’s professional orchestral career spanned nearly eight seasons.
In 2007, Amy Schwartz Moretti was invited Robert McDuffie to join the faculty of the Mercer University Townsend School of Music as Director of the newly established Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and remains as the director since then. From then she has been a dedicated teacher still appearing in various concerts and recitals. She recently joined Atlanta Symphony principal cellist Christopher Rex and pianist Elizabeth Pridgen to form the Trio RPM. She also performs with her husband, Steve Moretti, a jazz drummer and classical percussionist, as the Moretti Duo. She now lives in Macon, Georgia with her family.
CD’s currently in print:
New solo CD is Kaleidoscope
Video links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLygr5Lfd5s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Gh2WZf4CM
http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/segments/view/322
Websites:
http://www2.mercer.edu/Music/AmySchwartzMoretti.htm
http://www.seattlechambermusic.org/bios-archive/schwartzmoretti.html
http://www.cmnw.org/bioPopUps/AmySchwartzMorettiBio.html
Date Born: Not available
State/Country of origin: Wisconsin
Genre artist plays: Classical-Contemporary
What she is known for:
Former Oregon Symphony and Florida Orchestra Concert master, and Director of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at the Mercer University Townsend School of Music.
Biography:
Amy Moretti was born in Wisconsin and began playing violin at the age of 4. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music graduating as valedictorian. Moretti made her debut at Carnegie Hall for her solo concerto debut in 1998, has been featured with many Orchestras in the U.S., and has made many solo and collaborative appearances through out her career. She was formerly concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony in Portland with Music Director Carlos Kalmar and earlier, the Florida Orchestra in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater with Music Director Jahja Ling and his successor Maestro Stefan Sanderling. Moretti’s professional orchestral career spanned nearly eight seasons.
In 2007, Amy Schwartz Moretti was invited Robert McDuffie to join the faculty of the Mercer University Townsend School of Music as Director of the newly established Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and remains as the director since then. From then she has been a dedicated teacher still appearing in various concerts and recitals. She recently joined Atlanta Symphony principal cellist Christopher Rex and pianist Elizabeth Pridgen to form the Trio RPM. She also performs with her husband, Steve Moretti, a jazz drummer and classical percussionist, as the Moretti Duo. She now lives in Macon, Georgia with her family.
CD’s currently in print:
New solo CD is Kaleidoscope
Video links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLygr5Lfd5s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Gh2WZf4CM
http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/segments/view/322
Websites:
http://www2.mercer.edu/Music/AmySchwartzMoretti.htm
http://www.seattlechambermusic.org/bios-archive/schwartzmoretti.html
http://www.cmnw.org/bioPopUps/AmySchwartzMorettiBio.html
Violinist Nigel Kennedy by Hayley
Nigel Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy, a violinist known world-wide for not only his classical music, but for his integration into pop and jazz, inspires people everywhere with his music. To quote Nigel, “I can’t give anything unless it’s real…” and Mr. Kennedy certainly can dish it out.
Born on the 28th December, 1956, Nigel was born to John Kennedy and Scylla Stoner in Brighton, England. After graduating from Sir Yehudi Menuhin School in England, he went on to study at Julliard School of Music. In New York he studied under the celebrated teacher, Dorothy DeLay at Julliard. His career has taken him on countless international tours, performing with the world's major orchestras and conductors, from Europe to the United States of America, Central and South America, to South East Asia and Australia. His passion for jazz has resulted in the album "Blue Note Sessions". Nigel Kennedy is currently creating a new orchestra, made up of talented young musicians from Poland. He is expected to make an international tour with this Orchestra this year (2010).
List of CD’s:
Kennedy Plays Bach (With The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
Kafka
Classic Kennedy
Tchaikovsky : Violin Concerto
East Meets East
Blue Note Sessions
The Kennedy Experience
Inner Thoughts
And many more!
Listed below are a few of Nigel’s performances:
Nigel performing “Rider’s on the Storm”, a Doors song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vIxwAV35dc&feature=related
Mr. Kennedy performing Czardas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YfUzXQQUk&feature=related
Nigel Kennedy again playing “Spanish Caravan”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ewWNNROWlU&feature=related
Also, don’t be afraid to keep up with recent “Nigel Events” at some of his fan page websites:
http://www.nigelkennedy.com/
http://www.nigelkennedyonline.com/NIGEL_S_MUSIC.html
If you want more Nigel, here is a website where you can download some of his music:
http://www.last.fm/music/Nigel+Kennedy
Nigel Kennedy, a violinist known world-wide for not only his classical music, but for his integration into pop and jazz, inspires people everywhere with his music. To quote Nigel, “I can’t give anything unless it’s real…” and Mr. Kennedy certainly can dish it out.
Born on the 28th December, 1956, Nigel was born to John Kennedy and Scylla Stoner in Brighton, England. After graduating from Sir Yehudi Menuhin School in England, he went on to study at Julliard School of Music. In New York he studied under the celebrated teacher, Dorothy DeLay at Julliard. His career has taken him on countless international tours, performing with the world's major orchestras and conductors, from Europe to the United States of America, Central and South America, to South East Asia and Australia. His passion for jazz has resulted in the album "Blue Note Sessions". Nigel Kennedy is currently creating a new orchestra, made up of talented young musicians from Poland. He is expected to make an international tour with this Orchestra this year (2010).
List of CD’s:
Kennedy Plays Bach (With The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
Kafka
Classic Kennedy
Tchaikovsky : Violin Concerto
East Meets East
Blue Note Sessions
The Kennedy Experience
Inner Thoughts
And many more!
Listed below are a few of Nigel’s performances:
Nigel performing “Rider’s on the Storm”, a Doors song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vIxwAV35dc&feature=related
Mr. Kennedy performing Czardas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YfUzXQQUk&feature=related
Nigel Kennedy again playing “Spanish Caravan”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ewWNNROWlU&feature=related
Also, don’t be afraid to keep up with recent “Nigel Events” at some of his fan page websites:
http://www.nigelkennedy.com/
http://www.nigelkennedyonline.com/NIGEL_S_MUSIC.html
If you want more Nigel, here is a website where you can download some of his music:
http://www.last.fm/music/Nigel+Kennedy
Bassist Edgar Meyer by Alex
Edgar Meyer was born November 24, 1960. He is widely regarded as the best Bassist alive today. He was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and was taught Bass by his father, Edgar Sr. Meyer plays classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz.
Meyer is best known for achieving virtuosity, like bass players Gary Karr and Mark Bernat before, has tried performing music originally composed for other instruments, like Bach's unaccompanied cello suites. In 2000, he won the Avery Fisher Prize, given once to classical players for outstanding achievement. In 2002, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Meyer's work with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor on the Sony Classical disc, “Appalachia Waltz” reached the top of the U.S. pop charts for 16 weeks when released. Meyer collaborated again with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor on “Appalachian Journey”, which earned a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album. Meyer has composed a number of works, including two double bass concertos, a double concerto for bass and cello and a violin concerto. Meyer also teaches Bass at Vanderbilt University and the Curtis Institute.
Discography:
Edgar Meyer
Music For Two (with Bela Fleck)
Meyer: Double Bass Concerto; Double Concerto; Bottesini: Double Bass Concerto No. 2; Grand Duo Concertant
Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites - Performed on Double Bass
Short Trip Home (with Joshua Bell, Sam Bush, and Mike Marshall)
Uncommon Ritual
AppalachiaWaltz (with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor)
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-65UMPMMA
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4818942816881307315
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYz62UxLPg
Websites:
http://www.edgarmeyer.com/
http://home.comcast.net/~wendell.norman/edgar.htm
http://www.boosey.com/composer/Edgar+Meyer
Meyer is best known for achieving virtuosity, like bass players Gary Karr and Mark Bernat before, has tried performing music originally composed for other instruments, like Bach's unaccompanied cello suites. In 2000, he won the Avery Fisher Prize, given once to classical players for outstanding achievement. In 2002, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Meyer's work with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor on the Sony Classical disc, “Appalachia Waltz” reached the top of the U.S. pop charts for 16 weeks when released. Meyer collaborated again with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor on “Appalachian Journey”, which earned a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album. Meyer has composed a number of works, including two double bass concertos, a double concerto for bass and cello and a violin concerto. Meyer also teaches Bass at Vanderbilt University and the Curtis Institute.
Discography:
Edgar Meyer
Music For Two (with Bela Fleck)
Meyer: Double Bass Concerto; Double Concerto; Bottesini: Double Bass Concerto No. 2; Grand Duo Concertant
Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites - Performed on Double Bass
Short Trip Home (with Joshua Bell, Sam Bush, and Mike Marshall)
Uncommon Ritual
AppalachiaWaltz (with Yo-Yo Ma and Mark O'Connor)
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-65UMPMMA
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4818942816881307315
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AYz62UxLPg
Websites:
http://www.edgarmeyer.com/
http://home.comcast.net/~wendell.norman/edgar.htm
http://www.boosey.com/composer/Edgar+Meyer
Violinist Itzhak Perlman by CJ
Name: Itzhak Perlman
Born: August 31, 1945
Israeli Violinist
Classical Music
He was known for his famous work on the violin.
He was born in Palestine, which is now called Israel. He moved to New York City in 1958 when he was 13 to be part of a show called the 'Ed Sullivan Show' and afterwords, he decided to stay in America. He performed in the Carnigie Hall and several other places, and also won lots of awards for his work on the violin.
By 1975, Perlman had made himself enough of a legacy that he played 100+ annual concerts a year with his 60,000 dollar Stradavarius. He was earned a MEdal of Liberty for his promoting of classical music. He has played in just about every Symphony in the world also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEmbFSiJzEQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16XQTpm_OIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUozVQVt1xI
http://www.perlmanmusicprogram.org/http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=3472&source_type=A
http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=210
Born: August 31, 1945
Israeli Violinist
Classical Music
He was known for his famous work on the violin.
He was born in Palestine, which is now called Israel. He moved to New York City in 1958 when he was 13 to be part of a show called the 'Ed Sullivan Show' and afterwords, he decided to stay in America. He performed in the Carnigie Hall and several other places, and also won lots of awards for his work on the violin.
By 1975, Perlman had made himself enough of a legacy that he played 100+ annual concerts a year with his 60,000 dollar Stradavarius. He was earned a MEdal of Liberty for his promoting of classical music. He has played in just about every Symphony in the world also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEmbFSiJzEQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16XQTpm_OIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUozVQVt1xI
http://www.perlmanmusicprogram.org/http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=3472&source_type=A
http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=210
Cellist Jullian Lloyd Weber by Ellen
Full Name: Julian Lloyd Webber
Born: April 14, 1951 - probably in England
Genre: He plays mostly classical and contemporary music
Instrument: the ‘Barjansky’ Stradivarius cello of c.1690.
Biography: Julian Lloyd Webber was born on April 14, 1951, and is the second son of William the composer William Lloyd Webber (the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is his older Brother). At age sixteen he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music which he attended until completing his studies with the French cellist Pierre Fournier in Geneva in 1973. During January of 1972, Julian made his professional debut playing Sir Arthur Bliss’s Cello Concerto at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Since then he has worked with many notable artists; including, Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti to Elton John and Stephanie Grappelli. He has a son named David who was born in 1992, and was the result of a marriage with Zahra Mahmud Ghazi, a member of the Afghan royal family. He is currently married to the cellist Jiaxin Cheng, and a biography called Married to Music, which was written by Margaret Campbell in 2001.
Summary: He is a world renowned solo cellist, and president of the Elgar society.
Current CD’s:
Gentle Dreams: The Best of Julian Lloyd Webber
Phantasia
Julian Lloyd Webber plays Andrew Lloyd Webber
Unexpected Songs
Lullaby
Cello Moods
Cello Adagios
The Romantic Cello
Video Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ljII_bRQQk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhTqkl_RjTs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moh9KxC_iQA&feature=related
Websites:
http://www.myspace.com/julianlw
http://www.julianlloydwebber.com/
http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=169
Born: April 14, 1951 - probably in England
Genre: He plays mostly classical and contemporary music
Instrument: the ‘Barjansky’ Stradivarius cello of c.1690.
Biography: Julian Lloyd Webber was born on April 14, 1951, and is the second son of William the composer William Lloyd Webber (the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is his older Brother). At age sixteen he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music which he attended until completing his studies with the French cellist Pierre Fournier in Geneva in 1973. During January of 1972, Julian made his professional debut playing Sir Arthur Bliss’s Cello Concerto at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Since then he has worked with many notable artists; including, Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti to Elton John and Stephanie Grappelli. He has a son named David who was born in 1992, and was the result of a marriage with Zahra Mahmud Ghazi, a member of the Afghan royal family. He is currently married to the cellist Jiaxin Cheng, and a biography called Married to Music, which was written by Margaret Campbell in 2001.
Summary: He is a world renowned solo cellist, and president of the Elgar society.
Current CD’s:
Gentle Dreams: The Best of Julian Lloyd Webber
Phantasia
Julian Lloyd Webber plays Andrew Lloyd Webber
Unexpected Songs
Lullaby
Cello Moods
Cello Adagios
The Romantic Cello
Video Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ljII_bRQQk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhTqkl_RjTs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moh9KxC_iQA&feature=related
Websites:
http://www.myspace.com/julianlw
http://www.julianlloydwebber.com/
http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=169
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Violinist Sarah Chang by Jacqueline
Full name: Sarah Chang
Date born: December 10, 1980
State of Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre: Classical
She is known for being a violin virtuoso.
Biography:
Sarah Chang was born to two already musically talented Korean parents. Her father was a violinist while her mother was a composer. She has a younger brother named Michael. She started playing the violin at age 4 with a 1/16 sized violin and auditioned for Juilliard School, playing Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. She was a child prodigy and recorded her first album when she was 10.
Sarah has played with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, and numerous others. Many awards have been bestowed upon her like Hollywood Bowl’s Hall of Fame award and Gramaphone Magazine’s Young Artist of the Year. She continues to tour and record CDs. Her next recital is in Barbican Hall in London. Her instrument is a 1717 Guarneri del Gesu violin and she uses an assortment of different bows.
CDs (most recent):
• 2004 French Violin sonatas. Piano: Lars Vogt (EMI Classics)
• 2004 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sinfonies. Disc 4: The Lark Ascending. Conductor: Bernard Haitink (EMI Classics)
• 2005 Meisterwerke der Kammermusik. Compilation ft Sarah Chang and other artists, 3 CD
• 2005 Andrew Lloyd Webber: Phantasia (with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber) (EMI Classics)
• 2006 Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin concerto Nr.1/Sergej Prokofieff: Violin concert Nr. 1. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle (EMI Classics)
• 2007 Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, and Violin Concerto in g, op 12 no 1, RV 317. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (EMI Classics)
• 2009 Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1, Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto Kurt Masur, Dresdner Philharmonie (EMI Classics)
3 video links:
•
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCLxso5XDN4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_3PJf4lAj0&feature=related are one piece.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1tUdbknTeA&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/user/emiclassics#p/p/E82E3CE963043F58/1/4hvN0X92K4k
3 websites:
• http://sarahchang.com/
• http://www.emiclassics.com/artistdiscography.php?aid=66
• http://twitter.com/sarahchang
Date born: December 10, 1980
State of Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre: Classical
She is known for being a violin virtuoso.
Biography:
Sarah Chang was born to two already musically talented Korean parents. Her father was a violinist while her mother was a composer. She has a younger brother named Michael. She started playing the violin at age 4 with a 1/16 sized violin and auditioned for Juilliard School, playing Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. She was a child prodigy and recorded her first album when she was 10.
Sarah has played with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, and numerous others. Many awards have been bestowed upon her like Hollywood Bowl’s Hall of Fame award and Gramaphone Magazine’s Young Artist of the Year. She continues to tour and record CDs. Her next recital is in Barbican Hall in London. Her instrument is a 1717 Guarneri del Gesu violin and she uses an assortment of different bows.
CDs (most recent):
• 2004 French Violin sonatas. Piano: Lars Vogt (EMI Classics)
• 2004 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sinfonies. Disc 4: The Lark Ascending. Conductor: Bernard Haitink (EMI Classics)
• 2005 Meisterwerke der Kammermusik. Compilation ft Sarah Chang and other artists, 3 CD
• 2005 Andrew Lloyd Webber: Phantasia (with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber) (EMI Classics)
• 2006 Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin concerto Nr.1/Sergej Prokofieff: Violin concert Nr. 1. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle (EMI Classics)
• 2007 Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, and Violin Concerto in g, op 12 no 1, RV 317. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (EMI Classics)
• 2009 Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1, Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto Kurt Masur, Dresdner Philharmonie (EMI Classics)
3 video links:
•
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCLxso5XDN4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_3PJf4lAj0&feature=related are one piece.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1tUdbknTeA&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/user/emiclassics#p/p/E82E3CE963043F58/1/4hvN0X92K4k
3 websites:
• http://sarahchang.com/
• http://www.emiclassics.com/artistdiscography.php?aid=66
• http://twitter.com/sarahchang
Violist Michael Kugel by Lauren
Michael Kugel
Full name: Michael Kugel
Russian Name: Михаил Бенедиктович Кугель
Born: December 5, 1946
State/country of origin: Ukraine
Genre: Mainly classical
Known for: playing the viola and composing music in Eastern Europe.
Michael Kugel was born in Kharkov, Ukraine and attended the Beethoven School
of Music and later studied at Leningrad Conservatory. At the International
Viola Competition in Budapest, Michael won First Prize. For fifteen
years, Michael
Kugel was the soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Organization, violist of the Beethoven Quartet and professor at the Moscow
Conservatory. Kugel was the professor at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance for
six years between 1990 and 1996. Kugel is the founder and the
president of the Belgian Viola Society. Not only does he play the viola, Kugel plays
the viola d’amore. Currently, Michael takes part in festivals, concerts, and master classes around the world.
CDs: Couldn’t find any, although I know he has some.
Compositions: Sonata-Poem for viola solo, Concerto for viola and
orchestra, Suite
in memoriam Shostakovich for viola and piano, a couple others.
Video Links:
· http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElXaDVWv_U&feature=player_embedded
· http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=vVvQQDCUdHk&feature=related
· http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=NKaD9XW7rUY&feature=related
Websites:
· http://www.newconsonantmusic.com/performers/kugel.html
· http://www.viola-in-music.com/Michael-Kugel.html
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kugel
Full name: Michael Kugel
Russian Name: Михаил Бенедиктович Кугель
Born: December 5, 1946
State/country of origin: Ukraine
Genre: Mainly classical
Known for: playing the viola and composing music in Eastern Europe.
Michael Kugel was born in Kharkov, Ukraine and attended the Beethoven School
of Music and later studied at Leningrad Conservatory. At the International
Viola Competition in Budapest, Michael won First Prize. For fifteen
years, Michael
Kugel was the soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Organization, violist of the Beethoven Quartet and professor at the Moscow
Conservatory. Kugel was the professor at the Jerusalem
six years between 1990 and 1996. Kugel is the founder and the
president of the Belgian Viola Society. Not only does he play the viola, Kugel plays
the viola d’amore. Currently, Michael takes part in festivals, concerts, and master classes around the world.
CDs: Couldn’t find any, although I know he has some.
Compositions: Sonata-Poem for viola solo, Concerto for viola and
orchestra, Suite
in memoriam Shostakovich for viola and piano, a couple others.
Video Links:
· http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElXaDVWv_U&feature=player_embedded
· http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=vVvQQDCUdHk&feature=related
· http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=NKaD9XW7rUY&feature=related
Websites:
· http://www.newconsonantmusic.com/performers/kugel.html
· http://www.viola-in-music.com/Michael-Kugel.html
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kugel
Violinist Leila Josefowicz by Megan
Leila Josefowicz
Birth Date: October 20, 1977
Birthplace: Ontario, Canada
Instrument: Violin
Type of Violin: 1724 Guarnerius Del Gesù
Facts and Information:
Leila started playing the violin at the age of three primarily using the Suzuki method. She began formal lessons at age five and at 13, her family moved to Philadelphia so Leila could attend the Curtis Institute of Music. She completed her studies for a bachelor degree in music the same year she received her high school diploma. During her adolescence, Josefowicz played with symphony orchestras across the globe including those of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Boston, Montreal and Toronto. In 1994, at age 17, she made her debut in Carnegie Hall performing the Tchaikovsky Concerto.
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd09TccoJRk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYb4nqtvkqs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxlIEAsBvo&feature=channel&fmt=18
Links:
http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003127/Leila-Josefowicz.html
http://www.nme.com/artists/leila-josefowicz
http://www.leilajosefowicz.com/Home.html
http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/contributor.aspx?CId=5047711
Birth Date: October 20, 1977
Birthplace: Ontario, Canada
Instrument: Violin
Type of Violin: 1724 Guarnerius Del Gesù
Facts and Information:
Leila started playing the violin at the age of three primarily using the Suzuki method. She began formal lessons at age five and at 13, her family moved to Philadelphia so Leila could attend the Curtis Institute of Music. She completed her studies for a bachelor degree in music the same year she received her high school diploma. During her adolescence, Josefowicz played with symphony orchestras across the globe including those of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Boston, Montreal and Toronto. In 1994, at age 17, she made her debut in Carnegie Hall performing the Tchaikovsky Concerto.
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd09TccoJRk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYb4nqtvkqs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suxlIEAsBvo&feature=channel&fmt=18
Links:
http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003127/Leila-Josefowicz.html
http://www.nme.com/artists/leila-josefowicz
http://www.leilajosefowicz.com/Home.html
http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/contributor.aspx?CId=5047711
Violinist Nadja Solerno Sonenberg by Aida
Full Name: Nadja Rose Catherine Salerno Sonnenberg
Born: January 10th, 1961 (Rome, Italy)
Genre: Classical
She is known for being overly emotional, except when people criticize her for being overemotional; then she doesn’t really care.
Biography: Emigrating with her family from Italy to the United States at the age of eight, Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg had weathered a difficult childhood. She was ridiculed by her classmates because of her devotion to classical music and had been largely lonely among children her own age.
After moving to the United States, she attended the Julliard School of Music and went on to become the youngest winner ever of the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition. She also received the prestigious Avery Fischer Prize and Career Grant. Currently, she is the director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
CD’s in Print:
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Havanaise
Massenet: Meditation
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Sibelius Violin Concerto
It Ain't Necessarily So
Brahms: Concerto in D / Bruch: Concerto No.1 in G Minor
Barber/Shostakovitch
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg/Sergio & Odair Assad
Humoresque
Speaking in Strings
Double Violin Concerto
Concertos in D Major
LIVE
Websites:
http://www.nadjasalernosonnenberg.com/
http://www.nssmusic.com/
http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/nadja-salerno-sonnenberg
Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kuI3YEnHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMn2qmscxQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rkorSkTENY
Born: January 10th, 1961 (Rome, Italy)
Genre: Classical
She is known for being overly emotional, except when people criticize her for being overemotional; then she doesn’t really care.
Biography: Emigrating with her family from Italy to the United States at the age of eight, Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg had weathered a difficult childhood. She was ridiculed by her classmates because of her devotion to classical music and had been largely lonely among children her own age.
After moving to the United States, she attended the Julliard School of Music and went on to become the youngest winner ever of the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition. She also received the prestigious Avery Fischer Prize and Career Grant. Currently, she is the director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra.
CD’s in Print:
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Havanaise
Massenet: Meditation
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Sibelius Violin Concerto
It Ain't Necessarily So
Brahms: Concerto in D / Bruch: Concerto No.1 in G Minor
Barber/Shostakovitch
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg/Sergio & Odair Assad
Humoresque
Speaking in Strings
Double Violin Concerto
Concertos in D Major
LIVE
Websites:
http://www.nadjasalernosonnenberg.com/
http://www.nssmusic.com/
http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/nadja-salerno-sonnenberg
Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kuI3YEnHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMn2qmscxQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rkorSkTENY
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Violinist Midori by Katelyn
Midori Goto
Year of Birth: 1971
Birthplace: Osaka , Japan
Instrument: Violin
Type of Violin: 1734 Guarnerius del Gesu
Bows used: Two Dominique Peccatte, and one Francois Peccatte
Facts and Information:
Midori’s big break occurred in 1982, when she was 11 years old. Zubin Mehta hear her playing and was so impressed by her talent, that he arranged for her to be a surprise soloist for the New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve concert. She received a standing ovation, marking the start of her career.
Midori studied and received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Gender Studies at the Gallatin School of New York University in 2000. She continued her studies to receive a Master’s degree in Psychology in 2005.
Links:
Midori’s Main Website
http://www.gotomidori.com/index.html
Wikipedia Website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_Got%C5%8D
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW9So5ky-38
Year of Birth: 1971
Birthplace: Osaka , Japan
Instrument: Violin
Type of Violin: 1734 Guarnerius del Gesu
Bows used: Two Dominique Peccatte, and one Francois Peccatte
Facts and Information:
Midori’s big break occurred in 1982, when she was 11 years old. Zubin Mehta hear her playing and was so impressed by her talent, that he arranged for her to be a surprise soloist for the New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve concert. She received a standing ovation, marking the start of her career.
Midori studied and received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Gender Studies at the Gallatin School of New York University in 2000. She continued her studies to receive a Master’s degree in Psychology in 2005.
Links:
Midori’s Main Website
http://www.gotomidori.com/index.html
Wikipedia Website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_Got%C5%8D
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW9So5ky-38
Cellist Alisa Welierstein by Linda
Alisa Weilerstien
Full Name: Alisa Weilerstien
Birthday: 1982 (No Specific Date found)
State of Origin: Rochester, New York, USA
Genre: Classical or Contemporary
What are they known for?: She has played in many of the top orchestras at only the age of 27.
Biography: Alisa Weilerstien lived in a musical family: her dad Donald, a violinist, and her mother Vivian, a pianist. She first picked up the cello at age four and then discovered that she had real natural talent for the instrument. She hit a slight bump in her life when at age 9 she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. At age 13 she made her debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in October of 1995. Alisa Weilerstien studied cello in the Cleveland Institute of Music in the youth program.
Since her graduation from the youth program, she was invited back in August 2009 to teach young cellists, coming two days per semester. She continued to play cello until she graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Russian History in 2004. Weilerstien has played with many orchestras such as the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and the Barcelona Symphony. She also does solo works and plays with her parents as the Weilerstien Trio. Other than music Alisa Weilerstein is an advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Program.
Links:
http://www.alisaweilerstein.com/index.php
http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/contributor.aspx?CId=5081295
http://www.stringsmagazine.com/article/default.aspx?articleid=25174
CD’s Currently in Print: -DEBUT - Alisa Weilerstein & Vivian Hornik Weilerstein
Works for Cello and Piano (2000)
-Janáček & Schumann Trios (2009)
-Dvorak Trios (2006)
Video Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8FqVLEiqVw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT5IUQynPkg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOPIeYFsNyo
Other Info:
Tour Schedule: June to August 2010
May 31-June 13
Charleston, SC
Dock Street Theater
Spoleto Festival USA
Chamber music concerts every day at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Artists and repertoire to be announced from the stage.
June 15
Washington, DC
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Washington Performing Arts Society
Recital with Inon Barnatan.
July 10
Bad Kissingen, Germany
Bad Kissingen Festival
Gulbenkian Orchestra with conductor Lawrence Foster
July 18
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Schleswig-Holstein Festival
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra with conductor Christoph Eschenbach
July 31- August 8
Amsterdam, Holland
Delft Chamber Music Festival
August 13
Lenox, MA
Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Osvaldo Golijov Mariel
August 17
Aspen, CO
Aspen Music Festival
Recital with Jamey Haddad (percussion), Keita Ogawa (percussion) and Michael Ward-Bergeman (hyper-accordion)
August 27
London, UK
BBC Proms (debut)
Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska
August 29
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh International Festival (debut)
Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska
Elgar Cello Concerto
August 30-September 12
Jerusalem, Israel
Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival
Full Name: Alisa Weilerstien
Birthday: 1982 (No Specific Date found)
State of Origin: Rochester, New York, USA
Genre: Classical or Contemporary
What are they known for?: She has played in many of the top orchestras at only the age of 27.
Biography: Alisa Weilerstien lived in a musical family: her dad Donald, a violinist, and her mother Vivian, a pianist. She first picked up the cello at age four and then discovered that she had real natural talent for the instrument. She hit a slight bump in her life when at age 9 she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. At age 13 she made her debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in October of 1995. Alisa Weilerstien studied cello in the Cleveland Institute of Music in the youth program.
Since her graduation from the youth program, she was invited back in August 2009 to teach young cellists, coming two days per semester. She continued to play cello until she graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Russian History in 2004. Weilerstien has played with many orchestras such as the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and the Barcelona Symphony. She also does solo works and plays with her parents as the Weilerstien Trio. Other than music Alisa Weilerstein is an advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Program.
Links:
http://www.alisaweilerstein.com/index.php
http://www.instantencore.com/contributor/contributor.aspx?CId=5081295
http://www.stringsmagazine.com/article/default.aspx?articleid=25174
CD’s Currently in Print: -DEBUT - Alisa Weilerstein & Vivian Hornik Weilerstein
Works for Cello and Piano (2000)
-Janáček & Schumann Trios (2009)
-Dvorak Trios (2006)
Video Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8FqVLEiqVw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT5IUQynPkg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOPIeYFsNyo
Other Info:
Tour Schedule: June to August 2010
May 31-June 13
Charleston, SC
Dock Street Theater
Spoleto Festival USA
Chamber music concerts every day at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Artists and repertoire to be announced from the stage.
June 15
Washington, DC
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
Washington Performing Arts Society
Recital with Inon Barnatan.
July 10
Bad Kissingen, Germany
Bad Kissingen Festival
Gulbenkian Orchestra with conductor Lawrence Foster
July 18
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Schleswig-Holstein Festival
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra with conductor Christoph Eschenbach
July 31- August 8
Amsterdam, Holland
Delft Chamber Music Festival
August 13
Lenox, MA
Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music Shed
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Osvaldo Golijov Mariel
August 17
Aspen, CO
Aspen Music Festival
Recital with Jamey Haddad (percussion), Keita Ogawa (percussion) and Michael Ward-Bergeman (hyper-accordion)
August 27
London, UK
BBC Proms (debut)
Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska
August 29
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh International Festival (debut)
Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska
Elgar Cello Concerto
August 30-September 12
Jerusalem, Israel
Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival
Violist Martha Mooke by Zevon
Martha Mooke
Name: Ms. Martha Mooke, Electro-Acoustic Violist, Composer, Producer, Innovator and Clinician
Born: US
State/Country of Origin: New York City, NY
Genre of Music: Classical music training with extended techniques, digital effects processing and improvisation (Contemporary)
Known for: Playing electrical five stringed viola/violin
Biography: Martha Mooke plays the electric five string viola/violin. She has a musical voice by synthesizing her classical music training with extended techniques, digital effects processing and improvisation. She’s a Yamaha Performing Artist, and lead clinics on electric strings and the use of electronics, extended techniques and improvisation. Besides her works for solo and ensemble electric strings, she has composed music for theater. She’s in the Scorchio Quartet and has performed with David Bowie, Philip Glass, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, David Byrne, Iggy Pop, Regina Spektor, Moby, Lou Reed, Trey Anastasio, Ziggy Marley, Rufus Wainwright, Kronos Quartet., Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi Enya, Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Chocolate Genius, Al DiMeola, John Cale, Anthony Braxton, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Music Produced:
SOLO ELECTRIC 5-STRING VIOLIN OR VIOLA-...as the Phoenix, Awaken, Drifting, Fanfare, News, Raindance, Terminal Baggage, Virtual Corridors, Winds of Arden, STRING QUARTET or ENSEMBLE- Avatar for String ORCHESTRA, Circa 5, Quantum for Quartet, Random Acts, Tanzmetric Modulation, Enharmonic Vision (Album)
Video Links:
http://www.marthamooke.com/Symphony%20Space%202009.htm
http://www.marthamooke.com/Virtual%20Corridors%20Video.htm
http://www.marthamooke.com/E-chi.htm
Sound Bites:
http://www.marthamooke.com/Drifting.mp3
http://www.marthamooke.com/viola%20xtreme.mp3
http://www.marthamooke.com/WINDS_20OF_20ARDEN.MP3
Clinic Work:
Beijing 2008 International Congress on Women in Music,
American String Teachers Association, National Conference Music Educators,
National Conference NY State School,
Music Association Annual Conference,
NJ String Teachers Conference/ASTA,
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic,
International Association of Jazz Educators Conference,
Rockland County Music Teachers Association,
Fresh Air Fund, Colleges & Universities (Hartt School of Music, Lehman College, SUNY Albany, Purchase College),
Links/Research:
http://www.marthamooke.com/map%20site.htm
http://www.kalvos.org/mookema.html
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martha-Mooke/41884892596?filter=1
Name: Ms. Martha Mooke, Electro-Acoustic Violist, Composer, Producer, Innovator and Clinician
Born: US
State/Country of Origin: New York City, NY
Genre of Music: Classical music training with extended techniques, digital effects processing and improvisation (Contemporary)
Known for: Playing electrical five stringed viola/violin
Biography: Martha Mooke plays the electric five string viola/violin. She has a musical voice by synthesizing her classical music training with extended techniques, digital effects processing and improvisation. She’s a Yamaha Performing Artist, and lead clinics on electric strings and the use of electronics, extended techniques and improvisation. Besides her works for solo and ensemble electric strings, she has composed music for theater. She’s in the Scorchio Quartet and has performed with David Bowie, Philip Glass, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, David Byrne, Iggy Pop, Regina Spektor, Moby, Lou Reed, Trey Anastasio, Ziggy Marley, Rufus Wainwright, Kronos Quartet., Paul McCartney, Bon Jovi Enya, Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Chocolate Genius, Al DiMeola, John Cale, Anthony Braxton, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Music Produced:
SOLO ELECTRIC 5-STRING VIOLIN OR VIOLA-...as the Phoenix, Awaken, Drifting, Fanfare, News, Raindance, Terminal Baggage, Virtual Corridors, Winds of Arden, STRING QUARTET or ENSEMBLE- Avatar for String ORCHESTRA, Circa 5, Quantum for Quartet, Random Acts, Tanzmetric Modulation, Enharmonic Vision (Album)
Video Links:
http://www.marthamooke.com/Symphony%20Space%202009.htm
http://www.marthamooke.com/Virtual%20Corridors%20Video.htm
http://www.marthamooke.com/E-chi.htm
Sound Bites:
http://www.marthamooke.com/Drifting.mp3
http://www.marthamooke.com/viola%20xtreme.mp3
http://www.marthamooke.com/WINDS_20OF_20ARDEN.MP3
Clinic Work:
Beijing 2008 International Congress on Women in Music,
American String Teachers Association, National Conference Music Educators,
National Conference NY State School,
Music Association Annual Conference,
NJ String Teachers Conference/ASTA,
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic,
International Association of Jazz Educators Conference,
Rockland County Music Teachers Association,
Fresh Air Fund, Colleges & Universities (Hartt School of Music, Lehman College, SUNY Albany, Purchase College),
Links/Research:
http://www.marthamooke.com/map%20site.htm
http://www.kalvos.org/mookema.html
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martha-Mooke/41884892596?filter=1
Violinist Joshua Bell by Molly
Joshua Bell
http://www.joshuabell.com (has a fan page and bio page and all!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnOPu0_YWhw (video of him playing in a subway station)
Joshua Bell was born December 16, 1967
Bell and his two sisters grew up on a farm in Bloomington, Indiana. As a child,
he indulged in many passions outside of music, becoming an avid computer game player
and a competitive athlete. Joshua bell took to playing violin more and more until his debut with the Philadelphia orchestra.
Joshua Bell made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1985 with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra!
Joshua Bell currently plays on the famous GIBSON STRADIVARIUS!
http://www.joshuabell.com (has a fan page and bio page and all!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnOPu0_YWhw (video of him playing in a subway station)
Joshua Bell was born December 16, 1967
Bell and his two sisters grew up on a farm in Bloomington, Indiana. As a child,
he indulged in many passions outside of music, becoming an avid computer game player
and a competitive athlete. Joshua bell took to playing violin more and more until his debut with the Philadelphia orchestra.
Joshua Bell made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1985 with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra!
Joshua Bell currently plays on the famous GIBSON STRADIVARIUS!
Violinist Vadim Repin by Eugenia
Repin was born in 1971, in Novosibirsk, Siberia. He began playing on the violin at five years, and after only six months completed his first public appearance. He studied with Zakhar Bron, in his hometown. At seven years he gave his first performance with an orchestra and at eleven years he had his St. Petersburg recital debut. In 1989, his worldwide acknowledgment happened when he attended and won as the youngest-ever winner of the world’s most prestigious and demanding violin competition, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
Ever since, Repin had opportunities to perform with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors. He is invited regularly to be a guest at festivals such as the Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood, Ravivinia, Verbier the BBC Proms, and etc. Upon going to the “Carte blanche” to the Louvre in Paris, he got to record a live concert, what is now a prize-winning recording of music performed with colleagues including the gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos. He has played many chamber performers including Mamaisky Argeritha, Yuri Bashmet, Evgeny Kissin, Nikolai Lugasnsky, Micha Mischa Maisha Maisky and Mikhail Pletnev.
Repin’s genres are Russian music and French music. He mostly plays the great Russian violin concertos, and of course some 20th century and contemporary music too. The new music he also plays are work done by John Adams and Sofia gubaidulina.
Repin is most known for winning the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels at the age of seventeen.
The violin that Repin performs on is the magnificent Stradivarius ‘Ruby’ 1708.
“Vadim Repin’s artistry combining fiery passion with impeccable technique, poetry and sensitivity. “Simply the best, the most perfect violinist I have heard” exclaimed Yehudi Menuhin. “The greatest living violinist” proclaimed Berlin Tagesspiegel last year.
Recorded CDs
Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninov: Piano Trios
DG 477 8099
[Oct, 2009]
Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No.1 in g and: Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a, Op.50
Universal Music (DG)
UCCG-1442
[Nov 26, 2008] (Japan)
Deutsche Grammophon No. 4777470
[Jan 31, 2009] (Europe)
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 and Double Concerto in a, Op. 102
Websites
For CDs:
http://www.osk.3web.ne.jp/~wistaria/disc.htm
For webs:
http://www.productions-sarfati.com/pages/biographies.php?niveau=0&cat=12&lang=2&page=49
www.vadimrepin.com
http://nyphil.org/attend/guests/index.cfm?page=profile&personNum=685
For videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt6nzIy66eQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2IK0UWhgI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9GpI1q86V8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a67hxiFxMVA&feature=PlayList&p=DB64FD5B5E0A567E&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=34
Ever since, Repin had opportunities to perform with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors. He is invited regularly to be a guest at festivals such as the Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood, Ravivinia, Verbier the BBC Proms, and etc. Upon going to the “Carte blanche” to the Louvre in Paris, he got to record a live concert, what is now a prize-winning recording of music performed with colleagues including the gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos. He has played many chamber performers including Mamaisky Argeritha, Yuri Bashmet, Evgeny Kissin, Nikolai Lugasnsky, Micha Mischa Maisha Maisky and Mikhail Pletnev.
Repin’s genres are Russian music and French music. He mostly plays the great Russian violin concertos, and of course some 20th century and contemporary music too. The new music he also plays are work done by John Adams and Sofia gubaidulina.
Repin is most known for winning the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels at the age of seventeen.
The violin that Repin performs on is the magnificent Stradivarius ‘Ruby’ 1708.
“Vadim Repin’s artistry combining fiery passion with impeccable technique, poetry and sensitivity. “Simply the best, the most perfect violinist I have heard” exclaimed Yehudi Menuhin. “The greatest living violinist” proclaimed Berlin Tagesspiegel last year.
Recorded CDs
Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninov: Piano Trios
DG 477 8099
[Oct, 2009]
Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No.1 in g and: Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a, Op.50
Universal Music (DG)
UCCG-1442
[Nov 26, 2008] (Japan)
Deutsche Grammophon No. 4777470
[Jan 31, 2009] (Europe)
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 and Double Concerto in a, Op. 102
Websites
For CDs:
http://www.osk.3web.ne.jp/~wistaria/disc.htm
For webs:
http://www.productions-sarfati.com/pages/biographies.php?niveau=0&cat=12&lang=2&page=49
www.vadimrepin.com
http://nyphil.org/attend/guests/index.cfm?page=profile&personNum=685
For videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt6nzIy66eQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2IK0UWhgI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9GpI1q86V8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a67hxiFxMVA&feature=PlayList&p=DB64FD5B5E0A567E&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=34
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Violist Kim Kashkashian by Kiara
Name: Kim Kashkashian
Date born: August 31st, 1952
State/country of origin: Detroit Michigan
what genre does this artist play in: Ranges from Bach to Contemporary music.
What are they know for: making the Viola in the latter of the twenty first century
A brief biography: Kim Kashkashian is a violist of the Armenian decent, she is a chamber music and viola soloist who has been featured in over 30 albums and with all the repertoire that she has, she constantly is exploring the versatility of her instrument.
Kim has won the second prize at the Lionel Tertis International viola competition and the 1980 ARD international Music Competition in Munich. She has also worked along the sides of Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, the Vienna Philharmonic and Nicolaus Harnoncourt. She also played the viola in the soundtrack for the film Ulysses’ Gaze, along with Eleni Karaindrou. Kim Kashkashian’s albums have won awards, notably the 1999 Edison Prize and the Cannes Prize for chamber music in 2000. Kim has taught at Freiburg in Berlin, and now she is currently teaching at the New England Conservatory
Albums: Neharot, Hayren: Music of Komitas and Tigran Mansurian, and Berio: Voci
Video Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7nu-SUvDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDqBv7566A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDqBv7566A
Date born: August 31st, 1952
State/country of origin: Detroit Michigan
what genre does this artist play in: Ranges from Bach to Contemporary music.
What are they know for: making the Viola in the latter of the twenty first century
A brief biography: Kim Kashkashian is a violist of the Armenian decent, she is a chamber music and viola soloist who has been featured in over 30 albums and with all the repertoire that she has, she constantly is exploring the versatility of her instrument.
Kim has won the second prize at the Lionel Tertis International viola competition and the 1980 ARD international Music Competition in Munich. She has also worked along the sides of Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, the Vienna Philharmonic and Nicolaus Harnoncourt. She also played the viola in the soundtrack for the film Ulysses’ Gaze, along with Eleni Karaindrou. Kim Kashkashian’s albums have won awards, notably the 1999 Edison Prize and the Cannes Prize for chamber music in 2000. Kim has taught at Freiburg in Berlin, and now she is currently teaching at the New England Conservatory
Albums: Neharot, Hayren: Music of Komitas and Tigran Mansurian, and Berio: Voci
Video Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7nu-SUvDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDqBv7566A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDqBv7566A
Violinist Rachel Podger, by Lacey
Rachel Podger
Here's a Link that leads to her biography. http://www.answers.com/topic/rachel-podger-classical-musician
Explaining her German and English background and the teachers who she worked with. And also how she wouldn't take no for an answer in studying Boroque at school. She formed her own music group and won a competition and a heritage festival and in 1997 became Concert Mistress of The English Concert, one of London's leading orchestra.
Here is a video link of her playing the Bach Double with Andrew Manze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIOh5Iq683o
Here is an interview/recording of the Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tScWu5YnF7o
Explaining the difficulty of the piece and the process it took to establish not only notes and rhythms, but the many moods and shifts of the music.
Here's a Link that leads to her biography. http://www.answers.com/topic/rachel-podger-classical-musician
Explaining her German and English background and the teachers who she worked with. And also how she wouldn't take no for an answer in studying Boroque at school. She formed her own music group and won a competition and a heritage festival and in 1997 became Concert Mistress of The English Concert, one of London's leading orchestra.
Here is a video link of her playing the Bach Double with Andrew Manze: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIOh5Iq683o
Here is an interview/recording of the Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tScWu5YnF7o
Explaining the difficulty of the piece and the process it took to establish not only notes and rhythms, but the many moods and shifts of the music.
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