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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2003-09-17 18:29
Every so often I'm asked by a friend of mine for names of the preeminent soloists on different instruments. She's executive director of the local symphony and wants to keep current on who's who in the performing world. I can rattle off some names, of course, but my knowledge is hardly comprehensive.
Can I call on the knowledge you kind folks to submit some names of currently active soloists on any symphonic instrument? Anyone current, from megabuck superstars to lesser-known performers will do.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Author: rbell96
Date: 2003-09-17 19:11
I have had a look through my cd collection and pulled out some names.
Clarinet:
Gervase de Peyer
Emma Johnson
Franklin Cohen
Michael Collins
Karl Leister
Alessandro Carbonare
Sabine Meyer
Paul Meyer
Walter Boeykens
Stanley Drucker
Michel Portal
Horn:
David Pyatt
Oboe:
Heinz Holliger
Violin:
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Nigel Kennedy
Tasmin Little
Viola:
Yuri Bashmet
Cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Guy Johnston
David Cohen
Tim Hugh
Heinrich Schiff
Piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Alfred Brendel
Richard Meyrick
Martha Argerich
Maurizio Pollini
Michael Roscoe
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Daniel Barenboim
Yefin Bronfman
John Lill
Peter Donohoe
Helen Grimaud
Simon Trpceski
Mikhail Pletnev
Hope this helps,
Rob
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2003-09-17 21:54
Thank you.
Are superstar orchestral principals (like Drucker) normally available for solo appearances, or do their day jobs keep them too busy?f
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Author: Brandon
Date: 2003-09-17 22:29
Ralph, look on some of the major artist management sites as well for a list of players. Columbia Artists Management is a big one that has a lot of the top players. As far as "superstar" players, you will rarely find them doing solo work. Sometimes, they will come out and do masterclasses, but its hard to find them soloing with an orchestra other than their own. If your friend is the ED of an orchestra, she should get the publication Musical America. I think that is what it is called. It is a thick book that comes out every year that lists all sorts of soloists and the companies that represent them. As far as the list goes that was already posted, there is no way that most orchestras could afford to have these people, maybe one or two a year!
www.cami.com
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Author: Bradley
Date: 2003-09-18 00:05
Flute
James and Jean Galway
Mimi Stillman i believe performs still solos- she is a prodigy
Matej Zupan
Margalit Gafni
Tom Robertello
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2003-09-18 00:45
Isn't Yo Yo Ma a great solo cellist? Am I wrong here?
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Henry
Date: 2003-09-18 00:48
Some people seem to think he is too nice of a guy. But I agree with you!
Henry
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Author: ned
Date: 2003-09-18 00:55
" Can I call on the knowledge you kind folks to submit some names of currently active soloists on any symphonic instrument? Anyone current, from megabuck superstars to lesser-known performers will do."
Nor symphonic as you requested nor even still alive, but the recently deceased Benny Carter was an exceptional performer on clarinet, alto sax and trumpet plus arranged, I think he sang too. He made numerous recordings, many under his own name.
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2003-09-18 03:14
To the violinists list I would add:
Itzhak Perlman
Joshua Bell
Hilary Hahn
Gil Shaham
Sarah Chang
and many, many others
You could also look at lists at major classical record labels (Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical, EMI, etc.) for some more "big names," or at an orchestra's concert schedule.
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Author: Synonymous Botch
Date: 2003-09-18 11:53
Robert Bonfiglio -Harmonicas
Stefon Harris -Vibraphone
René Marino Rivero -Bandoneon
If you're going to book a Violinist - get Maxim Vengerov; he has tremendous charisma with an audience.
For Piano, Lang-lang turns out a tumultous show.
See if you can't break in a some new ink, while you're at it, hmm?
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-09-18 12:33
Clara Rockmore -Theremin
A great player who was easy on the eyes ...GBK
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Author: mnorswor
Date: 2003-09-18 12:42
And what about Richard Stoltzman?
David Shifrin
Sabine Meyer
Oboe:
Doug Boyd
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2003-09-18 13:04
Thanks again to all.
I'm sure my friend has access to Musical America or an equivalent. She probably just asks me so she can gauge whether someone is noteworthy to a music fan.
I doubt they have funds to ever get an Itzhak Perlman here, but maybe someday I can lobby for someone like Jon Manasse, who seems to perform with a lot of smaller orchestras (though the Met Orchestra may be keeping him too busy now).w
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Author: Brandon
Date: 2003-09-18 13:30
Ralph:
If your friend is looking for cheaper soloists, perhaps she should consider up and coming talent. There are tons of competitions who have fantastic players competing. Finding the winner of say the Van Cliburn would be a lot cheaper I would imagine over Andre Watts. Many of the winners for these competitions can be found on the competitions website.
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Author: Ralph G
Date: 2003-09-18 13:55
Funny you should mention that. Stanislav Ioudenitch, one of the co-gold medalists of the last Cliburn, will be performing Tchaikovsky 1 this season. That will also be the debut concert of the new conductor, who came here from the Fort Worth Symphony. Guess he was able to bring the Cliburn winner with him.a
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-09-19 16:16
We, our OK Mozart and our Bartlesville Symphony Orch. have had many [some mentioned above] fine performers on a number of instruments for years, my fav's of course were Shifrin, Daniels and Wilkerson on cl, numerous pianists, violinists, some brasses etc. Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: supernova_khr
Date: 2003-09-20 16:37
To Ralph,
Itzhak Perlman actually came and performed with our local symphony (town of ~100,000), so maybe he's not outrageouly expensive. (It's a part time symphony, with 8 performances per year.) I guess it could also be he just likes the area. One of my programmers plays in the symphony, and he commented on how nice a person Mr. Perlman was. He worked with the symphony the evening prior to performance, and left the morning after the performance, so was only there for 2 days.
The local symphony also has young award winning soloists come, and they tend to give wonderful performances.
Kay
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