59 Partners

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A Far Cry Partner Since: 12 May 2008 Welcome to A Far Cry! We are a group of musicians bound together by our desire to share great music and great art with people who are young, people who are mature, those near, and far. The music we play is music we love, and music we don’t want to live without. We have a mission to bring together all the loves of our lives, those that range from film, dance, and visual art, to our love for each person who lives the joy and suffering (and in-betweenness) that inspire the art of life. We are excited to have you join us as we discover how we can communicate our passion with different audiences, with different artists and with eachother, to be a part of the cries of need and celebration that make up the world in which we live.

Amelia Piano Trio Partner Since: 24 Mar 2008 Formed in 1999, the trio came to the fore after participating in Isaac Stern's Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall in 2000.  Joining the roster of Concert Artists Guild in 2001, the trio went on to win the ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and recorded CDs with Cedille Records and Naxos. Asked to be NPR's Young Artists-In-Residence in 2003, the trio reached an estimated 1.5 million listeners. Now Trio-In-Residence at Connecticut College, the Amelia enjoy a varied life of touring, recording, and mentoring.

America's Dream Chamber Artists Partner Since: 30 Oct 2007 America’s Dream Chamber Artists (ADCA) is America’s newest and most exciting chamber music society. By bringing about a resurgence of the great chamber music masterworks with renewed and energized freedom and expression, ADCA is challenging tradition by changing the face of chamber music, making it approachable and enjoyable to all audiences. ADCA has performed throughout the U.S., has been featured in Chamber Music and Muso magazines, and has appeared on WQXR and Voice of America. ADCA has established a groundbreaking collaboration between classical music, photography, and elite fashion, creating a modern and trendy visual image. Its Artist Members are an elite group of the country’s most superb, young musicians- including numerous past winners of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and international solo and chamber music competitions. They have performed at the world’s major festivals and are graduates of the country’s top conservatories.

Art of Élan Partner Since: 18 Oct 2007 Art of Élan is an exciting new chamber music organization that is committed to changing the cultural climate of San Diego by presenting chamber music concerts in an artistically stimulating and invigorating environment. Created by flutist Demarre McGill and violinist Kate Hatmaker, Art of Élan specifically aims to expose new audiences to classical music, explore (and expand) the horizons of the classical music scene, energize audiences and musicians alike, and ultimately educate and cultivate a future generation of classical music lovers. Art of Élan promises to provide a more engaging concert experience for audiences, focusing on both innovative and colorful programming, as well the energy of live performance. Concert-goers should expect an event where, start to finish, their senses are being constantly stimulated by the various artistic elements being presented to them. We invite you to take part in the Art of Élan experience...

Astral Artists Partner Since: 13 Mar 2008 Guiding and promoting the nation's most extraordinary emerging classical musicians.

Azica Records Partner Since: 24 Aug 2007 Azica takes a fresh look at defining musical excellence in classical and jazz compact discs. Driven by an unswerving desire for accuracy in every detail, Azica cross-fertilizes traditional classical and jazz recording techniques to mold a distinctive, new profile that heightens honesty and integrity in the finished product. Azica truly captures an aural snapshot of the performance, and invites the listener to take a discerning look.

Bach Collegium San Diego Partner Since: 1 Apr 2008 The BACH COLLEGIUM SAN DIEGO (A Vocal and Period Instrument Ensemble) was founded in 2003 with the purpose of enriching San Diego's music community with historically informed performances of the Renaissance, Baroque, and, in particular, the vocal works of J.S. Bach. Its members have longstanding experience with such notable ensembles as the Academy of Ancient Music, American Bach Soloists, Festival Ensemble Stuttgart, and the Philharmonia Chorale.

Bard College Conservatory of Music Partner Since: 9 Jun 2008 We are a Conservatory for the 21st Century.The Bard College Conservatory of Music takes an innovative approach to educating the musicians of the 21st Century. Blending a beautiful setting along the Hudson River, a world class faculty, a student body of the highest artistic level, an intellectually rigorous liberal arts college, and an intimate and supportive learning environment, it is an exceptional place where artists of originality and excellence are nurtured and challenged.

Bella Hristova Partner Since: 7 Mar 2008 “Hristova played the work with passion from the very first note. She has an innate musicality that makes musical sense of each phrase she plays. Every sound she draws from her 1655 Amati is superb…By the time she had reached the final bars, everyone had become entranced by her playing.”  - The Strad, October 2007

Cavani String Quartet Partner Since: 24 Aug 2007 The Cavani String Quartet, winner of the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award, has been described by the Washington Post as "completely engrossing, powerful and elegant." In addition to receiving the Naumburg Award, the Cavani Quartet has been a top prizewinner in numerous competitions including the Coleman, Fischoff, the Banff International, and the Cleveland Quartet Competition. Featured as Young Artists of the Year 1989 by Musical America Magazine, the Quartet's superlative performances and innovative teaching have garnered them no less than eight Chamber Music America Residency Partnership Grants. The Cavani String Quartet is the Quartet-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Chesapeake Chamber Music Partner Since: 5 Jun 2008 Beginning in June 1986, the Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival has beckoned summer to one of the loveliest areas in Maryland. The tradition began when several internationally recognized artists offered two concerts as a gift to a small audience in Talbot County. J. Lawrie Bloom, clarinet and principal bass clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, gathered the musicians for those concerts, hosted by his parents, Eve and Ralph Bloom. Mr. Bloom has shared Artistic Director billing with Marcy Rosen, cello, and founder and member of the acclaimed Mendelssohn String Quartet for nineteen years.

Chopin Foundation of the United States Partner Since: 24 Jul 2008 The only major music competition open exclusively to American pianists.Its top winners, besides being awarded substantial cash prizes, are sent to Warsaw, Poland, to participate in the International Chopin Piano Competition, the oldest and the most prestigious piano competition in the world.

Christopher Taylor Partner Since: 29 Aug 2007 The past few years have seen Christopher Taylor emerge as one of the nation's foremost musicians. Audiences and critics alike hail the intensity and artistry he brings to the works of masters ranging from Bach and Beethoven to Boulez and Bolcom; The Washington Post, for instance, deems Mr. Taylor "one of the most impressive young pianists on the horizon today," and The New York Times termed a recent performance "astonishing."

Cleveland International Piano Competition Partner Since: 24 Aug 2007 For more than a century, Cleveland has been renowned worldwide as a center for the performing and visual arts. In 1975 a prestigious international piano competition was added to Cleveland’s rich cultural legacy. The competition immediately drew a loyal following and has grown steady in size stature, and visibility. After more than 30 years, it is recognized globally as the Cleveland International Piano Competition. The impeccable reputation of the Competition attracts of field of more than 200 applicants from around the world and places Cleveland in the top echelon of music competitions.

Colburn School Partner Since: 3 Jul 2008 The Colburn School is dedicated to offering aspiring performing artists of all ages the opportunity to explore their potential with outstanding faculty in an optimal environment. The School encompasses two divisions: the School of Performing Arts (CSPA), an open-enrollment program in music and dance; and the Conservatory of Music (CCM), a highly selective degree-granting program for students pursuing the highest level of classical music performance training.

Curtis Institute of Music Partner Since: 4 Mar 2008 The Curtis Institute of Music trains exceptionally gifted young musicians for careers as performing artists on the highest professional level.

Daniel Kellogg Partner Since: 7 Oct 2007 Composer DANIEL KELLOGG has upcoming premieres with the Colorado Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, and Apsen Music Festival Chamber Orchestra. Recent premieres include the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Orchestral de Paris. Honors include a Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, six ASCAP Young Composer Awards and the Rudolf Nissim Award, and the BMI William Schuman Prize. His works have been performed at Carnegie Recital Hall, the Kimmel Center, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and broadcasts on NPR’s “Performance Today” and “St. Paul Sundays”.

David Ludwig Partner Since: 24 Aug 2007 David Ludwig's music (website) has been performed internationally by leading musicians of today in some of the world's most prestigious venues. His music has been called “entrancing,” and that it “promises to speak for the sorrows of this generation,” (Philadelphia Inquirer). It has further gained recognition for its “expressive directness” (The New York Times) and has been noted for “a yearning, poetic quality” (Baltimore Sun). His works have been performed in such major venues in the United States as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Library of Congress, and have been heard on PBS and NPR's Weekend Edition. He joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2001 and is the artistic director of the Curtis 20/21 Contemporary Music Ensemble.

Diane Walsh Partner Since: 12 Jun 2008 Pianist DIANE WALSH has been praised as “a performer of great honesty and integrity…a pianist of superb technique” by The Boston Globe, lauded for her “Romantic sweep and arching lyricism” by The New York Times and admired for “the range and beauty of her tone” by The London Daily Telegraph.  In her 35 years before the public she has won the hearts of concertgoers throughout the United States and in eighteen other countries.  Her recordings of Beethoven, Bartok, Copland, Prokofiev and others have been enthusiastically received, and in 2007 she began a project to record the complete Schubert Piano Sonatas.

Eastern Music Festival Partner Since: 16 Jul 2008 The Eastern Music Festival’s mission is to promote musical enrichment, excellence, professional collaboration, innovation and diversity through a nationally-recognized teaching program, music festival, concerts and other programs which will enhance the quality of life, health and vitality of our region.

Ensemble 212 Partner Since: 20 Aug 2008 Ensemble 212 is a New York-based orchestra comprised of young talented professionals. The orchestra performs a series of chamber music, ensemble, and orchestra concerts which allows artistic involvement from both conductor and the orchestra musicians. Chamber music concerts feature orchestra musicians without conductor, ensemble concerts allow the conductor and musicians to collaborate together and in orchestra concerts, the artistic decisions emanate from the conductor. Ensemble 212 also holds annual Young Artist Competition series dedicated to featuring musicians who demonstrate exceptional abilities for a promising career in classical music.

Fireworks Ensemble Partner Since: 19 Feb 2008 Hailed as “the hottest classical band in New York,” Fireworks redefines the chamber music experience for a new generation of listeners. Founded with the goal of creating a single, small ensemble capable of representing the full scope of today’s musical diversity, Fireworks combines the talents of classically-trained but musically omnivorous young virtuosi who pride themselves on being able to play just about anything, regardless of style, time period, or instrumentation. Drawing on a vast musical palette, along with the creative vision and arranging skills of its director, Brian Coughlin, Fireworks develops innovative, eclectic programs which are both carefully unified and yet defy classification.

Gil Morgenstern Partner Since: 24 Aug 2007 Acclaimed for his artistry and technical brilliance as soloist with orchestra, in recital or as a chamber musician, violinist Gil Morgenstern has performed all over the world to overwhelming critical praise. In addition to his performance activities, Mr. Morgenstern is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Nine Circles Chamber Theatre, a creative organization dedicated to exploring the collaborative nature of inter-disciplinary performance and expanding the performance traditions of music, theatre and dance.

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Partner Since: 10 Mar 2008 One of America's premier orchestras, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra can be heard at its home in the Hilbert Circle Theatre, at its summer venue on Conner Prairie or - courtesy of InstantEncore - in living rooms from Iowa to Istanbul.  Under the direction of Music Director Mario Venzago, the Orchestra is particularly noted for its interpretations of the works of Strauss, Schumann and Bruckner.

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Partner Since: 29 Jul 2007 The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis was founded in 1982 under the artistic leadership of Josef Gingold to discover major violin talent and nurture those identified. Every four years since then, musicians and music lovers from all parts of the globe have focused their attention on "The Indianapolis." It has quickly established itself as one of the most respected music competitions in the world.

Jaime Laredo Partner Since: 4 Dec 2007 In more than forty years before the public, Jaime Laredo has excelled in the multiple roles of soloist, conductor, recitalist and chamber musician. Since his stunning orchestral debut at the age of eleven with the San Francisco Symphony, he has won the admiration and respect of audiences, critics and fellow musicians with his passionate and polished performances. This season, as he has for over twenty-five years, Mr. Laredo will interweave solo and conducting dates with the dense chamber music schedule of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, both here and abroad. Orchestral dates in 2006-07 include appearances with the Indianapolis, Pacific and Seattle Symphonies.

Jason Vieaux Partner Since: 24 Aug 2007 Jason Vieaux is expanding the definition of “Classical Guitarist” and changing the face of guitar programming, building a solid audience and fan base along the way. His ever-growing reputation for putting his expressive gifts and virtuosity at the service of the music earns him an active schedule of solo, chamber and concerto appearances around the US and abroad. Jason Vieaux has eight recordings to his credit through his multi-record deal with Azica Records. Sevilla: The Music of Isaac Albeniz, was rated one of the Top Ten Classical CDs of 2003 by The Philadelphia Inquirer and Cleveland’s Plain Dealer. Mr. Vieaux recorded his first CD when he was just 19; a solo CD of Bach lute works is scheduled for a fall 2007 release. He resides in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is Head of the Cleveland Institute of Music Guitar Department, making him the youngest Department Head to serve at the prestigious conservatory.

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate Partner Since: 2 Oct 2007 Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate was born in 1968 in Norman, Oklahoma and is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. Mr. Tate is dedicated to the development of American Indian classical composition, and his recent review by The Washington Post states that “Tate’s connection to nature and the human experience was quite apparent in this piece…rarer still is his ability to effectively infuse classical music with American Indian nationalism.”

Jerusalem Music Center Partner Since: 18 Nov 2007 Since its opening in 1973, the Jerusale