Discover the path toYour Future - Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival

evelyn
ulex
todd
vunderink
david
wakefield
alan
weiss
carol
wincenc
16 IMANI WINDS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Pianist Evelyn Ulex, born and raised in Berlin,
studied at the University of the Arts in Berlin and
at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen (DMA &
Artist Diploma). Ms. Ulex, a finalist for the Frienna
Awerbuch International Piano Competition in New
York City, tours internationally as a solo pianist,
chamber musician and with orchestras. She has
appeared at New York City’s Carnegie Hall,
Berlin’s konzerthaus and Philharmonie, and
various German & US Embassy and Consulates
Shortly after receiving a M.A. in music composition
from SUNY Stony Brook, New York, Todd
Vunderink began a career in music publishing,
interrupted only briefly by a short stint in Lincoln
Center’s information technology department. As
Vice President and Director of Classical Music at
Peermusic, one of the world’s largest independent
music publishers, he is responsible for signing
composers and developing a catalog centered on
20th century and contemporary composers from
the U.S. and Latin America. His responsibilities
David Wakefield, horn, joined the American Brass
Quintet while a doctoral student at The Juilliard
School in 1976. He studied horn with Paul Mansur,
Caesar LaMonaca, and James Chambers. In 1976
he joined the Aspen Music Festival and School
horn and chamber music faculty. In 1987 he joined
the Juilliard horn and chamber music faculty
and from 1995-2000 was Senior Associate Dean
at Juilliard. With the American Brass Quintet,
Mr. Wakefield has toured worldwide, all 50 states,
recorded more than 40 CDs, and was one of the
Flutist Alan Weiss has been the Artist-in-Residence
for the William S. Haynes Flute Company since
2004. He travels worldwide over 60,000 miles
annually presenting recitals, masterclasses, and
lectures promoting Haynes Flutes. Mr. Weiss has
been a member of the Boston Classical Chamber
Orchestra since 1987 and has performed with
many acclaimed musicians in numerous chamber
music series and ensembles including the Boston
Pops Orchestra. Weiss was the principal flutist
of the Virginia Symphony and has also served
as flutist with the Mexico City Philharmonic, the
State Orchestra of Mexico, and the Iceland National Symphony. Alan Weiss has
premiered a number of commissions and orchestra compositions, notably two
operas of Philip Glass. He was the first American flutist to perform and record
in concerto with the renowned George Enescu Bucharest Philharmonic since its
One of today’s international stars of the flute and
recent Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient from
the National Flute Association, Carol Wincenc has
appeared as soloist with major orchestras around
the world and has premiered works written for
her by many of today’s most prominent composers.
The grand prize winner of the Walter W. Naumburg
Solo Flute competition, Ms. Wincenc has appeared
with the Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Detroit,
St. Louis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Houston and
Seattle symphonies among many others, and the
Mostly Mozart, Santa Fe, Spoleto, Caramoor, Mu-
sic@Menlo, Yale/Norfolk and Marlboro music festivals. She has performed in all
the major New York concert halls including Lincoln Center’s “Great Performers”
around the globe. Of particular note are Ulex’s special projects, such as
Sight & Sound, a live concert featuring projections of paintings by Berlin artist
Ade Frey and the TransAtlantic Ensemble with clarinetist Mariam Adam.
Ms. Ulex is a Steinway artist and can be heard on E1/koch classics and Eroica.
include overseeing the editorial and production process as well as marketing
and promotion. He serves on the board of directors of the Charles Ives
Society and the Stefan Wolpe Society. A past-president of the Music Publishers
Association of the United States, he remains active on its board of directors.
first American musicians invited to teach and perform in the People’s Republic
of China after the Cultural Revolution. Principal Horn of the Little Orchestra
Society, he has also performed with the Orpheus, St. Luke’s as well as playing
extra with the Lincoln Center orchestras. He also has enjoyed a varied free-lance
career, playing on Broadway and commercial recordings.
inception in 1868. Weiss’s compact disc for Albany Records (sponsored in part
by a grant from the Aaron Copland Foundation) featured premier recordings of
works of Robert Starer and Lester Trimble, received high acclaim in Gramophone
Magazine. Alan’s most recent CD called Virtuoso Flutes Trios is on the Golden
Tone label. A former flute and chamber music professor for a decade at the
Boston University College for the Arts and the Tanglewood Institute, Weiss
is pleased that many of his students have won competitions and positions in
professional orchestras. Some of his outstanding students include: Grammy
nominated flutist and composer Valerie Coleman of the ensemble Imani Winds;
Guoliang Han, principal flutist China National Symphony and Professor of Flute,
Beijing Central Conservatory; Jeanne Carere, principal flutist Atlanta Ballet;
Vasco Gouveia, prize-winner of the Maria Canals Competition and acclaimed
Portuguese performer and teacher; and Heather Holden of the award-winning
Arc Duo. He performs on a custom-crafted hand-chased 14k gold flute with
a 19.5k headjoint made expressly for him by the William S. Haynes Company.
Please visit Alan’s web site www.alanweissflute.com.
Series for four consecutive seasons. Equally in demand abroad, she has
given acclaimed performances with the London Symphony, the English and
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestras and at numerous international music festivals.
In great demand as a chamber musician, Ms. Wincenc has collaborated with
the Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo and Cleveland String Quartets and performed
with such distinguished colleagues as Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Jesseye Norman,
Joshua Bell, Bella Davidovich, Lukas Foss and Aaron Copland. As a champion
of contemporary works, she has premiered and recorded Christopher Rouse’s
Flute Concerto with the Detroit Symphony and Henryk Gorecki’s Concerto
Cantata with the Warsaw Philharmonic. A Grammy Award winner, Ms. Wincenc
has recorded on the Decca, Telarc, Naxos, Nonesuch, Deutsche Grammophon,
Hannsler, CRI, New World, D’Note, and Musical Heritage/Music Masters record
labels. She is presently the Professor of Flute at both The Juilliard School and
Stony Brook University.
In his first release with Sono luminus,
young new York composer
Mohammed Fairouz brings together
a breathtaking collection of music
in Chamber Works of Mohammed
Fairouz, showcasing the versatility
and raw passion that makes him one
of the most frequently performed
composers of his generation.
avaIlaBle For purcHaSe at WWW.SonoluMInuS.coM
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