Classics 2012-2013 Biographies - The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Classics 2012-2013 Biographies - The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Classics 2012-2013 Biographies - The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
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Cheers to Mozart!<br />
Sat, Jan. 19, 8pm<br />
Sun, Jan. 20, 2:30pm<br />
Pawel Przytocki, conductor<br />
Christina Naughton, piano<br />
Michelle Naughton, piano<br />
MOZART Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro<br />
MOZART Symphony No. 34<br />
MOZART Concerto No.10 in E-‐flat major for Two Pianos and <strong>Orchestra</strong><br />
Columbia Artrists Mgmt<br />
jagusti@cami.com<br />
212-‐841-‐9567<br />
http://www.cami.com/?webid=2128<br />
Christina and Michelle Naughton has been hailed by the San Francisco Examiner for their “stellar musicianship, technical mastery,<br />
and awe-‐inspiring artistry.” <strong>The</strong> Naughtons made their European debut at Herkulesaal in Munich, where the Sueddeutsche Zeitung<br />
proclaimed them “an outstanding piano duo”. <strong>The</strong>y made their Asian debut with the Hong Kong <strong>Philharmonic</strong>, where the Sing Tao<br />
Daily said of their performance "Joining two hearts and four hands at two grand pianos, the Naughton sisters created an<br />
electrifying and moving musical performance." An appearance with the Philadelphia <strong>Orchestra</strong> led the Philadelphia Inquirer to<br />
characterize their playing as “paired to perfection.”<br />
Other orchestras the Naughtons have performed with include the Milwaukee and New Jersey Symphonies, the Wisconsin Chamber<br />
<strong>Orchestra</strong>, Chicago’s Ars Viva Symphony <strong>Orchestra</strong>, the Gulf Coast Symphony, and the Erie <strong>Philharmonic</strong>. <strong>The</strong>y have also performed<br />
in the Parc Du Chateau de Florans at France’s La Roque d’Antheron Festival, on the Steinway Society-‐<strong>The</strong> Bay Area, Artist Series of<br />
Sarasota, UAB Piano Series, Chamber Music San Francisco Series, Kingston Chamber Music Festival, at the Kennedy Center’s<br />
Terrace <strong>The</strong>ater, the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, and on Chicago’s Music in the Loft and Pianoforte classical piano series.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir performances have been broadcast on Chicago’s WFMT, Philadelphia’s WHYY, Hong Kong’s RTHK, and Germany’s<br />
Bayerischen Rudfunks.<br />
Upcoming engagements include the Napa Valley, Delaware, El Paso, <strong>Buffalo</strong>, Madison, and North Carolina Symphonies; a re-‐<br />
engagement with the Philadelphia <strong>Orchestra</strong>; at the Wharton Center, Interlochen, Harriman-‐Jewell Series, Schubert Club in St.<br />
Paul, and the Isabel Stewart Gardner Museum; as well as performances abroad with the Mahler Chamber <strong>Orchestra</strong>, in Hannover’s<br />
NDR Kleiner Sendesaal, on the Homburg-‐Saar series, the Bremen Music Festival, Bad Kissingen Festival, again at Munich’s<br />
Herkulesaal, at Berlin’s Kammermusiksaal and with the Hamburg Chorus.<br />
Christina and Michelle are graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music, where they were each awarded the Festorazzi Prize. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
currently reside in New York City.