Formed in 2003 at Yale University, the Intrada Winds unites five musicians
in a vibrant ensemble. The Intrada Winds received the Silver Medal at the
2005 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and they were named winners
of the Coleman Award at the 58th Annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition
in April 2004. They have also won the Chamber Music Competition at Yale
University in 2004 and 2005. The Intrada Winds have collaborated with the composer
John Harbison in the discussion and performance of his Quintet for Winds.
They have also worked with Jean-Michel Damase on his 17 Variations for Woodwind Quintet. In addition to performing standart works of the quintet
repertoire, the Intrada Winds have an interest in new music and have
premiered works by their own French horn player, Adam Ward. The musicians of the Intrada
Winds have participated in various festivals, including the Norfolk Chamber
Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute,
UBS-Verbier Festival Orchestra, Kent-Blossom Chamber Music Festival, Aspen
Music Festival, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Brevard Music Festival, OK
Mozart and the Festival Institute at Round Top. The members of the Intrada
Winds are currently at the State University of New York at Stony Brook,
where they are pursuing Doctorates of Musical Arts and serving as teaching
assistants.
Tanya Bannister
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Tanya Bannister, winner of the 2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, has performed in numerous venues around the world. This past February, she performed Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Paganini with the Charlotte Philharmonic. She has also performed in the Kleine Zaal of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle Cortot in Paris, Teatro Communale in Bologna, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall and, most recently, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, for her New York recital debut on the CAG Concert Series. In addition, she has performed with numerous orchestras, including the New Haven Symphony, American Civic Orchestra, Yale Philharmonia, Macao Philharmonic, Craiova Symphony Orchestra in Romania and L’Aquila Filarmonica in Italy. Ms. Bannister was recently awarded the presitigious Wigmore award from the Royal Academy of Music and is also a winner of the Woolsey Hall Competition at Yale. This past spring, she released her first recording on the Naxos label, featuring three late piano sonatas of Muzio Clementi.
www.tanyabannister.com
The Degas Quartet
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Since their founding at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in 1999, The Degas Quartet has emerged as the most exciting young string quartet on stage today. Renowned for energetic performances of the classical and contemporary quartet repertoire, the Degas Quartet plays with vibrant intensity and exceptional musicianship.
Highlights of their distinguished concert career include appearances in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Harris Hall at the Aspen Music Festival. The Degas Quartet has performed with esteemed artists including pianist Wu Han, pianist Awadigin Pratt, cellist Steven Doane, and jazz bassisst Christian McBride. In addition, the group has collaborated in concert with the Colorado Quartet, the Fry Street Quartet, and the Jupiter Quartet.
The quartet studied the standard repertoire with some of America's finest ensembles, including the Takacs, the Emerson, the Julliard, the Colorado, the Vermeer and the Cassatt Quartet. A recipient of a 2004-2005 Residency Grant from Chamber Music America, the Degas Quartet is based in Hickory, North Carolina, where they are featured on the UBS Chamber Classics concert series. The Quartet has performed and coached chamber music at many of North Carolina's leading Universities and Colleges, including Appalachian State, University Brevard College, UNC Pembroke, and Davidson College.
Strong advocates for the performance and composition of contemporary music, the Degas Quartet has premiered numerous new works in venues such as New York's Music Under Construction series, New York's WQXR Classical Radio, and the Gamper Contemporary Music Festival at Bowdoin College. In 2005, the Degas Quartet premiered Monotypes by Laura Kaminsky, a work inspired by five paintings by Edward Degas. The quartet has also worked closely with composer Joan Tower, who revised her composition Elegy for the quartet’s performance in 2004 with trombonist Haim Avitsur. In the upcoming seasons, the quartet will perform new works by Armando Bayalo, Shafer Mahoney, Piotr Szewczyk and Stefan Freund.
www.degasquartet.com
Svetoslav Stoyanov
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Bulgarian born Svetoslav Stoyanov, winner of the 2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, has captivated audiences with his virtuosic technique both on the marimba as well as a wide variety of other percussion instruments. Recent appearances include his return to New York’s Merkin Concert Hall for a solo recital, as well as his debut with the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. Mr. Stoyanov made his Lincoln Center debut performing the world premiere of Phillip Glass's Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall with percussionist Jonathan Haas and the American Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leon Botstein. He also appeared at Carnegie Hall in Pierre Boulez’s Le Marteau sans maître with the composer conducting. As an active performer dedicated to chamber music, Mr. Stoyanov has concertized with the Peabody Percussion Group, ensemble Accent and Chamber Ensemble Brevis, in addition to various other collaborations in small group settings.
www.svetoslav.com
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