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World Premiere of String Quartet No. 3 by American Composer David Winkler
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
American composer David Winkler’s String Quartet No. 3 will be given its World Premiere by Voxare String Quartet on Friday, April 30 – 7:30 PM at Milbank Chapel of Columbia University’s Teachers College, 525 West 120th St. in Manhattan.
Winkler’s String Quartet No. 3, Ballades, is a single movement, thematic and lyrical work of approximately 15 minutes duration. It was completed in 2009. Other works on the program are David Del Tredici’s Grosse Tarantella, Mark Nowakowski’s Quartet No. 1 (World Premiere), Terry Riley’s Sunrise of Planetary Dream Collector and Aleksandra Vrebalov’s Pannonia Boundless.
The April 30 concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 630-292-6182 or visit http://www.tc.columbia.edu/.
Voxare members Emily Ondracek-Peterson (violin), Galina Zhdanova (violin), Erik Peterson (viola), and Adrian Daurov (cello) have performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and orchestrally with the Cleveland Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, and St. Petersburg Philharmonic. The four musicians have amassed a number of prizes at international competitions. Voxare takes responsibility in presenting and encouraging interest in contemporary music, and often works with leading composers such as Pulitzer Prize winning composers Ned Rorem and David Del Tredici. Visit them at http://www.voxarequartet.com/.
David Winkler’s recent commissions have included new works for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Symphony Un Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina; National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia, Alabama Symphony (Birmingham, AL), The Korean Broadcasting System, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Queen's Chamber Band, Houston Grand Opera, and Kharkov Philharmonic (Ukraine). He has also been the recipient of commissions from the Kennedy Center for its 25th Anniversary Symphonic Commission program, an Aspen Music Festival Violin Concerto Commission, a Leonard Bernstein Tanglewood Composer Fellowship, a Fromm Foundation commission in cooperation with the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, the BMI Young Composer Award and the Rapaport Prize, administered by Columbia University. He has been composer in residence with the Aspen Music Festival, the Banff Centre, Opera/Omaha (1996 and 1997), the Chautauqua Opera and the Lincoln Center Institute. He is a member of ASCAP and has been a recipient of several special ASCAP Awards.
Naxos has issued a critically acclaimed CD (American Classics No 8.559383) featuring Mr. Winkler’s Piano Concerto and Elements Concerti. More about the disk at http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559383. His website is at http://www.davidwinklernyc.org/.
For more information about composer David Winkler, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
American composer David Winkler’s String Quartet No. 3 will be given its World Premiere by Voxare String Quartet on Friday, April 30 – 7:30 PM at Milbank Chapel of Columbia University’s Teachers College, 525 West 120th St. in Manhattan.
Winkler’s String Quartet No. 3, Ballades, is a single movement, thematic and lyrical work of approximately 15 minutes duration. It was completed in 2009. Other works on the program are David Del Tredici’s Grosse Tarantella, Mark Nowakowski’s Quartet No. 1 (World Premiere), Terry Riley’s Sunrise of Planetary Dream Collector and Aleksandra Vrebalov’s Pannonia Boundless.
The April 30 concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 630-292-6182 or visit http://www.tc.columbia.edu/.
Voxare members Emily Ondracek-Peterson (violin), Galina Zhdanova (violin), Erik Peterson (viola), and Adrian Daurov (cello) have performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and orchestrally with the Cleveland Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, and St. Petersburg Philharmonic. The four musicians have amassed a number of prizes at international competitions. Voxare takes responsibility in presenting and encouraging interest in contemporary music, and often works with leading composers such as Pulitzer Prize winning composers Ned Rorem and David Del Tredici. Visit them at http://www.voxarequartet.com/.
David Winkler’s recent commissions have included new works for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Symphony Un Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina; National Symphony Orchestra of Bolivia, Alabama Symphony (Birmingham, AL), The Korean Broadcasting System, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Queen's Chamber Band, Houston Grand Opera, and Kharkov Philharmonic (Ukraine). He has also been the recipient of commissions from the Kennedy Center for its 25th Anniversary Symphonic Commission program, an Aspen Music Festival Violin Concerto Commission, a Leonard Bernstein Tanglewood Composer Fellowship, a Fromm Foundation commission in cooperation with the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, the BMI Young Composer Award and the Rapaport Prize, administered by Columbia University. He has been composer in residence with the Aspen Music Festival, the Banff Centre, Opera/Omaha (1996 and 1997), the Chautauqua Opera and the Lincoln Center Institute. He is a member of ASCAP and has been a recipient of several special ASCAP Awards.
Naxos has issued a critically acclaimed CD (American Classics No 8.559383) featuring Mr. Winkler’s Piano Concerto and Elements Concerti. More about the disk at http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559383. His website is at http://www.davidwinklernyc.org/.
For more information about composer David Winkler, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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