Klarinet Archive - Posting 000070.txt from 2008/09

From: Margaret Thornhill <clarinetstudio@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Oskar Espina Ruiz recital and masterclass in Irvine, CA Sunday, Sept.
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:21:50 -0400

This is an announcement of a recital and masterclass by Spanish
clarinetist OSKAR ESPINA RUIZ, accompanied by pianist, Yoojung Chung,
Sunday, October 28, at 3PM in the lovely "Good Shepherd Chapel" of
Concordia University, Irvine, California. Admission and parking are
free. Concordia University is located just west of the 405 freeway, at
the Jeffrey Road/University Drive exit. (directions: www.cui.edu )

Ruiz's program is entitled "Caprice Basque" and is supported by the
Basque Government Department of Culture. Works include Mr. Espina Ruiz's
own arrangements of:

Zortziko de Iparragirre Op. 39 (1898), by Pablo de Sarasate; Habanera
Op. 21, No. 2 and Piece en forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel; Homenaje
a Navarra, sobre disenos de Sarasate, by Joaquin Turina; Sonata by
Enrique Granados; Suite (1929) by Fernando Remacha; and Caprice Basque,
Op. 24 (1881) by Pablo de Sarasate.

After the recital, Mr. Espina Ruiz will work with four young
clarinetists in a masterclass.

*Oskar Espina Ruiz* has appeared as soloist with the St. Petersburg
State Academic Symphony, St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, Orquesta
Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Asunción and Bilbao Symphony. His recital
appearances include Carnegie’s Weill Hall in New York, the Corcoran
Museum in Washington DC, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Oji Hall in
Tokyo, the Madrid Royal Superior Conservatory, the Beijing and Shanghai
Conservatories and Radio Television Hong Kong. He has recorded for the
Kobaltone and Prion labels. His solo recordings include “Abriendo
Fronteras”, “Basque Heart” and “Julián Menéndez Rediscovered”.

He won top prizes at the Olga Koussevitzky and Artists International
competitions in New York in 1999; he was the Thayer Fellowship runner-up
and top music finalist in 2003; and he won the first prize of the
International Clarinet Association Research Competition in 2006. His
academic writing includes an article in the March 2007 issue of “The
Clarinet” magazine.

He holds a Doctor in Musical Arts diploma from SUNY, Stony Brook and a
Master in Fine Arts diploma from Purchase College Conservatory of Music,
where his major teachers were Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima. He has
also studied with flutist Aurèle Nicolet while at the European Mozart
Academy. The Russian press has described his concerto performance as
“highly expressive, perfect in all the details and virtuosically
executed.” The Japanese press has highlighted his “extremely advanced
technique and passion.” The Costa Rican press has called him a
“masterful soloist” and the Paraguayan press has written: “Through
bewitching vibrancy and expressiveness Oskar Espina Ruiz brings forth
the notes with an energy that reaches down to one's soul.”

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