Vassily Primakov, Pianist
The young Moscow-born pianist, Vassily Primakov, has enriched the current
concert scene with blazing and deeply personal playing, excelling in repertoire that often lies far afield of the traditional Russian norm. His playing has everything: a singing line, a seductive tonal palette, and a blistering technical command¬–all placed at the service of an uncompromising musical integrity.
During the 2006-07 season, Mr. Primakov was heard in Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall as soloist in Shostakovich's First Piano Concerto with the iPalpiti Orchestra
conducted by Eduard Schmieder (March 7, 2007); in Mozart's Piano Concerto
No. 21, K.467 with the Evanston (IL) Symphony; in the Tchaikovsky First Piano
Concerto with the Monroe (LA) Symphony; and Chopin's First Piano Concerto in
E Minor with the Kenosha (WI) Symphony and the Charlotte (NC) Philharmonic.
Mr. Primakov's concert schedule also included recitals in California, Ohio, South Carolina, and New York.
Mr. Primakov's all-Chopin CD for Tavros Records was assessed in the
September, 2005 issue of Clavier as "a suave account of the composer's works, played with personal reflection and
commanding virtuosity; he always keeps the essential poetry of the music in the forefront...This recording is an
outstanding achievement."
Vassily Primakov began his American career after winning First Prize in the 2002 Young Concert Artists (YCA) International Auditions. His debut recitals in the Young Concert Artists series in New York at the 92nd Street Y, as well as at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and Boston's Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, immediately brought him rave reviews. Mr. Primakov has performed throughout the U.S., and has made solo appearances with the San Diego Symphony, Maryland Symphony, Utah Symphony, Westchester Philharmonic, Toledo Symphony, and Yakima Symphony, among others. He also appeared at Lincoln Center Out of Doors with an All-Chopin recital program in August 2006.
Vassily Primakov was born in Moscow in 1979. After early studies with his mother, he entered Moscow's
legendary Central Special Music School at the age of eleven as a pupil of the brilliantly unorthodox pedagogue Vera Gornostayeva. At seventeen, following a summer at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, he came to New York to pursue studies at The Juilliard School with the noted pianist Jerome Lowenthal, himself a student of Alfred Cortot and Willam Kapell. At Juilliard, Mr. Primakov won the prestigious William Petschek Piano Recital Award, which presented his debut recital at Alice Tully Hall.
Prior to coming to the United States, Mr. Primakov won First Prize in both the Rachmaninoff International Young Pianist Competition and First Prize in the Tchaikovsky Young Artist Competition. While a student at
Juilliard, aided by a Susan W. Rose Career Grant, he placed among the top two laureates of the Cleveland
International Piano Competition (1999) and won both the silver medal and the audience prize in the 2002 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition.
Ernesto Tamayo, Guitarist FIRST PRIZE WINNER of the 1995 NGWS in New Milford, Connecticut, Ernesto Tamayo has toured extensively throughout North and South America and Europe. He is one of the most accomplished and sought-after guitarists of his generation. Ernesto is often praised for his brilliant technique, artistry, and his exceptionally warm tone and expressive interpretations on the guitar.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Ernesto began studying the guitar with his father when he was five. He made his television debut at the young age of nine.
In 1995, Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Classical of Mexico enabled Ernesto to come to the United States. He received a full scholarship for advanced studies at The Peabody Conservatory with world reknowned guitarist Manuel Barrueco. In Cuba Ernesto studied with world reknowned composer and guitarist Leo Brouwer and with Antonio Alberto Rodriguez.
Since his arrival in the United States, Ernesto has performed in numerous concert series and with orchestras in the United States and abroad. In September of 1999, he made his Carnegie Hall debut with a sold-out performance. Past engagements at guitar festivals include appearances at the Fourth International Guitar Festival in Cuernavaca, Mexico, the Sixth International Guitar Festival in Long Island, New York, the "Classical Guitarists of the World" concert series in Fullerton, California and the Connecticut Guitar Summer Workshop. Ernesto has also given solo recitals for the classical guitar societies of Baltimore, Miami, Reno, Cheyenne and Northern Colorado, among others.
Ernesto has recorded 5 CDs, 'Ernesto Tamayo Plays Bach', 'Melodias Cubanas', 'The Cuban Guitarist', and 'Classical Persuasions' and his New CD 'Artistico'.
The Cuban Guitarist album features two world premier recordings, “The Havana Suite” by Cuban guitarist and composer Aldo Rodriguez, and “Five Inspirations” composed by Ernesto himself. The Classical Persuasions album was released in September of 2006 where he features works by Borges, Canonigos, Lauro, Weiss, Sor, Brouwer, Albeniz, and Rodrigo. Ernesto's New CD "Artistico" was released on December 2, 2007 and is now available.
On March 3, 2008 Ernesto started recording his 6th CD with Record Label 'Virgo Productions' compiled of his very own compositions! Stay tuned for the release date!
Ernesto is a recipient of career development grants from the Maryland State Arts Council, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Bossak/Heilbron Foundation. He is sponsored by Bacardi Foundation, Del Mar Foundation, La Bella Strings and performs and records with Thomas Humphrey and David Daily guitars.
In 1997 Ernesto was appointed as the Chairman of the guitar department at The Pennsylvania Academy of Music in Lancaster, PA. His students have been recognized as some of the most talented young guitarists and have been accepted into top music schools such as the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.
Elena Urioste, Violinist ELENA URIOSTE began her violin studies in Philadelphia and made her debut as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age thirteen as winner of the Albert M. Greenfield Competition. Since then, she has appeared as soloist with major orchestras throughout the United States including the Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Hartford Symphonies, as well as Hungary's Orchestra Dohnanyi Budafok, garnering critical acclaim for her commanding stage presence, rich tone, and the nuanced lyricism of her playing.
Miss Urioste made her Carnegie Hall debut as a featured soloist in the December 2004 Sphinx Gala Concert, and has returned as a soloist in the 2006 and 2007 Galas. She has performed in recital at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall as the youngest musician ever selected for the Young Performers Career Advancement Showcase. Miss Urioste has collaborated with acclaimed artists David Kim, Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster; pianists Christopher O'Riley and Ignat Solzhenitsyn; and conductors Robert Spano, Keith Lockhart, and Shlomo Mintz, among others. She has been a featured artist in the International Young Artists Music Festival, the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, the Sarasota and Aspen Music Festivals, as well as the Festival International de Musique in Sion, Switzerland.
Miss Urioste is the 2007 first prize winner of the Sion International Violin Competition, where she was also awarded the audience prize and the prize for the best performance of the competition's newly commissioned work. She has won both the senior (2007) and junior (2003) divisions of the national Sphinx Competition, as well as the Kennett Symphony Concerto Competition and the Temple University Music Prep Concerto Competition. Miss Urioste's media appearances include performances on national broadcasts of the popular public radio programs From the Top and Performance Today, and the Spanish language television network, Telemundo. She has been the featured guest on the radio program Anything is Possible, and is also featured in the Emmy award winning documentary Breaking the Sound Barrier, on the cover of the January, 2006 issue of Careers and Colleges magazine, and in the Winter 2007 issue of Philadelphia Music Makers magazine.
Miss Urioste is a student at The Curtis Institute of Music where she has studied for the past four years with Joseph Silverstein and Ida Kavafian, and will continue to study this year with Mr. Silverstein and Pamela Frank. Other notable teachers include David Cerone and the late Rafael Druian. She is the past recipient of a Starling Foundation Scholarship at Temple University Music Preparatory Center for Gifted Young Musicians in Philadelphia, where she was a student of Choong-Jin Chang and Soovin Kim.
The outstanding violin being used by Miss Urioste is a Michelangelo Bergonzi, Cremona, circa 1750, on extended loan through the generous efforts of Society for Strings, Inc., Meadowmount School of Music, from the private collection of Dr. Charles E. King.
Navah Perlman Navah Perlman PIANO
Known for her lyrical eloquence on the stage, Navah Perlman has established herself as one of the most poetic and admired pianists of her generation. She has performed to critical acclaim in major concert venues throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Ms. Perlman began her piano studies at age six with Ronit Amir Lowenthal and later attended the Juilliard School where she worked with Herbert Stessin. She also studied chamber music with Robert Mann, Felix Galimir, and Dorothy DeLay. Ms. Perlman holds an honors degree in Art History from Brown University.
Ms. Perlman has appeared with numerous orchestras throughout North America including the Chicago Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, Montreal Symphony, and Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Internationally, Ms. Perlman has appeared with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Mexico, the Israel Philharmonic, the Prague Symphony and the New Japan Philharmonic in Suntory Hall. She has given recitals in Washington, D.C., Dallas, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Scottsdale, and Baltimore.
In addition to her successful solo career, Ms. Perlman collaborates frequently in chamber music with violinist Giora Schmidt and cellist Zuill Bailey as the Perlman/Schmidt/Bailey Trio. They continue to present energetic and passionate performances at major halls, festivals, and universities across America, including at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Ravinia Festival as well as in cities across North America such as San Francisco, Chicago, St. Louis, Phoenix, Houston, and Mexico City.
Ms. Perlman is an active and respected performer of residency and educational outreach activities. Communities in which she has given extended residencies include Raleigh, North Carolina and Vancouver, British Columbia. While in residence, Ms. Perlman teaches students of all ages in master classes, speaks to school assemblies and has also conducted pedagogy workshops for teachers. Ms. Perlman has participated in several chamber music residency programs, including those at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, the University of California at Davis, and Stanford University.
Ms. Perlman's recital recording of Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Prokofiev is available on EMI Classics.
Adam Flatt Adam Flatt is an unusually versatile leader among his generation of American conductors, each year leading performances of symphonic concerts, opera, and ballet. He has made recent debuts with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the South Carolina Philharmonic.
Adam Flatt serves as the Music Director of Colorado Ballet in Denver, the Newport Symphony in Oregon, and as principal conductor of Emerald City Opera, a summer festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
He also served as Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, described by the Denver Post as “one of the best trained and most exciting such ensembles in the country,” from 2001-2008. He led the DYAO on international tours to South America and central Europe. The DYAO was the only youth orchestra to receive a 2007 Meet the Composer Music Alive Award.
In 2001 Marin Alsop invited Adam to become Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symhony in Denver. In his five-year tenure he conducted over 250 performances and developed a large audience following. In December 2003 he led a live, highly-rated CBS-4 television performance of the Colorado Symphony’s “Spirit of the Season,” the first of what has now become an annual holiday broadcast.
Away from Denver, Flatt enjoys a dynamic guest-conducting career. Appearances include the Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Delaware Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, Santa Rosa Symphony, and the Bravo! Vail Valley, Colorado, Green, and Strings in the Mountains Music Festivals. Past engagements include the Oregon Symphony (where he served as staff Conducting Apprentice for two years), San Juan Symphony and Chorus, Monterey Symphony and Chorus, Alabama Symphony, and the Oregon Ballet Theatre. He has been broadcast on the National Public Radio program “Performance Today,” and Colorado Public Radio’s “Colorado Spotlight.”
He has led opera performances with Indiana University’s acclaimed Opera Theater, Eugene Opera, Emerald City Opera, as well as Colorado Symphony performances of opera and the blockbuster “Opera on the Rocks” at Red Rocks Amphitheater.
A native of Sacramento, California, Flatt has his bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley where he was recipient of the Alfred Hertz Fellowship, and his master’s degree in conducting from the Indiana University School of Music. He studied in Austria and Germany for two years. Adam Flatt studied in master classes with Robert Spano and Michael Tilson Thomas at the Aspen Music Festival. His principal mentors have been Imre Palló and Thomas Baldner in Indiana, Murry Sidlin in Oregon, and in Germany, the conductor-editor-scholar Max Pommer.
“He shows an obvious love of the music and a confidence on the podium that bodes well for his future.”
Denver Rocky Mountain News
“The orchestra rose beyond the challenge, playing with such taut purpose and emotional involvement that the near- capacity audience was drawn to its feet in rapturous ovation repeatedly over the course of the afternoon.”
The Missoulian
“The orchestra was led with outstanding precision and style by Adam Flatt, a young artist in the best American tradition.”
Tribuna Musical, Buenos Aires
Lyn Dillies Master illusionist Lyn Dillies has mesmerized audiences of all ages throughout the U.S. and Canada for over two decades. Hailed as the finest female magician in the land, Lyn’s engaging personality, along with the hypnotic lighting effects and dynamic music of her show, wrap the audience in a blanket of spectacular, eye-defying illusions that keep them saying, “How did she do that?”
Appearing on numerous television shows, Lyn has shared the stage with such notable entertainers as Marvin Hamlisch, Crystal Gayle, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Using an original concept that took years of planning, Lyn performs her "Magic At The Symphony" program live with symphonies all around the country including several performances at Lincoln Center. This program combines the majesty of classical music with Lyn’s breathtaking illusions encouraging children to discover the magic of classical music while experiencing the harmony of her illusions. Some of the symphonies she has performed with include the San Diego Symphony, Virginia Symphony, San Antonio Symphony and the Utah Symphony.
One of the proudest moments of Lyn’s career was when she became the first illusionist in magic history to make two live Asian elephants, Ruth and Emily, appear in succession. The event was held outdoors in front of a live audience for the grand opening of the Buttonwood Park Zoo in her hometown of New Bedford, MA. It took eight months to prepare for this incredible spectacle and required more than 5,000 square feet of fabric, 300 feet of truss, two cases of red seedless grapes (the pachyderms' favorite treat) and a little sleight of trunk!
The Society of American Magicians deemed this illusion such an unprecedented event that it is documented in the organization’s national archives. A return engagement with the elephants marked another magic milestone when Lyn predicted a week in advance what Ruth and Emily would paint on a large canvas.
Recently Lyn produced “Learn Magic with Lyn,” the first in a line of DVDs aimed at empowering children to perform their own illusions for friends and families. The 53 minute live-action DVD features eleven uncomplicated but impressive tricks any child can learn within minutes using ordinary, everyday household items. "Learn Magic with Lyn" has received several awards from national organizations that honor the best
in children's entertainment and educational products.
Lyn’s heritage is anchored by magic. Her great-grandfather, Thomas Wyatt, was an amateur magician and member of the New Bedford Magic Wand Club, an organization she was to join in her early teens. While Ms. Dillies' parents are not performers, each has gotten into the act by supporting her career. In the early days, mom Loretta acted as booking agent and wardrobe manager, while father Calvin built her first illusion. They shared chauffeur duties and now marvel at their daughter driving a large truck to transport her seven ton show. "I never would have made it without them," says Ms. Dillies of her two most ardent fans. "My family and friends are the real magic in my life!"
Lyn continues to amaze audiences with incredible illusions such as “Metamorphosis”, “The Window”, “Human Diffusion” and “The Twister”, just to name a few. But illusion is only half of The Magic Of Lyn, the lady herself is the other half. From the moment she first appears on stage, Lyn puts the audience on the edge of their seats and in the palm of her hand. This slender blonde banters and dazzles her way into the hearts of all who witness her Houdiniesque feats. It is no wonder why Lyn Dillies is one of America's top illusionists.
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