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    Infinity - Gregorian in Progress
    Dino Mariani Dino Mariani was born in Molise - Italy (1954). In 1965 he moved to Milan with his family. Since 1972 he studied at G.Verdi Conservatory where he graduated in Basson and Composition. He studied orchestral conducting at the 'Civica Scuola di Musica' of Milan. At the same time, once he finished the Scientific High Scool, he attended two years of Law Faculty which leaved to devote himself entirely to the musical studies. In the Seventies he lived the most varied musical experiences. He easily alternated between the academic studies, performances in 'classical' areas as soloist, in orchestra or chamber groups and perfomances in the various Pop and Jazz Festival of that time, both as a guitarist and as bassoonist, bringing for the first time this instrument out of the 'classical' ambit. He recorded several discs for many artists of Milan in that time. From 1978 to 1980 he played in the 'International Folk Group' of Moni Ovadia for whom, along with the inseparable friend oboist Mario Arcari, wrote most of musics recorded in 'Il nonno di Jonni' and 'Ensemble Havadi‡'.He played in the disc 'Le mille e una notte' for the homonymous show of 'Teatro dell'Elfo'.. With GFI accomplished several tours in Italy and Europe. At the same time he founded the DOM Democratic Orchestra Milano, big formation in which live together 'classical' musicians and 'young jazz musicians' still representative on the national scene,and not just, of the home-made jazz. He wrote for the DOM several pieces which for their characther of synthesis between classical and jazz, gained considerable interest of public and critics.. He conducted the same in important festivals in Italy and Europe, playing in first performance pieces written specifically for it by Enrico Rava, Antony Braxton, Alex Schlippenbach, Leroy Jenkins, Oliver Lake, etc. He finished this experience in 1984 recording the disc 'Invenzioni'. Since 1985 he devoted himself entirely to the composition. He studied with Sciarrino, Ferneyhaugh, Grisey, Rotondi, and Zosi Donatoni, deepening the knowledge of the most advanced techniques of composition and instrumental. He was awarded in many international contests of Composition from jury like Berio, Abbado, Petrassi, Huber, Pousseur, Morricone, Chailly, Ferneyhaugh, Donatoni, Sciarrino, Clementi ecc. And his music was performed in prestigious contexts both in Italy and abroad. To the increasingly introspective and isolated activity of Composer, he put side by side, from 1988 to till today, the teaching as a professor of Composition at different italians Conservatories. He lives, since some years, in Amalfitan Coast..Last work: 'INFINITY' has been conceived in the last months of 2006.As ripe rediscovery of 'simple', the return to primordial emotions. The enjoyment in returning to play different instruments: flutes, bassoon, sitar, keyboards, acoustic guitar, the old dear Fender Stratocaster. Inspiring source, 9 Gregorian Chants, as the orders of the angelic hosts grouped into three angelic choirs, sometimes freely transcribed, other philologically made mensurable. The 'Voice of the Soul' for excellence which alternates, merges with jazz and blues singing, in rhythmic contexts with progressive rock flavour, or pure melodic contexts in search of emotions. Dino Mariani - Musices Officina INFINITY - Gregorian in Progress Classical? Jazz? Blues? Rock? Pop? ...'the Voice of the Soul' meets the today's music... 'A pleasant surprise the work by Dino Mariani who seems to have found a finally convincing way in search for a music unrelated and independent from genres, as evidenced also from the structure of the group, with the most varied instruments whose mixture leads to original and new solutions.' La Repubblica 'The music of Dino Mariani, conductor, composer, polyinstrumentalist and gray eminence requires an uncommon culture and capacity for synthesis.' Il Giornale '...They amazed, surprised, innovated.' Jazz Magazine '...original music influenced by all the sound developments of the last years ... ' Progres '...on a collective basis of very beautiful orchestration, it gave very strong musical emotions. Here is a music to discover urgently.' Dino Mariani Nel 1954 nasce in Molise. Nel 1965 si trasferisce con la famiglia a Milano. Dal 1972 studia al Conservatorio G. Verdi dove si diplomerà in Fagotto e Composizione. Studia Direzione d'orchestra presso la Civica Scuola di Musica di Milano. Contemporaneamente, terminato il Liceo Scientifico, frequenta due anni la facoltà di Giurisprudenza che abbandona per dedicarsi totalmente agli studi musicali. Negli anni settanta vive intensamente le più svariate esperienze musicali. Alterna con disinvoltura gli studi accademici e le esibizioni in ambiti 'classici' come solista, in orchestra o gruppi da camera, alle esibizioni nei vari Festival Pop e Jazz dell'epoca, sia come chitarrista che come fagottista, portando tale strumento per la prima volta fuori dall'ambito 'classico'. Registra svariati dischi per molti artisti dell'area milanese dell'epoca. Dal 1978 al 1980 suona col Gruppo Folk Internazionale di Moni Ovadia per il quale, insieme all'allora inseparabile amico oboista Mario Arcari, scrive buona parte delle musiche incise in 'Il nonno di Jonni' e 'Ensemble Havadià'. Suona nel disco 'Le mille e una notte' per l'omonimo spettacolo del Teatro dell'Elfo.. Col GFI compie numerose tournées in Italia ed Europa. Contemporaneamente fonda la DOM Democratic Orchestra Milano, grossa formazione che vede convivere musicisti 'classici' e 'giovani jazzisti' tuttora rappresentativi sulla scena nazionale, e non solo, del jazz nostrano. Per la DOM scrive diversi brani che per il loro carattere di sintesi tra classico e jazz, riscuotono notevole interesse di pubblico e di critica.. Dirige la stessa in importanti festival in Italia e in Francia, suonando in prima esecuzione brani scritti appositamente per essa da Enrico Rava, Antony Braxton, Alex Schlippenbach, Leroy Jenkins, Oliver Lake, ecc. Termina tale esperienza nel 1984 incidendo il disco 'Invenzioni'. Dal 1985 si dedica totalmente alla Composizione. Studia con Sciarrino, Ferneyhaugh, Grisey, Rotondi, Zosi e Donatoni, approfondendo la conoscenza delle più avanzate tecniche compositive e strumentali. Viene premiato in numerosi Concorsi internazionali di Composizione da giurati come Berio, Abbado, Petrassi, Huber, Pousseur, Morricone, Chailly, Ferneyhaugh, Donatoni, Sciarrino, Clementi ecc. E le sue musiche sono eseguite in prestigiosi contesti sia in Italia che all'estero. Alla sempre più introspettiva e isolata attività di Compositore, affianca, dal 1988 a tutt'oggi, l' attività didattica,come docente di Composizione, presso diversi Conservatori italiani. Vive, da alcuni anni, in Costiera Amalfitana.. Ultima opera: ' INFINITY' viene concepito negli ultimi mesi del 2006. Come matura riscoperta del 'semplice', del ritorno alle emozioni primordiali. Il piacere nel tornare a suonare diversi strumenti: flauti, fagotto, sitar, tastiere, chitarra acustica, la cara vecchia Fender Stratocaster... Fonte ispiratrice, 9 Canti Gregoriani, come gli ordini delle schiere angeliche raggruppati in tre cori angelici, trascritti a volte liberamente, altre filologicamente mensuralizzati. Il 'Canto dell'Anima' per eccellenza che si alterna, si fonde col canto jazz, blues, in contesti ritmici dal sapore rock progressivo, o in puri contesti melodici in cerca di emozioni. INFINITY Gregorian in Progresss Dino Mariani - Musices Officina Classica? Jazz? Blues? Rock? Pop? ...il Canto dell'Anima incontra la musica d'oggi... Una piacevole sorpresa il lavoro di Dino Mariani che sembra aver imboccato una strada finalmente convincente nella ricerca di una musica slegata e indipendente dai generi, come testimonia anche la struttura del gruppo, con i più vari strumenti il cui impasto porta a soluzioni originali e inedite. La Repubblica La musica di Dino Mariani, direttore, compositore, pluristrumentista ed eminenza grigia presuppone
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    New World
    What is Svara? Svara is a poly-musical ensemble. Our goal is an innovative foray into unexplored musical spaces. We are 4 musicians who have experienced deep training in a variety of very traditional music forms (including western traditions), from renowned and insightful teachers. We each bring musical ideas and experience from all over the world: India, Bali, Brazil, Europe (Eastern and Western), America. Rock, jazz, classical, contemporary creative music. We have tried to channel that training, that exposure into what we hope is an organic expression, one that incorporates what we have learned from our wonderful teachers into a unique music. We are acoustic. There are no electric instruments on this recording, no synthesizers, nothing against them! It's just not what we bring to our musical experience. All of our music incorporates improvisation - some pieces are almost completely improvised, others have an 'open' section for spontaneous exploration. As closely as possible, this recording represents the way we really play. David Trasoff has studied sarode performance under Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, India's 'Living National Treasure,' since 1973. Acclaimed for his performance in both the United States and India, David has appeared in concert in arts centers, universities, conservatories and festivals in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He served as Director of the Indian Music Ensemble at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has taught at the California Institute of the Arts and Pomona College. David has composed and performed music for film, theater and dance projects, including an award-winning Los Angeles production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the acclaimed Indian art film Leela. Robert Jacobson, a guitarist, composer, and improviser based in Los Angeles, holds degrees in guitar performance from USC and the California Institute of the Arts. He has studied under the direction of Scott Tennant, Miroslav Tadic, Vinny Golia, Pat Kelly, Joe Diorio, and Frank Potenza. His music reflects his training in classical guitar, jazz, free improvisation, and Balinese gamelan. He was featured soloist on the soundtrack to What Matters Most. In 2004 he released a CD of original compositions titled Coldwater on his new record label, Banana Bread Records. John Graves has studied composition with Boulanger pupil Joel Feigin, classical bass with Nico Abondolo. And North Indian classical music with David Trasoff and at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music. In 1998 John moved back to his native Los Angeles where he delved more deeply into jazz improvisation with Harold Land, Billy Higgins, Roberto Miranda and Kenny Burrell. John has worked as a composer, bassist and producer in such diverse areas as pop, Arabic, gospel, hip-hop, Western swing, film music and reggae. Randy Gloss, a founding member of the renowned percussion group Hands On'Semble, has performed throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Randy has collaborated with a wide array of highly esteemed musicians, including Swapan Chaudhuri, Adam Rudolph, Aashish Khan, Miroslav Tadic, Vladko Stefanovski, David Rosenboom, and Glen Velez. He has been involved in numerous projects fusing world music with new music and jazz, and has contributed percussion for film soundtracks by composers Danny Elfman and Gary Chang. Randy teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.
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    Electric & Acoustic Improvisations Vol. 1
    Nachmanovitch, a pioneer in string improvisation and author of Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art, has presented solo and group improvisation concerts on violin, viola and electric violin since the 1970s. He has also presented master classes and workshops at conservatories and universities around the world. Summers, a Juilliard and Harvard trained violinist, has been a concertmaster and chamber musician in North America and Europe. He is co-director of the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, and is a recent recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in electroacoustic music.
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    20th Century Duos
    About '20th Century Duos'... 'Bart Feller's inventively programmed CD, '20th-Century Duos,' is an homage to musical friendship. His bright tone, polished technique, and impeccable musicianship are well matched by seven superb colleagues in performances of warmth, wit and virtuosity.' Michael Parloff Principal Flute, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Faculty, Manhattan School of Music 'This is a wonderful disc! Anyone who hears Bart Feller's liquid, organic playing will realize immediately that he is a complete master of the flute. It is inspiring to hear him play.' Ransom Wilson Flute professor, Yale University Artist-member, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 'Even before the entire set was finished I knew that I was listening to two outstanding professionals. It's great to hear such vibrant and expressive flute playing and Rena Feller's clarinet work is equally impressive. I can't imagine my Duos played better!' Robert Muczynski, composer Bart Feller is Principal Flute of the New York City Opera and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Bargemusic and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr. Feller has appeared as concerto soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Jupiter Symphony. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where his teachers included Julius Baker and John Krell, he has also worked extensively with Keith Underwood. Among the summer festivals he has participated in are the Marlboro Music Festival, OK Mozart International Festival, Colorado College Chamber Music Festival, Napa Valley Chamber Music Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Mr. Feller is Professor of Flute at Rutgers University/Mason Gross School of the Arts, and teaches in the Pre-College Division of The Juilliard School. Artist Biographies ~ '20th Century Duos' Harpist Victoria Drake has been a concerto soloist with numerous orchestras and appears often as a solo recitalist and chamber musician. She performs with many orchestras in the New York area, including the American Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonia Virtuosi. She has participated at the Aspen, Bard, Cabrillo, Fontainebleau and Vermont Mozart festivals and L'Association des Rencontres Culturelles d'Orbec in France. She performed and recorded Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Sir Georg Solti and Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp on period instruments with the Old Fairfield Academy. Ms. Drake has three solo recordings on the Well-Tempered Productions label: Harping on Bach, Scarlatti's Harp and Spanish Gold. Clarinetist Rena Feller is second clarinet with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. She has taught at Rhodes College, Memphis and maintains an active private teaching studio. From 1991 to 1999 she was principal clarinetist with the Berkshire Opera. As a solo recitalist and chamber musician, Ms. Feller has premiered and recorded numerous contemporary compositions, including works by Don Freund and Stanley Friedman. A graduate of Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Ms. Feller holds a master's degree from The Juilliard School. Mezzo-Soprano Theodora Hanslowe performs regularly in leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, where she most recently appeared in the new production of Handel's Rodelinda. She is best known for her Rossini interpretations, which she has performed for San Francisco Opera, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Washington Opera, Los Angeles Music Center, Opera de Monte Carlo, Staatsoper Dresden and the Met, among others. She has been a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Dallas and St. Louis, and appears frequently in chamber music festivals here and abroad. The New York Times recently acclaimed her "gorgeous singing with superb control" and the Stuttgarter Zeitung called her voice "a sound from another, more beautiful world." Bassoonist Kim Laskowski is associate principal bassoon with the New York Philharmonic. Before joining the Philharmonic, Ms. Laskowski was second bassoon with the New York City Ballet Orchestra and principal bassoon with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. She has performed with many New York City ensembles, including the Orchestra of St. Luke's, American Symphony Orchestra and Eos Orchestra. She received a master's degree from The Juilliard School, studied at the Conservatoire National Superieure de Paris on a Fulbright grant, and participated in the Tanglewood and Spoleto festivals. She can be heard on numerous television, radio and film scores, and holds two platinum records for CDs recorded with the rock group 10,000 Maniacs. She has performed and recorded several CDs with the noted chamber music ensemble Music Amici. Pianist Linda Mark is a staff accompanist at The Juilliard School. An active soloist, chamber musician and music coach throughout the United States and Europe, she has concertized with such leading flutists as Jeanne Baxtresser and her mentor Julius Baker, and has appeared at the Casals Festival, the Chateau de Fountainbleu and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Ms. Mark teaches collaborative performing classes for prominent music conferences, including the National Flute Association Convention. She won first prize in the Baldwin Piano Competition and has received two grand prizes in the International Recording Competition. Recently, she was invited by the Richard Tucker Foundation to perform for Luciano Pavarotti. She recorded solo piano works for the soundtrack of the film, Letter Without Words, and is the staff accompanist at The Julliard School. Flutist Kathleen Nester is second flute and piccolo with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. She also serves as acting assistant principal of the NJSO and is a member of the Stamford Symphony Orchestra, and plays with the Orchestra of St. Luke's and other New York area ensembles. Ms. Nester has been a featured concerto soloist with the New Jersey Symphony, Solisti New York and Bargemusic. She has had a long association with the new music ensemble Musicians' Accord. Ms. Nester attended the Manhattan School of Music and is on the faculty of New York University. She has recorded with a variety of artists, including Kathleen Battle, Claire Bloom, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Aaron Jay Kernis. Percussionist She-e Wu is assistant professor of music at Rutgers University. Ms. Wu has appeared as a solo artist at percussion festivals and conventions around the world. She has performed recitals and offered master classes at universities, colleges and conservatories, including the Curtis Institute of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Wu's compositions K-PAX and Blue Identity were commissioned by the percussion ensemble of the Paris Conservatory-CNR and the Taipei International Percussion Convention, and have been performed in Japan, France, Taiwan and the United States. Her recording of the Eric Ewazen marimba concerto has been released on Resonator Records. Her solo marimba CD was released in the fall of 2005.
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    Oboe & Piano Through the Ages
    Otto Bentinck and Monique Elias have been in a musical partnership for many years. Their extreme compatibility is clear to everyone who has a chance to hear them. Both artists were trained at conservatories in The Netherlands. Otto Bentinck resides in The Netherlands where he performs regularly in various wind ensembles. Monique Elias, an erstwhile winner of the five oldest Lycees in The Nertherlands lives in the United States where she performs and teaches.
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    Hastings/Halmes : Masterpieces in Miniature
    Presently an Associate Professor of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Mary Logan Hastings joined their music faculty with a D.M.A. in Vocal Performance from the University of Maryland, and an extensive professional career in opera which has taken her from America to such European Houses as the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Opera Voor Vlaanderen, Théâtre du Capitole, and Théâter Basel. She has regularly performed leading roles such as 'Zerbinetta' in Ariadne auf Naxos, 'Sophie' in Der Rosenkavalier, 'Gilda' in Rigoletto, 'Musetta' in La Bohème, 'Amina' in La Sonnambula, and 'Die Königin der Nacht' in Die Zauberflöte. Dr. Hastings' solo concert work includes appearances with the Berliner Philharmonische under the baton of Christoph von Dohnányi, and performances with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Michael Gielen, Michel Plasson, Daniel Barenboim, Donald Runnicles, and the late Jean Pierre Ponelle and Robert Shaw, among others. Included in her concert repertoire as soprano soloist are The Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss, Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, Brahms' Requiem, Mahler's 8th Symphony, his 4th Symphony, and his Rückert Lieder, Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Haydn's Die Jahreszeiten. In addition to her European career, Dr. Hastings has performed recitals, and given master classes in the theaters and music conservatories of the Peoples Republic of China. She continues to perform, lecture, and adjudicate throughout the United States and Europe. Jan Halmes and Mary have enjoyed a deep musical rapport for more than twenty five years. Jan has been a dedicated accompanist since the age of 12, when she began to discover the possibilities of subtle collaboration in ensemble playing. Since then she has teamed with many singers, instrumentalists and choral groups, touring and performing in the United States, Europe, and China. Jan studied piano performance at the University of Montana with Lucien Hut. Further exploration led Jan to intensive study in German Art song with masters including: Hans Hotter, Elly Ameling, Otto Edelmann and Walter berry.
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    Piano Recital-Brian Schembri
    Probably one of the most brilliant musicians to emerge from Malta, Brian SCHEMBRI started his music studies under the guidance of his father Carmelo SCHEMBRI, very early establishing himself as a highly talented concert pianist. His frequent recital performances on television, radio and in most of Malta's public concert halls rapidly gained him a remarkably popular reputation. He then travelled to the ex-USSR where he studied piano with Alexander SNEGIRIOV and Sergei DORENSKY and conducting with Roman KOFMAN and Gennady ROZHDESTVENSKY at the Kiev and Moscow 'Tchaikowsky' State Conservatories. Since then Schembri has worked as conductor with the Theatre du Capitole and with the Orchestra National du Capitole in Toulouse, l'Orchestre National de Lyon, Permanent Conductor with the OPF in Paris, Principal Conductor with the Orquestra Metropolitana Lisboa as well as lecturer in music at the University of Malta. He has conducted orchestras such as the State Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, l'Orchestra Sinfonica di San Remo, l'Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, the Malta National Orchestra, l'Orchestre de Bretagne, l'Orchestra Ciutat de Barcelona, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Odessa, the Moscow Soloists, Orquestra Academica Metropolitana, l' Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, the Chamber Orchestra of Geneva, Sofia National Opera Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Apart from giving piano recitals in Malta, Italy, France, Ukraine, Switzerland, Russia and Great Britain, he has performed at the 'Festival Massenet', 'Kiev Symphonic Evenings', 'Octobre en Normandie', 'Les Rencontres Musicales d'Evian', "Festa da Musica", "Lisboa em Festa", "Festival MusicAtlantico", "Festival de Piano Vendôme", "Henley Festival". He has also conducted opera productions at the Rennes and Nancy Opera Theatres and the internationally televised G7 Summit Concert in Lyon. Brian Schembri has composed music for theatre productions at the Manoel Theatre and Teatru Strada Stretta in Malta and the Comédie Française in Paris and has recently recorded Charles Camilleri's new Symphony nr 1 and Kosmos with the the Royal Scottish National Symphony Orchestra. Press comments : These sparkling performances from Brian Schembri and the excellent Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra could not be more stylish or persuasively spontaneous, and the vividly atmospheric recording is first rate. (Gramophone Magazine) A pianist of high calibre. (The Times, UK) ...without the least fault in taste, there was passion and lyrical emotion. (Est Republicain, France) ...very well equipped, both technically and emotionally... (The Daily Telegraph, UK) ...he tackles the work with character and breadth...giving it delicacy and sensibility. (Ouest France) ...a pianist in the grand manner...daringly unfamiliar interpretative forays kept always within the limits of good taste.... (The Times, Malta) ...aristocratic, vibrant, elegant gestures, clearly designing the music, without dryness or heaviness... (Lyon Figaro, France) As soon as the curtain rises we are sure of success with Brian Schembri's clear and secure conducting. (Opera International) ...conducting...a strong, generous and broad vision, as lyrical as one could imagine, without excess...a completely convincing and magnificent sound. (Paris Normandie, France) Everything sounds as if it has been meticulously prepared, but the control is never paralysing and the final impression is of focused vitality....he infused the interpretation with unbelievable warmth. (The Sunday Times, Malta) Brian Schembri with his nervous baton, his guiding gestures full of complicity and warmth, deserves a general bravo all for himself..." (La Tribune Le Progres, France) The reading was intelligent, musical and it did justice to this masterpiece (Shostakovich Symphony nr 14)...it was a great interpretation...a great symphonic concert...clearly the best concert of the season and the best event of all the Portuguese lyrical season. (Crítica de Música - Álvaro Sílvio Teixeira)
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    Enrique Graf Live
    Nternationally acclaimed pianist Enrique Graf is one the world's premiere virtuosos equally sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He has been variously described as an "assured and technically complete pianist" (The Washington Post) and "one of the best interpreters of his generation" (El Pais), who plays with "fiery virtuosity" (The New York Times). "If you ever have the opportunity to hear Graf, do yourself a favor and go" (Newark Star Ledger). Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Graf began studying piano at the age of four with his mother. After winning all of the national competitions in Uruguay, he was offered a full scholarship from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University and the Organization of American States to study with Leon Fleisher. Graf won First Prize in the William Kapell International Piano Competition, the National Ensemble Piano Competition and the East and West International Competition in New York. He has given recitals all over the world and has been featured as soloist with such orchestras as the Baltimore, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Florida, West Virginia, Illinois, Flagstaff, Macon, Augusta, Greenville, Charleston, New York City and Jupiter Symphonies, the Symphony of the Americas, the National Chamber Orchestra, the Illinois Chamber Orchestra, the American Chamber Orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Sinfonia da Camara, South Carolina Philharmonic, Florida Virtuosi Orchestra, the Puerto Rico Symphony, the Montevideo Philharmonic, the Lviv Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Janacek Philharmonic in the Czech Republic, and the national orchestras of Ukraine, Chile, Uruguay, Peru and Colombia. Equally convincing in all periods of music, Graf has performed concertos by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, all five by Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, De Falla, Ravel, Gershwin, Turina, Shostakovich, Poulenc, Edward Hart, Florencia Di Concilio, Lee Hoiby and Leonardo Balada. Additionally, he has appeared at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Krannert Center, Carnegie Recital Hall, Cultural Center of Manila, Teatro Opera in Buenos Aires, Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Florida, South Bay Center for the Arts in Los Angeles, Chautauqua Festival, Young Keyboard Artists International Festival in Ann Arbor, San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival in Mexico, University of Maryland and University of Houston International Piano Festivals, Spoleto International Piano Festival in Italy, "Contrasts" Festival in Lviv and Kiev Music Fest in the Ukraine. As a chamber musician he has toured with Cuarteto Latinoamericano, the Baltimore Wind Ensemble, the American Chamber Players, the Prague Wind Quintet, the Ives Quartet, the Apollo String Quartet, pianists Ilana Vered, Nibya Mariño, Katherine Jacobson and violinists Andres Cárdenes and Lee Chin. An all Poulenc CD with the Charleston Symphony was a pick of the month by the Sunday London Times and was awarded five stars in Classic CD. His debut recording Enrique Graf plays Bach was called "An end to the discussion of whether or not Bach should be played on the piano" by Paul Hume of the Washington Post. Other recordings of Mozart and Beethoven Sonatas, Mendelssohn and Bach Variations, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, solo works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Gershwin, the Liszt Sonata, the Grieg Concerto, Edward Hart's Tidal Concerto, Gershwin's Concerto in F and two Beethoven Concertos have received such praise as "ideal performances" (Fanfare). Graf taught for sixteen years at the Peabody Preparatory, became chairman of the piano department and received the Directors' Recognition Award for Outstanding Teaching. He created an outstanding piano program at the College of Charleston where he was awarded the Distinguished Research Award and named University Artist in Residence. Graf also was Artist Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University. His students have won many national and international competitions. He has been a member of the jury in competitions all over the world and has given master classes at Yale University, Oberlin and Eastman Conservatories, the Shanghai and Kiev Conservatories and the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts and many others schools throughout the world. Graf is Founder and Artistic Director of the International Piano Series in Charleston and the Young Artist Series in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival and is co-director of Music Fest Perugia in Italy. He has been awarded a Fellowship from the Aspen Institute Executive Seminar, the Music Fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission, Career Grants from the Charles Del Mar and Astral Foundations, and the Immigrant Achievement Award from the American Immigration Law Foundation.
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