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Aaron Siegel Ensemble (drums)
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The group’s debut album, Every Morning, A History (Peacock Recordings), features Siegel’s exploration of transition-less composition. “From a compositional standpoint, transitions pose a troubling dilemma,” explains Siegel. “They can be anticipated and are also... [ Continue ]
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Adrian Miotti (tuba)
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Adrian is one of the UK’s most in-demand tuba and cimbasso players. He enjoys a varied freelance career involving orchestral, opera, ballet, chamber and studio playing, and teaching. His orchestral work takes him all over the UK and Europe with orchestras such as The Royal... [ Continue ]
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Ahn Trio (band / ensemble / orchestra)
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From the moment the Ahn Trio stepped onto the international music scene stage, they have defied categorization, broken musical barriers and revolutionized perceptions of classical music. They have become leaders in diversifying classical music in the 21st Century. Their... [ Continue ]
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Aidan Chamberlain (trombone)
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Aidan has performed with many British orchestras. In London he has worked with the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia and BBC Symphony Orchestra. He regularly appeared with the BBC Concert Ochestra which broadcasts the popular Friday Night is Music Night... [ Continue ]
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Alan Baer (tuba)
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Alan Baer joined the New York Philharmonic on June 21, 2004, as Principal Tuba. He was formerly principal tuba with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. His other performing credits include recordings with The... [ Continue ]
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Alan McRae (drums)
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After playing bodhran in a Celtic music band called Celtic Knot for several years, I got together with some friends and created an oldies jazz band called The Wildcats: A classic big band era oldies jazz band that plays the most popular jazz of the 20's, 30's, 40's and... [ Continue ]
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Alastair Penman (saxophone)
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British saxophonist Alastair Penman is a dynamic and versatile performer and composer, presenting contemporary music in new and exciting ways. Having obtained masters’ degrees in both Information and Computer Engineering (University of Cambridge) and Saxophone Performance... [ Continue ]
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Albert Ammons (piano)
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Pianist Albert Ammons was the king of boogie-woogie, a bluesy jazz style that swept the United States, and then the world, from the late 1930s into the mid-1940s. Although his origins were modest, his powerful piano style would take him from Chicago barrooms to Carnegie Hall to... [ Continue ]
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Alberta Hunter (vocals)
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“ if you are at the end of your journey,weary, worn and nothing seems the same you’re not alone my love’s eternal,Remember my name.” So it is with these lyrics, we recognize Alberta Hunter, a jazz and blues singer from the early days of the jazz age. She has been... [ Continue ]
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Alejandro Montiel (guitar)
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Described by Soundboard Magazine as a flawless musician, filled to the brim with polished technique," guitarist Alejandro Montiel’s performance career has taken him throughout North America, China, Mexico, Central America, and Europe both as a solo artist and as a... [ Continue ]
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Alessandro Magnanini (guitar)
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“Someway Still I Do” marks the soloist debut of the guitarist, composer and producer Alessandro Magnanini. The awareness to dedicate himself to an entire album takes root after the great success gained by the Emilian artist as a composer. We are talking about that important... [ Continue ]
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Alessandro Quarta (violin)
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Acclaimed by CNN in 2013 as "Musical Genius". Awarded in 2017 in Montecitorio as "Best Italian Excellence in the World" for Music. Amazing success for the piece "Dorian Gray" that Alessandro composed, arranged and performed live in World Premiere... [ Continue ]
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Alessandro Simonetto (piano)
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Musician (pianist and harpsichordist), sound engineer and producer. Recordings of Erik Satie (AEVEA, AE16019 Early & Esoteric Works), LeRoy Shield (AEVEA, AE16024 Laurel & Hardy: The Original Piano Music). Owner and CEO of the label OnClassical (onclassical.com). [ Continue ]
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Alexander von Schlippenbach (piano)
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Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano, composer One of Europe's premier free jazz bandleaders, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's music mixes free and contemporary classical elements, with his slashing solos often the link between the two in his compositions. Schlippenbach... [ Continue ]
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Alice Babs (vocals)
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Swedish born Hildur Alice Nilsson, professionally known as Alice Babs first appeared publicly at the age of twelve, and she achieved instant fame. Her first hit recording was a song known in English as “The Yodeling Girl”. A string of Swedish film roles turned her... [ Continue ]
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Alita Mantels (author)
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I was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where in 1968 I graduated as a National Merit Scholar from Grover Cleveland High School before moving to Arkansas. After graduating cum laude (with the equivalent of three language majors and an emphasis in comparative literature) from Hendrix... [ Continue ]
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American Composers Orchestra (band / ensemble / orchestra)
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American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is the only orchestra in the world dedicated to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers. Through concerts at Carnegie Hall and other venues, recordings, internet and radio broadcasts, educational... [ Continue ]
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Andre Previn (piano)
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André Previn started playing jazz as a teenager, having studied classical piano for many of his formative years. In the early 1950s, he was blown away by the bebop of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. By 1954, he was performing with some of those bebop masters. In 1956,... [ Continue ]
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Antonio Quijano (clave)
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Aranis
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ARANIS is a young and promising Flemish band with a unique sound. Its seven musicians explore every possible and impossible sound and technique on their instruments, which results in a cocktail of muted minimalism with a post-rock drive. Their ‘Acoustic Chamber Rock’, with... [ Continue ]
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Aryan behnam (piano)
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August Watters (mandolin)
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August Watters is a multi-stylistic, improvising mandolinist, composer/arranger, and teacher in the Boston area. He has performed with some of the leading figures in today’s revival of this most elegant instrument, and the advancement of its musical traditions. His work as an... [ Continue ]
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Berangere Maximin (composer / conductor)
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Berangere was born on the remote French colonial island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean and moved to France at the age of fifteen. A resident of Paris since 2002, she has performed as a singer in rock and world music bands around Perpignan and also studied electroacoustic music... [ Continue ]
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Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
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Berkeley Symphony was founded in 1969 as the Berkeley Promenade Orchestra by Thomas Rarick, a young protégé of Sir Adrian Boult, the great English maestro. Reflecting the spirit of the times, the Promenade replaced tuxedos with informal street dress and performed in unusual... [ Continue ]
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Billy Marrows and Grande Família (band / ensemble / orchestra)
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Bob Belden (arranger)
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One of the most adventurous arrangers of the 1990s and 2000s, Bob Belden took the music of Puccini, Prince, and (with the most success) Sting, and turned it into jazz. After graduating from the University of North Texas in 1978, he was with Woody Herman's Orchestra for 18... [ Continue ]
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Bob Ravenscroft (piano)
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Pianist-keyboardist Bob Ravenscroft is an accomplished jazz musician, composer, recording artist, and teacher. Most of Bob's recording activities have been in jazz trio and solo piano formats. Recently, he is concentrating his recording activities on the solo piano idiom and the... [ Continue ]
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Boston Modern Orchestra Project (band / ensemble / orchestra)
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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project has had an outstanding reputation amongst Boston’s most innovative and performing arts organizations for attracting multi-generational audiences and providing thematic, diversified programming, and a national reputation for performing and... [ Continue ]
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Bruce Mallette (violin)
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Bryan Wright (piano)
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Bryan S. Wright, Ph.D., is a pianist and Grammy-nominated musicologist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he teaches at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the founder and executive producer of Rivermont Records, a label specializing in ragtime and jazz. A native of... [ Continue ]
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Callum Watson (composer / conductor)
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Callum Watson is an award-winning pianist, composer and producer specialising in both Jazz and Classical music. He recently won the Margaret Schofield Scholarship for composition having played at internationally renowned venues such as Melbourne Recital Centre, Malthouse Theatre... [ Continue ]
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Calvin Jackson (piano)
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Calvin Jackson - pianist, composer, arranger, band leader, radio host (1919-1985) Calvin Jackson was born on May 26, 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied music at the Juilliard School for a year (1941), and then went to California as assistant music director at the... [ Continue ]
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Carol Alban (flute)
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Past NEWS! The 2008 WORLD FLUTE FEST CONCERT www.worldflutefest.com will benefit In Defense of Animals www.idausa.org and will take place at the beautiful Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, September 27th at 8:30pm. This will be a benefit for In... [ Continue ]
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Carolyn Ohlbaum (violin)
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Carolyn Ohlbaum is a classically trained violinist, but she also does strolling work and she improvises. Carolyn has studied and performed extensively on violin since age 10. Her vast experience includes orchestral work, chamber music ensembles and work as a soloist. She is... [ Continue ]
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Caryl Esteves (piano)
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Catherine Marie Charlton (piano)
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Catherine Marie Charlton's soulful interpretations ”...will linger long in the ear and in the mind...” (Jazz da Gama). Addressing her creative process for her free improvisations, Charlton states: “When I improvise at the piano, my goal is to embody mindfulness. In order... [ Continue ]
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Celia Ramsay (vocals)
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CELIA RAMSAY, Singer/Songwriter Do your kisses stir my soul? Do I think you make me whole? Should I sigh and lose control?" So begins the title track of Celia Ramsay's new release, I'll Just Lie About It." The new album debuts Celia as a songwritera new hat for... [ Continue ]
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Cezara-Lucia Vlădescu (piano)
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Chad Kaltinger (viola)
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Charles Ives (composer / conductor)
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Chen Zimbalista (percussion)
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Percussionist Chen Zimbalista is a force of nature. Exhibiting preternatural musical skills since he was a child, this Israeli-born performer has gone on to master over 40 exotic instruments from dozens of countries, and has proven himself equally adept at performing complex... [ Continue ]
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Chris Florio (composer / conductor)
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Chris Lastovicka (composer / conductor)
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Chris Lastovicka designs music dealing primarily with psychological and metaphysical subjects. Most of Lastovicka’s music can be loosely categorized as mystic minimalism. An excerpt from Lastovicka’s opera Crossing the Horizon" was performed by New York City Opera at... [ Continue ]
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Christine Walker (piano)
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Taught by my grandmother from the age of six. Passed grade 5 practical and theory by the age of 11. Started teaching under the watchful eye of my grandmother at the age of 12!Passed ALCM and LLCM(TD) by the age of 18. Have loved teaching throughout. Now a grandmother myself and... [ Continue ]
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Claude Hopkins (piano)
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Claude Hopkins - pianist, bandleader, (1903 - 1984) Often overlooked by historians, Claude Hopkins was a major contributor to the development of early jazz and swing music. He was an incredibly gentle yet powerful stride pianist who could perform both ballads and hot numbers... [ Continue ]
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Clement Doucet (piano)
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Born and raised in Brussels, studied at and ran away from the Conservatoire, where his teacher Arthur De Greef had himself been a pupil of Liszt. His prodigious technique was further developed by a spell in the USA in the early 1920s. Shortly after returning to Europe he formed... [ Continue ]
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Colin McAllister (guitar)
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Guitarist Colin McAllister is widely recognized for his innovative concert programming and stylistic diversity. He has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Mexico. Recent highlights include the XIII Festival Hispanoamericano de Guitarra (Tijuana,... [ Continue ]
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Collaborative Jazz Septet (author)
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A band made by two good friends who share the same passion for the tradition of jazz. Only because of determination and honest collaboration they were able to accomplish this project. Septet is performing original, traditional jazz oriented music. Collaborative Jazz Septet is:... [ Continue ]
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Composers (band / ensemble / orchestra)
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Consort Immanuel (trumpet)
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Consort Immanuel is a musical arts organization committed to bringing quality music and music education to the people of Houston, TX. [ Continue ]