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David
Kim
Violin
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Concertmaster
of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1999, David Kim was born
in Carbondale, Illinois, started playing the violin at the age
of three, began studies with the famed pedagogue Dorothy DeLay
at the age of eight and later received his Bachelor's and Master's
degrees from the Juilliard School. In 1986 he was the only American
violinist to win a prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition
in Moscow.
David
performed this season with Michelle Djokic at the studios of
George Nakashima to benefit the Concordia Chamber Players.
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Carmit Zori
Violin
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Firmly established in her native Israel as an important
young musician, violinist Carmit Zori was chosen at age 13 by the America-Israel
Cultural Foundation to perform on the international television special
"Music from Jerusalem". Two years Inter, at the recommendation of
Alexander Schneider and Isaac Stern, she came to the United States to study at
the Curtis institute of Music, where her teachers included Ivan Galamian, Jaime
Laredo, and Arnold Steinhardt.
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Calvin
Wiersma
Violin
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CALVIN WIERSMA, violinist, has appeared throughout the world
as a soloist and chamber musician. He is currently a violinist
with the Manhattan String Quartet. He has performed numerous
solo recitals, including appearances in Boston, New York,
and Chicago, and has appeared with the Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra, The Concerto Company of Boston and the Lawrence
Symphony, among others. He was a founding member of Meliora
Quartet, winner of the Naumberg, Fischoff, Coleman and Cleveland
Quartet competitions.
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Robert Rinehart
Viola
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Robert
Rinehart joined the New York Philharmonic's viola section in September 1992. Mr.
Rinehart has an extensive background in chamber music; as a founding member of
the Ridge String quartet, be toured extensively in Europe, Asia, Australia and
North America beginning in 1979. The quarter was featured on all of New York's
major chamber music series as well as the Spoleto, Schleswig-Holstein and
Helsinki festivals.
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Michelle
Djokic
Cello,
Artistic Director
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Michelle Djokic is the artistic director and inspiration
of the Concordia Chamber Players. "Djokic is indisputable
when playing melody. Her sense of delivery and her mastery of
technique have an instinctual rightness about them.”, hailed a
critic of the Denver Post. Ms. Djokic made her debut with the
Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of thirteen. |
Dana
Hanchard
Soprano
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Acclaimed as a "singer of passionate virtuosity"
by Time Magazine, Dana Hanchard enjoys an international career
that embraces many styles and genres. Her performance in recital
prompted one critic from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to write,
"Some vocalists sing, others make dramatic magic that cannot
be ignored...Dana Hanchard...most assuredly falls into the latter
group. She possesses that elusive ability to communicate, regardless
of language, using musical phrase and nuance."
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Peter Lloyd
Double
Bass
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Peter Lloyd has held the position of Principal Bass of the
Minnesota Orchestra since 1986. A native of Philadelphia,
Mr. Lloyd is a graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music and
The Settlement Music School, having studied with Roger Scott
and Eligio Rossi. Upon graduation from Curtis, he immediately
joined the Philadelphia Orchestra, remaining a member there
for more than eight seasons before accepting his present position
in Minnesota.
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Phillip
Bush
Piano
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Phillip Bush is an Assistant Professor in the
Piano Department of the University of Michigan School of Music.
As a national and international performing artist, his repertoire
ranges from the 16th century to the 21st. Professor Bush made
his New York recital debut in 1984 at the Metropolitan Museum,
and in 2001 made his Carnegie Hall concerto debut with the
London Sinfonietta.
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Gail
Niwa
Piano
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Gail
Niwa will play in the February 13 Spring Concert 2000. Gail
continues to thrill audiences as she did at the 1991 Gina Bachauer
International Piano Competition, where she became the only woman
ever to win the Gold Medal. She also captured two additional
awards, the Audience Prize and the Chamber Music Prize. She
made her New York recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in October,
1991.
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Clarinet
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Clarinetist David Krakauer exudes an emotionally raw yet
genial presence, baring a tireless spirit, humor and generosity.
His best-selling classical and Klezmer recordings further
define his brilliant tone, virtuosity and imagination. Krakauer
is in demand worldwide as guest soloist with the finest chamber
music groups. This past season he collaborated with the Tokyo
String Quartet, the Eroica Trio, the Kronos Quartet, the Lark
Quartet, the Mendelssohn String Quartet and the Empire Brass
Quintet.
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Clarinet
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Clarinetist Alan R. Kay was recently honored with membership
in the internationally renowned Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
and currently serves as the Orchestra's Program Coordinator.
He has performed with the prize winning ensemble Hexagon,
and with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Da Camera of Houston.
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Bass
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Jon Deak’s compositions have been heard worldwide at venues
ranging from Mountain tops, and concert halls, to city streets
and kindergartens. He is one of the few composers who holds
a major symphonic position: he is the Associate Principal
Bassist of the New York Philharmonic, and is also that orchestra’s
Creative Education Associate.
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Clarinet
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Todd Palmer's virtuosity and ebullient stage presence
have brought him a stellar reputation as a solo clarinetist
that is attained by few artists on his instrument. He
made his New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall as a
winner of the 1987 Artists International Competition,
and in 1988, he won the Grand Prize in the Ima Hogg Young
Artist Competition in Houston (the first wind player to
win this prestigious competition!).
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Players
in the 2001-2002 Season
Players
in the 2000-2001 Season
Players in the
1999-2000 Season
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