Klarinet Archive - Posting 000781.txt from 1997/12

From: "Ginstling/Ransom" <ginsuransom@-----.net>
Subj: Fw: Stanley Drucker Honored
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 03:42:49 -0500

I came across this news release and thought it would be of interest to the
list.

Gary G
ginsuransom@-----.net

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>(from the New York Philharmonic management, 12/11)
>
>NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC PRINCIPAL CLARINET STANLEY DRUCKER IS
>MUSICAL AMERICA 'S 1998 INSTRUMENTALIST OF THE YEAR
>
>Mr. Drucker is Honored on the Eve of his 50th Adversary as a
>Philharmonic Member
>
>Stanley Drucker, Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic,
>has been named 1998 Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical
>America. The honor coincides with the upcoming 506 anniversary of
>Mr. Drucker's tenure in the Orchestra, which will be celebrated
>during the Orchestra's May 28-30 concerts conducted by Kurt Masur.
>
>In its article on Mr. Drucker, Musical America observed that Cone
>is constantly awed by the rhythmic vitality that is the hallmark
>of Drucker's performances. And his phrasing and articulation could
>serve as a master class for other performers-singers as well as
>instrumentalists." Mr. Drucker, who is one of the few living
>orchestral musicians whose biography appears in the New Grove
>Dictionary of Music and Musicians, remarked, a. . .I have never
>regretted my life as an orchestral player primarily. It has kept
>me constantly stimulated. Every concert is a thrill-and I can't
>wait for the next one. "
>
>Mr. Drucker has made approximately 150 solo appearances with the
>New York Philharmonic, and has performed under nine Philharmonic
>music directors/advisors: Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez,
>George Szell, Leonard Bernstein, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Leopold
>Stokowski, Bruno Walter and Sir John Barbirolli. In 1948, at age
>19, he joined the Philharmonic as its youngest member, becoming
>Principal Clarinet in 1960, when Leonard Bernstein was Music
>Director. He maintains an active solo career in addition to his
>Philharmonic duties, appearing with ensembles throughout the
>world. He has twice been nominated for Grammy Awards in the
>category of Best Instrumental Soloist/Classical with Orchestra.
>
>Mr. Drucker began clarinet studies at age ten with Leon
>Russianoff, his principal teacher, and later attended the High
>School of Music and Art and the Curtis Institute of Music. He was
>appointed Principal Clarinetist of the Indianapolis Symphony
>Orchestra at age 16, the Adolf Busch Chamber Players at age 17,
>and the Buffalo Philharmonic at age 18. He is featured on a number
>of Philharmonic recordings. Among these are the Copland Concerto
>and Debussy's Premiere Rapsodie, both under Leonard Bernstein;
>Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto; and in the live, world premiere
>performance (1977) of the Corigliano Clarinet Concerto, which is a
>part of the Orchestra's acclaimed new CD box set: The Historic
>Broadcasts: 1923-1987.
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