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Guest Artists of the 1998 Festival, William Preucil, violin; Gwen Starker Preucil, violin; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Aloysia Friedmann, viola; Toby Saks, cello; and Desmond Hoebig, cello; looking cool at the Orcas Center's giant orca!
MEET THE ARTISTS!
Aloysia
Friedmann, Viola
Artistic
Director
An
extraordinarily versatile artist, Aloysia Friedmann is the concertmaster
of the Fairfield Orchestra in Connecticut, has performed as a baroque violinist
in the New England Bach Festival, and has been featured as a violinist
and violist in the Bard, Blossom, Caramoor, Kapalua, Mostly Mozart, Seattle,
San
Diego, and Vancouver chamber music festivals. It is so rare for a string
player to play violin, baroque violin, and viola that some call her a "triple
threat!" She made her on-stage Broadway debut in "The Merchant of Venice"
with Dustin Hoffman.
A member of the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Ms. Friedmann was also the featured soloist in the world premiere recording of William O. Smith's "Jazz Set" for violin and wind quintet, with her mother, Laila Storch.
Her teachers were Ivan Galamian and Margaret Pardee at the Juilliard
School, her father, Martin Friedmann,
and Emanuel Zetlin at the University of Washington.
Jon Kimura
Parker, Piano
Artistic
Advisor
Sponsored this season by 2001 Season Artist
Sponsors Linda Henry and Rolf Eriksen
Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Jon
Kimura Parker has given two command performances for Queen Elizabeth
II, and has, in recent seasons, performed as a soloist in Carnegie Hall,
Chicago's Orchestra Hall, and the Sydney Opera House. He has toured the
Canadian Arctic as part of "Piano Six", and jammed with Doc Severinsen
and the original Tonight Show Orchestra.
On New Year's Eve, 1995, Jon Kimura Parker gave an Americares- sponsored benefit performance of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto in war-torn Sarajevo, which was covered by CNN. In 1996, Mr. Parker received the Canadian Governor General's Performing Arts Award, joining such distinguished company as Oscar Peterson and Joni Mitchell.
This summer he is hosting "Whole Notes," a Bravo!Canada sponsored television
series about classical music.
Guest Artists for the 4th Season, Aug 29 - Sep 5, 2001
William Preucil, Violin
William Preucil is the concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra. Prior to joining the orchestra in 1994, Mr. Preucil performed for seven seasons as the first violinist of the renowned Cleveland Quartet, giving more than 100 concerts each year and recording works for Telarc by Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms. He also performs as a member of the Lanier Trio, whose recording of the complete Dvorak piano trios was honored as one of TIME magazine's top 10 compact discs for 1993. In 1999, Mr. Preucil also released a recording of the most demanding examples of orchestral violin excerpts, which has already become the definitive study guide for aspiring orchestral violinists.
Mr. Preucil currently teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Music and performs
in festivals around the country including Seattle and San Diego. He was a student
of Josef Gingold and Zino Francescatti, and Gyorgy Sebok.
Desmond Hoebig, Cello
One of Canada's finest instrumentalists, Desmond Hoebig is now principal
cellist of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He was the top Canadian Prize
Winner in Moscow's Tchaikovsky Competition. As a member of the Orford String
Quartet Mr. Hoebig performed around the world.
Desmond Hoebig has been a guest soloist with all the major orchestras in Canada, as well as with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Stuttgart Philharmonic and the Radiodifusao Portuguesa (Lisbon). He has appeared at the Marlboro, Vancouver, Banff, Steamboat Springs and Scotia Festivals. He is currently Associate Professor of cello at Rice University.
Desmond Hoebig is a founding member of the "Bad
Boys of Cello" and is a self-proclaimed "Hoser,
eh?"
Toby Saks, Cello
Toby
Saks was the First Prize winner at the International Pablo Casals Competition
in Israel and she was also a top prizewinner at the Tchaikovsky Competition
in Moscow. Ms. Saks has been Professor of cello and chamber music at the
University of Washington since 1976, and continues to be the Artistic Director
of The Seattle Chamber Music Festival
which she founded in 1982. In January of 1988, Toby led musicians of the
Seattle
Chamber Music Festival on a two-week tour of the Soviet Union. Ms. Saks
has performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, the USSR and Israel.
She made her Town Hall debut at age 18 after winning the New York Concert
Artists Guild Competition, and performed with the New York Philharmonic
from 1971-76. Since moving to Seattle, she co-founded the Seattle Violoncello
Society, and served as a board member of the American Cello Council, and
Chamber Music America. She has taught more than 200 young cellists in the
Seattle community.
Gwen Starker Preucil, Violin
Gwen
Starker Preucil was the concertmaster of the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra for
six years, and has also held the position of assistant concertmaster of
the Nashville Symphony. She performed for two years with the Festival Strings
Luzern, a chamber orchestra which toured Europe and South America and has
appeared at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival,
the Sitka Festival, the San Diego Mainly
Mozart Festival and the Festival
der Zukunft in Ernen, Switzerland.
On a number of special occasions Gwen has appeared in concert with her father, the legendary cellist Janos Starker. These performances have included the Brahms "Double Concerto," and recitals of works including the Kodály Duo and Saint-Saëns "The Muse and the Poet."
She is married to William Preucil. They have a 13 year old daughter,
Alexandra, who is also a violinist, and two musically named golden retrievers,
Brava and Dolce.
Owen Kotler,
Clarinet
Sponsored this season by 2001 Season Artist
Sponsors Jane and Hi Stickney
Clarinetist Owen Kotler has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia, the United
States and Canada concertizing and sampling the local cuisine. Born in the Bronx,
Kotler studied at the High School of Music and Art and the Manhattan School
of Music with the great clarinet teacher Leon Russianoff. Owen now lives
in New York where he performs regularly with the American Symphony Orchestra,
New Jersey Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and other freelance groups including
P.D.Q. Bach and the Opera Orchestra of New York. A versatile performer, Owen
has played in over 15 Broadway shows, has appeared on the David Letterman
show and has been featured as a jazz soloist with the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Philharmonic. He has also taken part in a number of summer festivals including
the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, Windham Chamber Music Festival,
and the Peter Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon.
Jamie Parker, Piano
In
solo, chamber and orchestral concerts across Europe, the United States
and Canada, James Parker reveals technical prowess alongside subtle artistry.
Celebrated by critics, he has performed with every major Canadian orchestra -
including L'orchestre Symphonique de Montr‚al, the Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton,
Winnipeg, Quebec City and National Arts Centre orchestras, to name a few. Mr. Parker
has also given solo recitals across North America including command performances
for dignitaries and diplomats in the Canada House - London, the Canadian Embassy -
Washington, DC, French Embassy - Ottawa and the Canadian Consulate - Chicago.
James achieved coast-to-coast prominence with his first-place win of the 1984 Eckhardt - Gramatte National Music Competition, and the Canadian recital tour that followed. He has continued to capture major prizes, including CBC Radio's 25th National Competition for Young Performers, the Juilliard Concerto Competition, and the Virginia P. Moore Award as the most promising young classical artist in Canada. In addition, he is the recipient of scholarships, awards and grants from The Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council and The Juilliard School of Music. He was appointed to the music faculty of Wilfrid Laurier University in 1997.
A frequent guest on both radio and television, Mr. Parker has performed on Bravo!, the CanWest Global Network, MuchMusic and New York City's premier FM stereo classical music station, WNCN. In 1992, he was the subject of a documentary on CBC television's acclaimed programmes Adrienne Clarkson Presents and Sunday Arts Entertainment. He continues to be a mainstay of both local and national CBC Radio broadcasts. Mr. Parker recently released his fifth recording, the Piano Concerto of the late Harry Somers with the Esprit Orchestra for CBC's SM5000 label.
Membership in the Gryphon Trio complements his active solo career. This chamber group performs throughout North America, Australia and Europe, and is heard frequently on CBC Radio and myriad stations across Europe. This season will see the trio perform over 30 concerts in North America alone. The Gryphon Trio will also premiere a 75 minute multimedia work involving composer Christos Hatsis, visual designer Jacques Collin, and mezzo-soprano Jean Stilwell. The group's Juno nominated recordings of Haydn piano trios and the Dvorak/Mendelssohn are available on the Analekta label.
Before enrolling in music studies at the University of British Columbia and the Banff School, Mr. Parker trained in his home town of Vancouver, with the renowned pianist Lee Kum-Sing. He earned master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees from The Juilliard School in New York, where he studied under the legendary pedagogue Adele Marcus.
Unofficially, he's still Jamie.
Martin Friedmann, Violin
Violinist
Martin Friedmann, currently a member of the Seattle Symphony first violin
section, has performed on four continents and has served as the concertmaster
of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Peter Britt Festival in Oregon.
He has taken part in the Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico and in
the Bethlehem Bach Festivals in Pennsylvania. As a teacher, Mr. Friedmann
has served on the faculty of the Juilliard Preparatory Division, the Meadowmount
School and the University of Washington. He was also the Director of the
Music Department of Cornish School. Martin Friedmann is well-known in the
Northwest as a chamber musician, coach and violin teacher, and is especially
familiar to Orcas residents as a regular performer in the Brown Bag Concert series.
Stephen Rose, Violin
Stephen
Rose joined the Cleveland Orchestra's first violin section in 1997. He has
recently been appointed Principal Second Violin, a position he will assume
beginning with the 2001-2002 season. He has also been heard in solo appearances
and chamber music concerts throughout North America and Europe. From 1992-1996,
Mr. Rose was the first violinist of the Everest Quartet, top prize winners at
the 1995 Banff International String Quartet Competition. The quartet was based
in Midland, TX where it was the Resident String Quartet of the Midland-Odessa
Symphony. In addition to its residency, the quartet presented concerts and
master classes across North America.
Stephen Rose is a member of the violin faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he maintains a studio and directs the orchestral violin repertoire class. He also serves on the faculty of the Encore School for Strings. A participant at many summer music festivals, Mr. Rose frequently appears at the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, Orcas Island (WA) Chamber Music Festival, Music at Gretna (PA), Kent/Blossom Music, Mimir Chamber Music Festival in Fort Worth, TX, and the Festival der Zukunft in Switzerland.
In 1994, Stephen Rose received the Masters of Music degree and Performer's
Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, where he was also named winner
of the 1993 Starling Foundation Competition for Violinists. He received the
Bachelor of Music degree in 1992 from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where
he was a winner of the school's concerto competition. His teachers have included
William Preucil, David Cerone, David Updegraff and Sally O'Reilly.
Jeanne Preucil Rose , Violin and Viola
Jeanne
Preucil Rose is a member of The Cleveland Orchestra and is active as both
a performer and teacher. Born into a musical family, Jeanne started violin
lessons at the age of four with her mother, Doris Preucil. She soon joined
her family in performances throughout much of the United States and Japan,
including a New York debut in 1980. From 1992-96 Ms. Rose was a violinist
in the award winning Everest Quartet. During this time, Ms. Rose also acted
as concertmaster of the Midland-Odessa Symphony. Jeanne Preucil Rose was
awarded a Master's Degree and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman
School of Music. She has studied with David Cerone, David Updegraff, and
her brother, William Preucil.
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