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APRIL 22th 2012
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DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION at 4.00 pm:
Arts:
ARENSKY: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikosky Opus 35
TCHAIKOVSKY String Sextet “ Souvenir de Florence “
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Capitol Ensemble
Phillip LEVY Violin
Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as the top classical performer of 1995, violinist Phillip Levy has since then continued to receive worldwide critical acclaim at festivals and is the recipient of many prestigious awards and prizes.
His collaborations have included such renowned artists as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Iona Brown, Sir Neville Marriner, Dawn Upshaw, John O'Connor and Ralf Gothoni. He has also premiered and recorded new works by composers William Bolcom, Henri Lazarof, Donald Crocket and John Harbison.
Born In Cardiff, Wales, he joined the English Chamber Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, with whom he also appeared as soloist, and led the London based Locrian and Amphion String Quartets.
Concertmaster of The Monterey Symphony Orchestra for six seasons he frequently appeared with them as soloist and conductor. He has also been the principal violinist of the Apple Hill Chamber Players and currently leads the Capitol Ensemble, Artists in residence for the Los Angeles County Museum's Sunday's Live radio broadcasts.
For eight years, he held a Senior Lectureship in violin and chamber music at Stanford University and is now on the faculty at California State University Long Beach.
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Julie GIGANTE Violin
Since her Carnegie Hall debut in 1981, Julie Gigante has been in demand as a chamber musician, soloist and recording artist. Her solo appearances include performances with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New York String Orchestra, Music Academy Festival Orchestra and the Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax symphonies in Virginia. She also performed, by special invitation, on the “Young Artists Series” on the New York City radio station, WQXR.
Julie has held the position of assistant concertmaster of the Phoenix Symphony and concertmaster with both the Festival Orchestra of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and the Opus Chamber Orchestra in Los Angeles.
Julie is a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and a founding member of the Capitol Ensemble and the Angeli Duo. She is active in the motion picture and recording industry and has performed on over 1,000 movie scores and hundreds of records and CDs.
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Andrew Duckles Viola
Canadian-born violist Andrew Duckles enjoys a diverse musical life as a recording artist, chamber musician, soloist and teacher. From a very tall family of musicians, Andrew is the “runt” of the Duckles family, standing at a meager 6’4”.
Formerly principal viola of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet orchestras, Mr. Duckles has made guest appearances as principal viola of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Long Beach Symphony and the New West Symphony. From 1999 to 2002, Andrew spent three seasons performing, recording, and touring with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Mr. Duckles appears regularly as a guest artist on a number of chamber music series throughout the United States and Europe and shares the stage frequently with the Alexander String Quartet and the Capitol Ensemble. Andrew teaches viola and chamber music at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
As a recording artist, Mr. Duckles is featured on a number of studio albums, television and motion picture soundtracks. Andrew has been featured as a performer on television programs such as Saturday Night Live, The American Music Awards, The Grammys and the Tonight Show. Andrew has degrees from both the Eastman School of Music and the New England Conservatory and is still working hard to pay back the small fortune he borrowed to pay for his musical education. His hobbies include cartooning, following international soccer and collecting great music. Andrew is married to culinary genius, master educator and French horn player extraordinaire Laura Strand. Together they live in Belmont Shore, California with their two sons and three cats.
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Alma Lisa Fernandez Viola
Violist, Alma Lisa Fernandez, attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and UCLA, where she earned a Master's Degree in Viola Performance. She performs regularly with such ensembles as the LA Opera Orchestra, LA Master Chorale, Long Beach Symphony, and Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. Alma is also active in the recording industry, having performed on numerous motion picture soundtracks, TV shows, and record albums. As a chamber musician, she has been described as "...a soulful violist.(--LA Times, Mark Swed), and is a member of the Denali String Quartet, which is the resident ensemble of the Jacaranda Chamber Music Series in Santa Monica. She is also a member of the Eclipse Quartet, an ensemble devoted to contemporary music. Eclipse is an artist in residence at Mills College, and has recently recorded Morton Feldman's Piano & String Quartet with pianist Vicki Ray, soon to be released on Bridge Records. As a member of both groups, she has had the opportunity to work with composers such as Ben Johnston, Tigran Mansurian, Ge Gan-Ru, Morton Subotnick, Roger Reynolds, Annie Gosfield, Frederic Rzewski, and Zeena Parkins. Alma is Professor of Viola at Pepperdine University.
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Timothy LANDAUER Cello
Timothy Landauer was hailed "a cellist of extraordinary gifts" by the New York Times when he won the coveted Concert Artists Guild International Award in 1983, New York. Landauer is the winner of numerous prestigious prizes and awards, among them the Young Musicians Foundation's National Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Cello Award, the Samuel Applebaum Grand Prize of the National Solo Competition of the American String Teacher's Association and the 1984 Hammer-Rostropovich Scholarship Award.
Landauer's extensive engagements include his highly acclaimed recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall, the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, the Orford Arts Center in Montreal, the City Hall Theatre in Hong Kong and in Hannover, Germany. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras across three continents, they include the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Taiwan National Symphony, the Beijing Symphony and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. In the United States he has appeared with the Maryland Symphony, the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
Landauer was born in Shanghai, the son of musician parents. He first studied with his father and later attended the Shanghai Conservatory Middle School, a pupil of Ying-Rong Lin. He continued his studies in the United States with Eleonore Schoenfeld at the University of Southern California where upon receiving his master's degree was immediately invited to join the faculty as a lecturer and assistant to Piatigorsky Chair Professor Lynn Harrell. Landauer was the recipient of "The Outstanding Individual Artist Award 2004" presented by Arts Orange County.
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David LOW Cello
David Low studied at the Juilliard School where he received his Bachelors and Masters of Music in cello performance as a student of Harvey Shapiro. He has served as principle cello of the New World Symphony, New West Symphony and the Julliard Orchestra. He has recorded chamber music on Harmonie Mundi and Sony records. David is currently a recording musician and music contractor in the film industry and has worked on over 750 films.
With a diverse career, David has served as the Artistic Director of the Brandeis Bardin Institute from 1993-2003, Personnel Manager with the Los Angeles Opera from 2001-2008 and is currently the Orchestra Manager for the Ojai Music Festival.
David is a founding member of the Capitol Ensemble.
Arts:
TCHAIKOVSKY String Sextet “ Souvenir de Florence “
............................................................................................................................................................................. Artists:
Capitol Ensemble
Phillip LEVY Violin
His collaborations have included such renowned artists as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Iona Brown, Sir Neville Marriner, Dawn Upshaw, John O'Connor and Ralf Gothoni. He has also premiered and recorded new works by composers William Bolcom, Henri Lazarof, Donald Crocket and John Harbison.
Born In Cardiff, Wales, he joined the English Chamber Orchestra and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, with whom he also appeared as soloist, and led the London based Locrian and Amphion String Quartets.
Concertmaster of The Monterey Symphony Orchestra for six seasons he frequently appeared with them as soloist and conductor. He has also been the principal violinist of the Apple Hill Chamber Players and currently leads the Capitol Ensemble, Artists in residence for the Los Angeles County Museum's Sunday's Live radio broadcasts.
For eight years, he held a Senior Lectureship in violin and chamber music at Stanford University and is now on the faculty at California State University Long Beach.
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Julie GIGANTE Violin
Julie has held the position of assistant concertmaster of the Phoenix Symphony and concertmaster with both the Festival Orchestra of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and the Opus Chamber Orchestra in Los Angeles.
Julie is a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and a founding member of the Capitol Ensemble and the Angeli Duo. She is active in the motion picture and recording industry and has performed on over 1,000 movie scores and hundreds of records and CDs.
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Andrew Duckles Viola
Formerly principal viola of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet orchestras, Mr. Duckles has made guest appearances as principal viola of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Long Beach Symphony and the New West Symphony. From 1999 to 2002, Andrew spent three seasons performing, recording, and touring with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Mr. Duckles appears regularly as a guest artist on a number of chamber music series throughout the United States and Europe and shares the stage frequently with the Alexander String Quartet and the Capitol Ensemble. Andrew teaches viola and chamber music at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB).
As a recording artist, Mr. Duckles is featured on a number of studio albums, television and motion picture soundtracks. Andrew has been featured as a performer on television programs such as Saturday Night Live, The American Music Awards, The Grammys and the Tonight Show. Andrew has degrees from both the Eastman School of Music and the New England Conservatory and is still working hard to pay back the small fortune he borrowed to pay for his musical education. His hobbies include cartooning, following international soccer and collecting great music. Andrew is married to culinary genius, master educator and French horn player extraordinaire Laura Strand. Together they live in Belmont Shore, California with their two sons and three cats.
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Alma Lisa Fernandez Viola
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Timothy LANDAUER Cello
Landauer's extensive engagements include his highly acclaimed recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall, the Ambassador Auditorium in Los Angeles, the Orford Arts Center in Montreal, the City Hall Theatre in Hong Kong and in Hannover, Germany. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras across three continents, they include the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Taiwan National Symphony, the Beijing Symphony and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. In the United States he has appeared with the Maryland Symphony, the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
Landauer was born in Shanghai, the son of musician parents. He first studied with his father and later attended the Shanghai Conservatory Middle School, a pupil of Ying-Rong Lin. He continued his studies in the United States with Eleonore Schoenfeld at the University of Southern California where upon receiving his master's degree was immediately invited to join the faculty as a lecturer and assistant to Piatigorsky Chair Professor Lynn Harrell. Landauer was the recipient of "The Outstanding Individual Artist Award 2004" presented by Arts Orange County.
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David LOW Cello
With a diverse career, David has served as the Artistic Director of the Brandeis Bardin Institute from 1993-2003, Personnel Manager with the Los Angeles Opera from 2001-2008 and is currently the Orchestra Manager for the Ojai Music Festival.
David is a founding member of the Capitol Ensemble.
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