Classics 2012-2013 Biographies - The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

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JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Chloë Hanslip, violin
Kevin Maynor, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus
GABRIELI Canzonas for Brass Choirs
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No.1
PIZZETTI Venetian Rondo
BOITO Prologue in Heaven from Mefistofele
Schmidt Artists International
Michael Schmidt
212-­‐421-­‐8500
http://www.chloehanslip.com/
At the age of 22, Chloë is already an established international artist of distinction. Her recent recording for Naxos of the John
Adams Violin Concerto with the RPO under Leonard Slatkin entered the UK Classical Charts at number 2, and Philip Clark, writing in
Gramophone, concluded that "Playing like this should secure Chloë Hanslip's reputation for life". Her two earlier CDs with the
London Symphony Orchestra for Warner Classics, won her, respectively, the German 'Echo Klassik Award for Best Newcomer' in
2002, and 'Young British Classical Performer' at the Classical BRITS 2003. She released her 4th CD -­‐ Romantic Concerti by Benjamin
Godard-­‐ to critical acclaim. Her recital disc of works by Bazzini was released in Sept 2008 and her 6th CD -­‐ Hubay Concerti with the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra -­‐ was released in Sept 2009.
In the 2005/2006 season Chloë made an impressive debut with Mariss Jansons and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerische
Rundfunk in the Munich Gasteig. She made her BBC Proms debut in 2002, her US concerto debut in 2003, and has performed in
major venues in the UK (Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall), Europe (Vienna Musikverein, Louvre and
Salle Gaveau-­‐Paris, The Hermitage-­‐St.Petersburg) as well as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Arts Space-­‐Tokyo and the Seoul Arts
Centre.
Orchestras she has performed with include the Philharmonia, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, English Chamber
Orchestra, Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, Bournemouth Symphony, Academy of
St.Martin-­‐in-­‐the-­‐Fields, London Mozart Players, Seattle Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony, Czech
National Symphony, Lithuanian National Symphony, Belgrade Philharmonic, and the Tokyo Symphony.
Conductors she has worked with include Mariss Jansons, Sir Andrew Davis, Leonard Slatkin, Paul Daniel, Pavel Kogan, Richard
Hickox, Gianandrea Noseda, Gerard Schwarz, Barry Wordsworth, Claus Peter Flor, Martyn Brabbins, Paul Freeman, Petr Altrichter &
Christopher Warren-­‐Green. In the 2008/2009 Season she made her debut with Mikhail Jurowski and the Tonkunstler Orchestra in
the Musikverein and debuted with Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Cincinnati.
Chloë’s mentor for 10 years was the Russian pedagogue Zakhar Bron. She has also worked with Ida Haendel, Salvatore Accardo,
and Gerhard Schulz . Bryn Terfel, winner of Hamburg’s 2006 Alfred Töpfer Shakespeare Prize for outstanding contribution to the
Anglo-­‐Saxon cultural heritage of Europe chose Chloë as the 2007 young artist to receive a scholarship for further studies.
At ten, Chloë appeared as the 'infant prodigy violinist' in Ralph Fiennes’ film adaptation of Pushkin`s 'Evgeny Onegin', and made a
significant contribution to Maxim Vengerov’s Master Class, shown on Channel 4 and throughout Europe, as part of the
documentary ‘Playing by Heart’. She was the first instrumentalist invited by Bryn Terfel to play in the Opera Night at his Faenol
Festival, and has performed for the Duke of Edinburgh in Windsor. Greenwich and Buckingham Palace, given the European
Premiere of Sir John Tavener’s 'Ikon of Eros', and the World Premiere of the first extract of Andrew Lloyd-­‐Webbers 'Phantasia on
Phantom of the Opera’.
Chamber Music has become an integral part of Chloë`s life. She is a regular participant in Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove,
working with Steven Isserlis and Gerhard Schulz, and is a regular performer at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland being
invited to perform in the 40th Anniversary celebration in 2009. In 2005 she received a personal invitation from Seiji Ozawa to
attend his inaugural Chamber Music Festival in Blonay, Switzerland, which was subsequently extended to 2006 and 2007.
Chloe was invited by Gidon Kremer to attend his Festival in Lockenhaus in July 2008 and this invitation was extended to 2009