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
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