Performer Bios Archive

  • American soprano Demetra Adams hails from Greek and Italian ancestry. Upcoming, she will star in the world première of Vita Hildegardis, an opera about the life of Hildegard von Bingen by...

    Demetra Adams

    American soprano Demetra Adams hails from Greek and Italian ancestry. Upcoming, she will star in the world première of Vita Hildegardis, an opera about the life of Hildegard von Bingen by...

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  • Christina Ascher, contralto, studied voice at the Oberlin Conservatory (B.Mus.) and the Juilliard Music School (M.S.) in New York, the city of her birth. After fulfilling opera contracts at the...

    Christina Ascher

    Christina Ascher, contralto, studied voice at the Oberlin Conservatory (B.Mus.) and the Juilliard Music School (M.S.) in New York, the city of her birth. After fulfilling opera contracts at the...

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  • Haim Avitsur has premiered over 50 works for trombone solo, chamber music, and orchestra. In New York, he has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Noonday Concerts...

    Haim Avitsur

    Haim Avitsur has premiered over 50 works for trombone solo, chamber music, and orchestra. In New York, he has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Noonday Concerts...

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  • Mary Barto’s principal teachers include Julius Baker, Britton Johnson, John C. Krell. Former member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Performances with the New York City Ballet, New York City Opera,...

    Mary Barto

    Mary Barto’s principal teachers include Julius Baker, Britton Johnson, John C. Krell. Former member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Performances with the New York City Ballet, New York City Opera,...

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  • Virgil Blackwell, bass clarinetist, has appeared with the MET Chamber Ensemble, NY Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, NYC Ballet, NYC Opera, Steve Reich Ensemble,and Speculum Musicae among others. He has also made...

    Virgil Blackwell

    Virgil Blackwell, bass clarinetist, has appeared with the MET Chamber Ensemble, NY Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, NYC Ballet, NYC Opera, Steve Reich Ensemble,and Speculum Musicae among others. He has also made...

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  • Allen Blustine is a member of the New York Chamber Soloists, the Festival Winds and the award-winning new music ensemble Speculum Musicae (of which he is currently the President and...

    Allen Blustine

    Allen Blustine is a member of the New York Chamber Soloists, the Festival Winds and the award-winning new music ensemble Speculum Musicae (of which he is currently the President and...

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  • Born in Varna, Bulgaria, soprano Sofia Dimitrova currently makes her home in New York City where she enjoys a busy career exploring and performing a wide range of music –...

    Sofia Dimitrova

    Born in Varna, Bulgaria, soprano Sofia Dimitrova currently makes her home in New York City where she enjoys a busy career exploring and performing a wide range of music –...

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  • First Prize winner in the “Barbara Krakauer Scholarship Award” Competition at the Associated Music Teachers League in New York City, violinist Stanichka Dimitrova is currently studying at the Juilliard School...

    Stanichka Dimitrova

    First Prize winner in the “Barbara Krakauer Scholarship Award” Competition at the Associated Music Teachers League in New York City, violinist Stanichka Dimitrova is currently studying at the Juilliard School...

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  • Soprano Tiffany DuMouchelle, grand prize winner of the 2006 Mannes Concerto Competition and recipient of the prestigious Richard F. Gold Career Grant, is well known for her musical versatility and...

    Tiffany DuMouchelle

    Soprano Tiffany DuMouchelle, grand prize winner of the 2006 Mannes Concerto Competition and recipient of the prestigious Richard F. Gold Career Grant, is well known for her musical versatility and...

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  • Marcia Eckert is a New York-based pianist, teacher and recording artist. She is active as piano soloist and collaborative artist and has appeared at the Mostly Mozart Festival, as well...

    Marcia Eckert

    Marcia Eckert is a New York-based pianist, teacher and recording artist. She is active as piano soloist and collaborative artist and has appeared at the Mostly Mozart Festival, as well...

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  • Oren Fader is active as a performer of classical guitar repertoire, both traditional and contemporary. Reviewing his solo New York recital, Guitar Review magazine stated: “His scholarship, technique, and intelligent...

    Oren Fader

    Oren Fader is active as a performer of classical guitar repertoire, both traditional and contemporary. Reviewing his solo New York recital, Guitar Review magazine stated: “His scholarship, technique, and intelligent...

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  • The New York Philharmonic, New York, NY, 1972-2005 The Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY, 1964-1972 Recitals and guest appearances Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY Carnegie Recital Hall (Weil Recital...

    Leonard Hindell

    The New York Philharmonic, New York, NY, 1972-2005 The Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY, 1964-1972 Recitals and guest appearances Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY Carnegie Recital Hall (Weil Recital...

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  • Violist Jill Jaffe performs with the Orchestra of St. Lukes, the New York City Ballet, the American Composers Orchestra and many other NYC based groups. She is a member of the...

    Jill Jaffe

    Violist Jill Jaffe performs with the Orchestra of St. Lukes, the New York City Ballet, the American Composers Orchestra and many other NYC based groups. She is a member of the...

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  • Sibylle Johner, cellist, b. Zurich, Switzerland. Teaching diploma, Zurich Conservatory; M.M., Drake University; D.M.A., The Juilliard School. Among Ms. Johner’s teachers have been Bernard Greenhouse, Stefan Kartman, and Harvey Shapiro....

    Sibylle Johner

    Sibylle Johner, cellist, b. Zurich, Switzerland. Teaching diploma, Zurich Conservatory; M.M., Drake University; D.M.A., The Juilliard School. Among Ms. Johner’s teachers have been Bernard Greenhouse, Stefan Kartman, and Harvey Shapiro....

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    Craig Ketter

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  • Michael Laderman is a New York-based recitalist, orchestral and chamber player, jazz musician, and recording artist. He has performed on various concert series throughout the New York metropolitan area, including...

    Michael Laderman

    Michael Laderman is a New York-based recitalist, orchestral and chamber player, jazz musician, and recording artist. He has performed on various concert series throughout the New York metropolitan area, including...

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  • Maxine Neuman Cellist Maxine Neuman‘s solo and chamber music career spans North America, South America, Europe and Japan. A grant recipient from the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations and the National...

    Maxine Neuman

    Maxine Neuman Cellist Maxine Neuman‘s solo and chamber music career spans North America, South America, Europe and Japan. A grant recipient from the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations and the National...

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  • Mezzo-soprano Margaret O’Connell enjoys a versatile musical career in opera, contemporary music, musical theatre, oratorio, recordings, and film. In its January/February 2007 issue, Fanfare Magazine hailed her as “a superb mezzo,...

    Margaret O’Connell

    Mezzo-soprano Margaret O’Connell enjoys a versatile musical career in opera, contemporary music, musical theatre, oratorio, recordings, and film. In its January/February 2007 issue, Fanfare Magazine hailed her as “a superb mezzo,...

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  • Javier Oviedo has appeared with many orchestras in and around his native Texas including the Austin Symphony Orchestra the San Antonio Symphony and the New Jersey Symphony. As a founding...

    Javier Oviedo

    Javier Oviedo has appeared with many orchestras in and around his native Texas including the Austin Symphony Orchestra the San Antonio Symphony and the New Jersey Symphony. As a founding...

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  • Pianist Noah Palmer enjoys a versatile career as a collaborator, soloist, and teacher. Palmer was a vocal coach for the opera festival Lingua della Lirica, during which he coached and...

    Noah Palmer

    Pianist Noah Palmer enjoys a versatile career as a collaborator, soloist, and teacher. Palmer was a vocal coach for the opera festival Lingua della Lirica, during which he coached and...

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