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Jupiter Players 2009-2010 |
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| Lisa Shihoten, winner of the Grand Prize at the Marcia Polayes National Violin Competition and the Nakamichi Concerto Competition, Lisa made her debut in 1995 performing Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy with the Juilliard Orchestra under Kurt Masur. As a recitalist and chamber musician, she has appeared at the Aspen, Verbier, and Ravinia festivals, and at Caramoor’s “Rising Stars” series. We think of Lisa as our Most Valuable Player. |
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| Robyn Bollinger is a prizewinner of the Spohr, Menuhin and Aspen competitions, among others. She made her debut at age 12 with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rossen Milanov conducting, and returned in 2005 for a second appearance with Christoph Eschenbach. A passionate chamber musician, Robyn is a former member of the Snitzer Quartet and Newman Quartet, which won second prize at the 2007 Fischoff Competition. She is currently a scholarship student of Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory. |
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| Chun-Wen Huang, first prize winner of the 2009 Sion-Valais International Violin Competition (formerly Tibor Varga), is an eighteen-year-old Taiwanese-American violinist. He is frequently lauded for his fiery virtuosity and musical creativity well beyond his age. A recipient of the Chi-Mei Culture Foundation Arts Award, Chun-Wen plays on a 1725 “ex-Moeller” Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, on extended loan from the Stradivari Society and the Samsung Foundation of Culture. |
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| Bracha Malkin, who began her music studies at age 4 under the tutelage of her father Isaac Malkin, has been named “among the vanguard leading the march of violin art into the 21st century” by the critic Henry Roth. Among her winnings are prizes from the Wieniawski and Paganini violin competitions. Bracha plays the “Trechman” J. B. Guadagnini made in 1757 ~ www.brachamalkin.com (photo by Lisa Levart) |
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| Maurycy Banaszek, from Warsaw, Poland, is a recipient of numerous violin, viola and chamber music awards. As a founding member of the Elsner String Quartet, he has played in such venues as Carnegie, Wigmore Hall, and the Gewandhaus. He performed with the Amadeus String Quartet for their 50th Anniversary Gala concert in London, and was also chosen by Gidon Kremer to participate at the World Festival in Kronberg, Germany, where he performed with the Guarneri String Quartet. |
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| Brian Chen, winner of the 2003 William Primrose Viola Competition; member of the award-winning Avalon String Quartet ~ currently principal viola of the San Diego Symphony ~ born in Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Mark Holloway, has played at Marlboro, Ravinia, Caramoor, and with the Boston Chamber Music Society. He has also played principal viola for the New York String Orchestra and American Symphony, and he substitutes with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus, and on Broadway. Mark, who began playing the viola at age 8, is a graduate of Curtis, where he studied with Michael Tree, and of Boston University. He plays a viola made in 1941 by Ladislav Kaplan of South Norwalk, Connecticut. |
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| Max Mandel has always been involved in chamber music groups of great variety. His current affiliations include the FLUX Quartet, Caramoor Virtuosi, Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, the Kirby String Quartet, Metropolitan Museum Artists, and I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble. He recently played at the Smithsonian using instruments from their collection of Stradivari. Max, who is from Canada, plays a 1973 Giovanni Battista Morassi generously loaned to him by Lesley Robertson of the St. Lawrence Quartet ~ www.fluxquartet.com |
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| Robert Meyer has performed in chamber music and recitals throughout the United States and abroad. As violist of the Arianna Quartet, he collaborated with members of the Tokyo, Juilliard, and Vermeer Quartets, and was featured on the cover of Chamber Music Magazine. A proponent of new music, he was a founding member of the New Fromm Players, a contemporary music ensemble in residence at the Tanglewood Music Center. Robert studied at the Manhattan School of Music, University of Michigan, and Rice University in Houston, Texas. |
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| Dov Scheindlin, acclaimed by the New York Times as an “extraordinary violist” of “immense flair,” was until recently violist of the Arditti String Quartet, winner of the 1999 Siemens Musikpreis in Munich. The Quartet’s extensive concert schedule brought him to some 28 European countries. He was also a member of the Penderecki String Quartet and the Mendelssohn String Quartet (as acting violist). Born in Montreal, Dov was raised in New York City. |
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| Jennifer Stumm, hailed as “outstanding” by The Strad, has won top prizes at the Concert Artists Guild, William Primrose, and Vriendenkrans Conceurs competitions. She has performed as soloist and recitalist at the Kennedy Center, Wigmore and Tully Halls, and on Ravinia’s “Rising Stars” series. As a chamber musician she performs with the London-based Aronowitz Ensemble; she has also played at the Marlboro, Ravinia, Aldeburgh and Verbier festivals. Jennifer is a native of Atlanta, and plays a 1767 Mantegazza viola ~ www.aronowitzensemble.co.uk |
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| Ani Aznavoorian is one of the premier cellists of her generation. Among her winnings are prizes from the Julius Stulberg, Paolo (Finland) and Bunkamura competitions, and she was also named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts. In 2001 she substituted (to critical acclaim) for Natalia Gutman on 12 hours notice in 3 performances of the first Shostakovich Cello Concerto. Her playing is indeed “breathtakingly lovely” Naples Daily News. Ani is a member of the Corinthian Trio, and she plays a cello made by her father Peter Aznavoorian. Chicago is her hometown. ~ www.aniaznavoorian.com |
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| Bronwyn Banerdt made her Los Angeles Philharmonic solo debut in 2002. She has collaborated in chamber music with artists such as Midori, Steven Tenenbom, and Ronald Leonard, and in the spring of 2007, she served as cellist for the Biava Quartet. She is also principal cellist of the Haddonfield Symphony and frequently performs with the Philadelphia Orchestra. A native of LA, Bronwyn began her cello studies at age 5. She earned her BM from USC and currently studies with David Soyer at Curtis. Bronwyn plays a cello made by Mario Miralles in 1996 on loan from the Maestro Foundation. |
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| Denise Djokic is one of the most exciting young talents of her generation. Her winnings include the First Prize at the 1998 Irving Klein String Competition, and her television appearances on the 2001 East Coast Music Awards and 2002 Grammy Awards have won her international recognition. Denise was also featured in the documentary, Seven Days, Seven Nights, which aired on Bravo TV and was screened at the Atlantic Film Festival. She plays a 1901 Antoniazzi, and was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia ~ www.denisedjokic.com |
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| Rafal Jezierski, winner of the Lotos Club Foundation Arts Prize and Eisenberg Competition ~ currently co-principal cello of the orchestra, Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Spain ~ former member of the Paderewski Trio ~ born in Poznan, Poland |
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| Mark Kosower, widely regarded as one of the leading cellists of his generation, has won prizes at the Irving Klein, WAMSO and Rostropovich competitions, as well as an Avery Fisher Career Grant. His active career has included solo appearances with major orchestras in the U.S. and abroad, and performances with Chamber Music Society II of Lincoln Center. Mark is currently solo cellist of the Bamberg Symphony in Germany. |
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| David Requiro, First Prize winner of both the 2006 Irving Klein and Washington string competitions, is emerging as one of America’s most promising young cellists. His accomplishments include a première performance of Tan Dun’s Elegy: Snow in June for cello and percussion at the Aspen Music Festival and the completion of the first half of the cycle of Beethoven’s works for cello and piano at the Phillips Collection, with future cycles scheduled. A native of Oakland, California, David is cellist of the Kashii String Quartet. |
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| Joshua Roman was appointed Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony in 2006 at the age of 22 and is now embarking on a solo career. He is also an avid chamber musician and has collaborated with musicians such as Sergei Babayan and Christian Zacharias. Additionally, Joshua’s humanitarian work has taken him and his violin-playing siblings to Rwanda and Uganda where they played chamber music in schools, HIV/Aids centers and displacement camps, bringing a message of hope through music. ~ www.joshuaroman.com |
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| Inbal Segev, from Israel, made her debuts with the Israel and Berlin Philharmonic (Zubin Mehta conducting), and has won the Casals, Paulo, and Washington competitions. She devotes much of her time to chamber music and has played in the Banff, Ravinia and Seattle festivals. Her recordings of Boccherini and Beethoven sonatas are released by “Opus One” and a solo CD of Jewish music by Vox. Inbal plays an 1845 Gaetano Rossi made in Milan ~ www.inbalsegev.com |
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| DOUBLE BASS | ||
| Kurt Muroki, a native of Maui, Hawaii, is winner of the Aspen, New World, and Honolulu Symphony Young Artists competitions. He is bassist with such groups as Speculum Musicae, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Concertante, Marlboro, and BargeMusic, and was a member of Chamber Music Society II of Lincoln Center. Kurt has also performed with the Guarneri, Juilliard, Tokyo, and Colorado Quartets, and with pianists Richard Goode and Mitsuko Uchida ~ www.muroki.com |
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| Stephen Sas has performed extensively in the U.S. and abroad with ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has also participated at many festivals, including Spoleto (Italy), Evian (France), Aspen, Tanglewood, and Mostly Mozart. A native of New York City, Stephen received his Doctorate from Juilliard, where his original doctoral dissertation delved into the history of double bass performance practice from 1500 to 1900. |
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| Barry Crawford was principal flute of the Jupiter Symphony. The Southampton Press has called his playing “superb,” admiring “his tone, his phrasing and breath control, and the joy-giving communicative quality of his playing.” He has performed in Spoleto and with Mostly Mozart, in Tunisia and Poland, and with pianist Peter Serkin on U.S. tours. |
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| Yousun Chung, a prizewinner of the Contemporary Music and Juilliard Concerto competitions, began her oboe studies at age eleven in Seoul, Korea. She has performed as soloist at Alice Tully Hall, and as a chamber musician, she has participated at the Aspen Music Festival. |  |
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| Winnie Lai, from Taiwan, began playing the oboe at age 9. She is graduate of Juilliard and a prizewinner of the Taiwan, Spotlight and Idyllwild competitions. Winnie is a member of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra and has performed at Aspen and Marlboro, and the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. |  |
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| Vadim Lando, who was born in Kiev, was principal clarinet of the Jupiter Symphony. A winner of top prizes in the CMC Canada, Yale, and Stony Brook competitions, he has been praised by The New York Times for his “consistently distinguished” and “vibrant, precise virtuosic playing.” His concerts have been broadcast on NPR. Vadim runs his own music school, the Great Neck Music Conservatory ~ www.greatneckmusicconservatory.com |
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| HORN | ||
| Audrey Flores, a native of Texas, is currently Principal Horn of Symphony in C. A graduate of Juilliard, Audrey has played in such orchestras as the New World Symphony and Albany Symphony, and was Principal Horn of the American Russian Youth Orchestra for their final world tour. She also performs as a chamber musician with the 85th Street Wind Quintet, the Hora Decima Brass Ensemble, and Big Apple Brass Trio |
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| Karl Kramer, from Norway, was principal horn of the Jupiter Symphony. His winnings include top prizes from the American Horn and Nordic Horn competitions. He is a member of the Dorian Quintet, a founding member of Concerts in the Heights, and a faculty member at Rowan University in New Jersey. He also performs as artist-member and guest artist at festivals. |  |
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| Alana Vegter is a member of the Carnegie Hall Academy, where she recently performed its premiere of the Ligeti Horn Trio. She has played in both orchestral and chamber music settings with Spoleto USA, Pacific Music Festival in Japan, Verbier, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and Aspen under the batons of such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, James Conlon, Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson-Thomas and Herbert Blomsted. Alana, a Chicago native, is a recent graduate of Juilliard and lives in New York. |
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| BASSOON | ||
| Gina Cuffari is a founding member of the prize-winning Scarborough Trio, which gave its New York debut at Carnegie’s Weill Hall in 2003. She performs frequently with orchestras such as Orpheus and the Opera Orchestra of New York, plays with the contemporary ensemble Alarm Will Sound, and performs live music to silent films with the BQE Project at Lincoln Center. She is also on the faculty at NYU and Western Connecticut University ~ www.scarboroughtrio.com |
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| GUITAR | ||
| Oren Fader is highly regarded as a performer of classical guitar repertoire, both solo and chamber, traditional and contemporary. Reviewing his solo New York City recital, Guitar Review magazine stated, “His scholarship, technique, and intelligent musicianship are plainly evident and the beauty of his tone is consistently compelling.” He has performed hundreds of concerts in Asia, Europe and the U.S., and his more than 25 recordings range from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Since 1994 Oren has been on the guitar and chamber music faculty of the Manhattan School of Music. |
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