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2004-2005
Season
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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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Peter
Winograd
Violin
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As first violinist of the American String Quartet, Peter
Winograd performs in annual chamber music tours of North America,
the capitals of Europe and at the Aspen Music Festival. He
has recorded extensively with the quartet, including a recent
release of the complete string quartets of Mozart on the Musical
Heritage Masters label.
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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. |
Melvin
Chen
Piano
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A
native of Tennessee, pianist Melvin Chen is recognized as an
important young artist, having received acclaim for performances
throughout the United States and abroad. As a soloist and chamber
musician Mr. Chen has performed at major venues in the United
States, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert
Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the Frick Collection, the Kennedy
Center, Boston’s Jordan Hall, in addition to other appearances
throughout the country, Canada and Asia.
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Diane
Walsh
Piano
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Diane Walsh, whose many awards over a 35-year
international career include the top prizes at the Munich
International Piano Competition and the Salzburg International
Mozart Competition, has given solo recitals and performed
concertos worldwide. In recent seasons she performed the Strauss
Burleske with the Syracuse and Delaware symphony orchestras,
and Berg’s Kammerkonzert with the American Symphony Orchestra
in New York City.
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Gail
Niwa
Piano
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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. |
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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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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Cho-Liang
Lin
Violin
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Celebrating his inaugural season as SummerFest’s Artistic
Director, Cho-Liang Lin can look back with justifiable pride
on a long, and impressive, journey from his native Taiwan.
Few instrumentalists have enjoyed a career that has so successfully
combined virtuosity, versatility, and an uncommon eloquence
in musical utterance – qualities that mark his playing with
a unique stamp, whether in solo appearances with orchestra,
as a recitalist, or as a chamber musician.
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Benefit
Concert, October 3
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Jeffrey
Khaner
Flute
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Canadian flutist Jeffrey Khaner joined
the Philadelphia Orchestra as Principal Flute at the beginning
of the 1990/1991 season following his Principal position
with the Cleveland Orchestra from 1982 through 1990. Prior
to his appointment in Cleveland, Mr. Khaner served as Co-Principal
Flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Principal Flute of
the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York and the Atlantic
Symphony in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Allen
Krantz
Guitar
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A multi-talented musician, Allen Krantz has received
critical acclaim as an established solo guitarist, chamber
music artist, and a gifted composer As a performer,
he has appeared throughout the United States including
appearances at Carnegie Hall. His repertoire includes
the major chamber works with guitar and his diverse
programs often feature his original compositions.
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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. |
David
Laganella
Composer
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David Laganella was born in 1974 in the suburbs of
Philadelphia. An inventive composer, Laganella’s multi-disciplinary
musical upbringing allows him to compose music that
merges a variety of genres into an unswerving music
language. He is strongly influenced by his years playing
electric guitar in speed metal and progressive rock
bands and he draws heavily on his experiences playing
violoncello in chamber ensembles and orchestras.
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1999-2000 Season
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