Askar Salimdjanov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and began studying the violin at age 7. He attended V. Uspensky Music School in Tashkent under the
tutelage of Gulnara Suleymanova, and finished his Bachelors with Prof. Qian Zhou at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore. He is currently
studying with Elmar Oliveira at Lynn Conservatory of Music.
Askar has performed with Uzbekistan National Symphony Orchestra, State Conservatory Orchestra of Uzbekistan and other chamber orchestras of
Uzbekistan with conductors K.Usmanov, V. Neymer, K.Urinbaev, A.Paris, and
E. Azimov. He is the laureate of 6th International Competition of young
performers on string instruments in Moscow (2009), and finalist of 2nd Yankelevitch International Violin Competition (2011) in junior category.
---------------
A solo pianist, teacher, chamber musician and a church organist, Feruza Dadabaeva, began studying piano at 5 years of age at the Musical Academic
Lyceum in Uzbekistan. She is currently pursuing her Professional Performance Certificate at Lynn with Lisa Leonard. This past summer she competed in the
Cremona International Piano Competition where she was awarded best Bach
and Romantic performances and the third prize all around. She is also the third prize winner at the 2006 International Piano Competition in Italy. The same
year she received the “Tassano” Governmental award in Uzbekistan. In 2016 Ms
Dadabaeva was a recipient of the special jury prize for Best Orchestral Realization at the Lynn University Concerto competition. Feruza holds a B.M. from the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan and M.M. from Florida Atlantic Univ. (FAU). She is the 2013 winner of FAU Concerto Competition. Her former teachers include Larisa Mukhitdinova and Irene Kofman.
—————
Violinist Melanie Riordan is thrilled to be presented by the Lyric Chamber Music Society and to make her NYC. A champion of contemporary music, Ms.
Riordan has premiered contemporary classical works throughout the United
States, Canada and Europe. Some particularly inspiring projects include performing in the American premiers of operas by Kaija Saariaho, Philip Glass,
and Marty Regan at the Spoleto Festival USA and Houston Grand Opera. As a fellow at Orford Musique in Québec she collaborated closely with Véronique Lacroix, Artistic Director of L’Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal. This past summer at the Lucerne Festival Academy in Switzerland, Melanie performed
with composers Matthias Pintscher and Peter Eötvös, and conductor Sir Simon
Rattle. As the 2018 winner of Lynn’s concerto competition she performed Alban Berg’s violin concerto from memory. ----------------
Michael Puryear grew up in Glen Allen, Virginia and began studying the cello in 2006. His first primary teacher was Neal Cary, principal cellist of the Richmond Symphony. He performed in the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra until going to study undergraduate degree at Shenandoah
Conservatory under Clyde Thomas Shaw, former cellist of the Audubon Quartet.
---------------
Making her professional debut at age 10 with the Kammergild Symphony, Kristine Mezines has performed as a soloist with many orchestras including the Town and Country Symphony, St. Charles Symphony, St. Louis Young
People’s Philharmonic, Webster University Symphony, and the St. Louis Symphony. She has been invited to present recitals at the Sheldon Concert Hall,
Christ Church Cathedral, E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, and Missouri State University. Kristine was a principal performer at the St. Louis Municipal Opera,
a guest artist at the opening ceremony of the International Piano Pedagogy Teacher’s Conference, and was featured on NPR’s “From the Top” show.
Being in high demand for contemporary works of great difficulty, she specializes
in brass accompaniment having worked with such artists as Allen Vizzutti, Joe Burgstaller, Benjamin Pierce, Wiff Rudd, John Aley, Dave Zerkel, Demondrae Thurman, Patrick Sheridan, Gerald Sloan, Adam Frey, Alexandra Zacharella,
Lee Harrelson, Helen Tyler, Douglas Lindsey, Raul Rodriquez, Matthew Hightower, Matthew Shipes, and Aaron Vanderwheele. ”
------------------
Clarinetist John Antisz is an active orchestral performer, educator, and chamber musician. He serves as the 3rd clarinet/Bass Clarinet player of the
Florida Grand Opera, the Palm Beach Symphony, and the South Florida Symphony. He has participated in programs at the Eastern Music Festival, The
Pierre Monteux School, and Kinhaven Music School.
Equally important to Antisz’s performance career are his numerous educational
outreach initiatives.
Тэги:
#5-2-19