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1. J.S. Bach - Wariacje Goldbergowskie Aria i wariacje 10,11,12, Julian Rachlin, Nobuko Imai, Mischa Maisky. 2. Marek Grechuta - Wiosna ach to Ty. 3. I. Strawiński - Święto Wiosny cz.1 Uwielbienie Ziemi: Introdukcja; Wiosenne wróżby i tańce młodzieńców; Zabawa w porywanie; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Się George Solti. 4. Dean Blunt - Six. 5. Deep Purple - April. 6. Spring Waltz - Carla Bruni. 7. Christian Sinding - Rustle od Spring, Norweska Orkiestra Radiowa, Ari Rasilainen. 8. Jean Sibelius - Spring Song op. 16, Norweska Orkiestra Radiowa , Ari Rasilainen.

1. J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations, Duo Synaphè, Aria i 10, 11, 12 wariacja. 2. A. Vivaldi - Concerto G-dur na dwie Mandoliny, Mauro Squillante, Davide Rebuffa. 3. Spring Can Realy Hang You Up The Most - Ron Carter, Houston Person. 4. W.A. Mozart - Przybywaj, piękna wiosno - Marek i Wacek. 5. Lily Was Here - Dave Steward , Candy Dufler. 6. Leo Delibes - Flower Duet z opery Lakmè, Dame Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbie. 7. W A.Mozart - Sinfonia concertante Es-dur KV 364 cz.2 Andante, Midori, Nobuko Imai. 8. St. Luis Blues - Duke Elington, Johnny Hodges, Harry "Sweets" Edison z płyty Back to Back.

SynopsisIn 1834, the great violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini acquired a new Stradivarius viola. He approached 30-year-old French composer Hector Berlioz and commissioned him to write a viola concerto.What Berlioz came up with, however, was a Romantic program symphony with a prominent part for solo viola, Harold in Italy, inspired by Byron's narrative poem “Childe Harold.” Paganini was disappointed. “That is not what I want,” he said. “I am silent a great deal too long. I must be playing the whole time.”And so, when Harold in Italy was first performed, at the Paris Conservatory on today's date in 1834, it was an old classmate of Berlioz's, Chrétien Urhan, who was the soloist, not the superstar Paganini. The audience seemed to like the “Pilgrims' March” movement of the symphony, which was encored, but otherwise the performance was one train wreck after another.Four years later, however, Berlioz had the last laugh when Paganini, hearing the music he commissioned at a better performed concert, rose from the audience, mounted the stage and publicly declared Berlioz a genius, and, two days later, presented the stunned Berlioz with a check for 20,000 francs.Music Played in Today's ProgramHector Berlioz (1803-1869) Harold in Italy; Nobuko Imai, viola; London Symphony; Colin Davis, cond. Philips 416 431

Synopsis It's usually NEW music that gets terrible reviews, but scanning old newspapers, you'll find that occasionally OLD music gets panned with equal venom. On today's date in 1865, a concert by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra at Irving Hall opened with an orchestral arrangement of a Bach Passacaglia, followed by Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola. The New York Times reviewer was not thrilled with either selection: “The Bach,” he wrote, “is a fair representation of the treadmill. A culprit may travel on it for a day without advancing a step. It simply goes ‘round and ‘round in the most obvious style, and is generally DULL – like a superannuated church warden… The symphony for violin and viola by Mozart is a work generally avoided in Europe. The wearisome scale passages on the little fiddle repeated ad nauseam on the bigger one are simply maddening. On the whole, one would prefer death to a repetition of this production.” Thus spake The Times in April of 1865. We should note in its defense that Americans had other matters on their minds that week. The day the review appeared the paper's headline read: “Union Victory! Peace! Lee Surrenders His Whole Army!” Music Played in Today's Program J.S .Bach (arr. Respighi) Passacaglia in c BBC Philharmonic; Leonard Slatkin, conductor. Chandos 9835 Wolfgang Mozart (1756 – 1791) Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364/320d Midori, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; NDR Symphony; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Sony 89488

When you picture your perfect day in the fall season, what does it look like Does it include crisp fall leaves, sweater weather and cooler temperatures? Join host Liz Lyon as we discover pieces that sound like the different stages of fall. Episode 102 playlist Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag - (Used at the beginning and end of the episode) This piece by Scott Joplin was groundbreaking for the genre of rag music and became a template for the composers of rag music in the years to come. The Maple leaves change their color in the fall to the vivid browns and fiery reds. Performed by The Band and Lara Downes on Piano. Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag by Fanny Mendelssohn: Das Jar No. 9 (September) - Fanny Mendelssohn composed a set of 12 piano pieces representing every month of the year. ‘September' of Das Jahr (‘The Year') is based it off a poem “To the Moon,” which compares the passage of time with a flowing river. Performed by Liana Serbescu on piano. Fanny Mendelssohn - Das Jahr No. 9 - September by Imogen Holst: Fall of Leaf — As you get further into the fall you can see the magic of leaves turning different colors and they begin to fall…. In this piece you can almost hear the individual leaves falling and drifting in the wind. Performed by Steven Isserlis on Cello. Imogen Holst - Fall of the Leaf by Tōru Takemitsu: A String Around Autumn — Tōru Takemitsu wrote this piece of music to celebrate a fall festival but it sounds like the end of autumn. It is sadder, more sparse and you can almost hear the promise that snow is on the way. Performed by Saito Kinen Orchestra and featuring Nobuko Imai on viola. Tōru Takemitsu - A String Around Autumn by Astor Piazzolla: Autumn in Buenos Aires (Otono Porteno) - Astor Piazzolla wrote a piece of music to celebrate the different seasons in Buenos Aires Argentina. Autumn contains musical raindrops and a wintery sun. Performed by the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra featuring Tessa Lark on violin. Astor Piazzolla - Autumn in Buenos Aires by You can now search and listen to YourClassical Adventures where podcasts are found. Explore more from YourClassical Adventures! What are you curious about? You must be 13 or older to submit any information to American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio. The personally identifying information you provide will not be sold, shared, or used for purposes other than to communicate with you about things like our programs, products and services. See Terms of Use and Privacy.

1a rad: Betraktar dig från sommarfjärilsvingen Översättning: Sven Christer Swahn Uppläsning: Angela Kovacs MUSIK Reynaldo Hahn: RomanesqueEXEKUTÖR Sharon Bezaly, flöjt, Nobuko Imai, viola, Ronald Brautigam, piano 

In this episode of 'Classics Unlocked', Graham Abbott explores one of the mightiest works for the keyboard: Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Goldberg Variations'. Today, it stands alongside the St Matthew Passion, the Mass in B minor, The Art of Fugue and the Musical Offering as an eternal musical monument. This episode features four different recordings, headed by Lang Lang's 2020 Deutsche Grammophon album:BACH: Goldberg VariationsLang Lang, pianoDG 481 8971DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/usjMcRfFYP​BACH: Goldberg Variations (Extended Edition)Lang Lang, pianoDG 481 9701DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/zomHEe0QYP​BACH: Goldberg Variations George Malcolm, harpsichordDecca Eloquence 482 8439DISCOVER: https://Eloquence.lnk.to/000289482843...​BACH: Goldberg Variations Julian Rachlin, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; Mischa Maisky, celloDG 477 6378DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/0PYI5JJY​BACH: Goldberg Variations Catrin Finch, harpDG 4778097DISCOVER: https://uma.lnk.to/SYQjBjv0​ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Recipient of the prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2017 Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, violinist Paul Huang is considered to be one of the most distinctive artists of his generation. The Washington Post proclaimed Mr. Huang as "an artist with the goods for a significant career" following his recital debut at the Kennedy Center.This summer, Mr. Huang made highly acclaimed debut at Bravo!Vail Music Festival stepping in for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in the Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.4 with Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin. Recent and forthcoming engagements include his recital debut at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, Aspen Music Festival, as well as appearances with the Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev (St. Petersburg's White Nights Festival), Berliner Symphoniker with Lior Shambadal (Philharmonie Berlin debut), Detroit Symphony with Leonard Slatkin, Houston Symphony with Andres Orozco-Estrada, Orchestra of St. Luke's with Carlos Miguel Prieto, Seoul Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony and Grant Park Festival Orchestra with Markus Stenz, North Carolina Symphony and Charlotte Symphony with Gemma New, Buffalo Philharmonic with JoAnn Falletta, Pacific Symphony with Carl St. Clair, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan with ShaoChia Lu and the Taipei Symphony with Jahja Ling (both in Taipei and on a U.S. tour). 2019-20 season will also see Mr. Huang giving the German premiere of Tan Dun’s Violin Concerto “Fire Ritual” with the Nuremberg Symphony with Kahchun Wong and appearances in the U.S. with the Tucson Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic, Long Beach Symphony, Brevard Symphony, and Mobile Symphony.Recital and chamber music performances this season will include Mr. Huang’s recital debut for People’s Symphony Concerts in New York, a recital tour across North America and Taiwan with pianist Helen Huang, as well as his debut at the Wolf Trap in Washington D.C. He will also return to Camerata Pacifica in Santa Barbara and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for three separate tours in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East.Mr. Huang's recent recital engagements included Lincoln Center's "Great Performers" series and return engagement at the Kennedy Center where he premiered Conrad Tao's "Threads of Contact" for Violin and Piano during his recital evening with pianist Orion Weiss. He also stepped in for Midori with Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony to critical acclaim. Mr. Huang has also made debuts at the Wigmore Hall, Seoul Arts Center, and the Louvre in Paris.His first solo CD, Intimate Inspiration, is a collection of favorite virtuoso and romantic encore pieces released on the CHIMEI label. In association with Camerata Pacifica, he recorded "Four Songs of Solitude" for solo violin on their album of John Harbison works. The album was released on the Harmonia Mundi label in fall 2014.A frequent guest artist at music festivals worldwide, he has performed at the Seattle, Music@Menlo, Caramoor, Bridgehampton, La Jolla, Santa Fe, Moritzburg, Kissinger Sommer, Sion, Orford Musique, and the PyeongChang Music Festival in Korea. His chamber music collaborators have included Gil Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin, Nobuko Imai, Mischa Maisky, Jian Wang, Frans Helmerson, Lynn Harrell, Yefim Bronfman, and Marc-Andre Hamelin.Support the show (https://thatsnotspit.com/support/)

Today's show brings you a powerful and honest conversation on very important topics, including how changing your mindset can change your life, how focusing on your musical voice instead of perfection in execution and external validation can transform your relationship with practicing, enrich your playing, and affect the trajectory of your career.  Milan Milisavljevic, Principal Viola with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, elaborates on: the major impact a mentor had in his life the importance of knowing where you're coming from as a musician the importance of having a clear intention of what you want to sound like and listen intently to yourself and monitor your body when playing why shame has no business in the practice room his scale routine how he feels sound production in his arm the importance of “reducing the distance between thought and sound (I love that one!!!) how the fear transmitted from a teacher made him dread practicing, and how that has since changed how he uses the Pomodoro technique why it's important to be calm when we're facing things that make us feel uncomfortable how changes in our lives come from us making the effort to go through the reflection and do the work the important of courage in approaching music why serving others and serving music IS THE POINT of music-making! why it's about “saying something meaningful rather than being perfect”     MORE ABOUT MILAN:   Website: http://milanmilisavljevic.com/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsqbMHG_aOg5dgnTX_jYApw The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra: http://www.metorchestramusicians.org/milan-milisavljevi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milimusique/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quincejuice/   Widely considered one of the leading violists of his generation, Milan Milisavljević is Principal Viola with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and is on the viola faculty at Mannes School of Music in New York. His performances combine intense expression with an immediate and profound link to his listeners and have won much critical acclaim. The Strad magazine has described his playing as “very imaginative, with a fine, cultured tone.” Milan's solo album Sonata-Song, released by Delos Music, has received glowing reviews, with the recording of A. Khachaturian's solo sonata on the album hailed as “definitive”. He has won prizes at competitions such as Lionel Tertis and Aspen Lower Strings and has performed at Marlboro, Cascade Head, Classical Tahoe, Agassiz and Grand Teton music festivals. Milan has appeared as soloist throughout the world, with orchestras such as the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Belgrade Philharmonic, Aspen Sinfonia, Classical Tahoe, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río and many others. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with members of the Guarneri and Mendelssohn String Quartets, as well as Joseph Kalichstein, Sergiu Luca, Cho-Liang Lin and many others. Milan has been heard worldwide on countless recordings and broadcasts of the MET. He previously served as its Assistant Principal Viola for twelve seasons. He is a former member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and has served as guest Principal Viola of many orchestras, such as the Toronto Symphony. In addition to his teaching activities at Mannes, Milan has coached violists in masterclasses at universities and conservatories worldwide, as well as at Verbier Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and as a volunteer at Ecole de musique St-Trinite in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He is also increasingly in demand as a conductor. Milan's teachers include Jutta Puchhammer, Atar Arad, James Dunham, Nobuko Imai and Samuel Rhodes. He plays a viola made by Joseph Curtin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a Larsen Strings Artist. Milan is also active as a conductor and founder of Music for the People, a New York-based ensemble dedicated to a new perspective and concert experience of classical music. In addition to his musical interests, he is also an avid runner, an occasional triathlete and a huge fan of modern architecture and design, especially the Mid Century Modern style.     If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe here!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/     THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/

durée : 01:58:50 - Amours, délices et orgues ; concert du Quatuor Oïstrakh (Biennale de Quatuors à cordes) - par : Jean-Baptiste Urbain - ## Amour, musique de chambre et orgue {% image 022c182d-f707-4a43-a3af-6be9e82e83b7 %} **Charles-Marie Widor** _Introduction et Rondo pour clarinette et piano op. 72_ Olivier Patey, clarinette / Alessandro Soccorsi, piano Naxos **Charles-Marie Widor / arrangement Albert Rey** _Trois Pièces : II. Elégie_ Alexei Ogrintchouk, hautbois / Alessandro Soccorsi, piano Naxos {% image 368fc9a5-f7fb-4a92-9a8e-0ac8f39da4ff %} **Louis Vierne** _Sonate pour violoncelle et piano en si mineur op. 27 : I. Poco lento – Allegro moderato_ Armance Quéro, violoncelle / Joseph Birnbaum, piano Etcetera **Maurice Duruflé** _Prélude, Récitatif et Variations pour flûte, alto et piano op. 3_ Sharon Bezaly, flûte / Nobuko Imai, alto / Ronald Brautigam, piano BIS **Charles-Marie Widor** _Sérénade pour flûte, violon, violoncelle, harmonium et piano op. 10_ Thies Roorda, flûte / Junko Naito, violon / Benedikt Enzler, violoncelle / Bert Mooiman, harmonium / Alessandro Soccorsi, piano Naxos ## Concert **[Quatuor Oïstrakh :](http://www.oistrakhquartet.com/)** Andrey Baranov, violon Rodion Petrov, violon Fedor Belugin, alto Alexei Zhilin, violoncelle **Alexandre Borodine** _Quatuor à cordes n° 2 en ré majeur I. Allegro moderato II. Scherzo III. Nocturne IV. Finale_ **Dimitri Chostakovitch** _Quatuor à cordes n° 3 en fa majeur op. 73 I. Allegretto II. Moderato con moto III. Allegro non troppo IV. Adagio V. Moderato_ **Niccolo Paganini / arrangement Fedor Belugin** _Caprice n° 24 en la mineur op. 1 n° 24_ **Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski / arrangement Fedor Belugin** _Album pour enfants op. 39 : XXI. Douce Rêverie_ _**Enregistré le 20 janvier à la Philharmonie de Paris, dans le cadre de la [Biennale de Quatuors à cordes](https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/programmation/les-week-ends-thematiques/biennale-de-quatuors-cordes)**_ ## Bonus web : Schubert, Quatuor à cordes n° 12 en ut mineur D. 703 "Quartettsatz" {% audio 830bac0b-74e7-4f3d-96d7-501f54dd67a4 %} - réalisé par : Laurent Lefrançois

Åbos filharmoniker spelar Sibelius, Martinu-kvartetten spelar Tanejev och Sofia möter sopranen Camilla Tilling. Det är en del av veckans innehåll. I panelen sitter Anna Nyhlin, Evert van Berkel och Hanna Höglund som tillsammans med veckans vikarierande programledare Magnus Lindman betygsätter följande skivor:SERGEJ TANEJEV Kvintetterna Martinu-kvartetten, Olga Vinokur, piano, Jiri Bárta, cello, Jitka Hosprová, viola Supraphon SU 4176-2 Betyg: 5 radioapparater. Veckans toppnotering!JEAN SIBELIUS Svanevit, Ödlan, Ett ensamt skidspår, Grevinnans konterfej Åbos filharmoniker Leif Segerstam, dirigent Naxos 8.573341 Betyg: 4 radioapparaterCLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Madrigaler (vol 1) Cremona Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, dirigent Les Arts Florissants AF 005 Betyg: 4 radioapparaterW A MOZART Enleveringen ur seraljen Diana Damrau, Anna Prohaska, Rolando Villazón, Paul Schweinester, Thomas Quasthoff, Franz-Josef Selig Chamber Orchestra of Europe Yannick Nézet-Séguin, dirigent DG 479 4064 Betyg: 2 radioapparaterSofia möter Camilla Tilling Sofia Nyblom möter sopranen under ett av hennes sällsynta stockholmsbesök. Samtalet kretsar kring den nya CD:n I skogen innehållande sånger av Sibelius, Grieg, Stenhammar och Alfvén. Andra nämnda eller rekommenderade inspelningar- Tanejevs pianokvintett med pianisten Michail Pletnjov, violinisterna Vadim Repin och Ilja Gringolts, violasten Nobuko Imai samt cellisten Lynn Harrell, inspelad på DG.- Mozarts Enleveringen ur seraljen med RIAS symfoniorkester, Västberlin och dirigenten Ferenc Fricsay i en inspelning gjord 1954 på DG; i inspelning från 1966, också på DG  med Bayerska statsoperans orkester ledd av Eugen Jochum samt i ny inspelning (2015) med René Jacobs och Akademin för tidig musik, Berlin gjord på skivmärket Harmonia Mundi.

A concert with Pamela Frank and Alexander Simionescu, violin; Nobuko Imai and Nokuthula Ngwenyama, viola; Peter Wiley and Edward Arron, cello, in a concert of Dvorak, Schoenberg and Brahms. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5711.

Long a masterful purveyor of glissandi, harmonics, and heavenly arpeggios, the harp has leapt into the modern era with a plethora of dynamic new compositions. We'll sample a few this week to see just how far the instrument has come since the days of Wagner and Tchaikovsky. Hosted by Seth Boustead Produced by Jesse McQuarters Claude Debussy – Trio for flute, viola, and harp, Debussy Trio Toru Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas wind Aurèle Nicolet (flute), Nobuko Imai (viola), Naoko Yoshino (harp) Angelica Negron – Drawings for Meyoko Janus Trio Luciano Berio – Sequenza II Frederique Cambreling (harp)Purchase Hans Werner Henze – Carillon, Recitatif, and Masque Noble Fowl Trio Mischa Zupko – Despedida, Jule Ann Smith Stephen Andrew Taylor – Unfurl, Duo Scorpio

We’re continuing our chat with Cincinnati Symphony principal bassist Owen Lee today on Contrabass Conversations. Check out the first segment of this conversation on episode 55 of the program. Owen played for the New World Symphony and the Houston Symphony prior to his appointment with the Cincinnati Symphony, and it was a real pleasure to do this interview along with Contrabass Conversations regular collaborator John Grillo. John, Owen, and I chat about Owen’s experiences recording his solo CD, key selection for the Bach Suites and his use of solo tuning for the recording, his performances of the less popular but extremely engaging Bottesini Concerto No. 1, performing the Tubin Concerto with orchestra, the Harbison Bass Concerto project (which Owen performed with the Cincinnati Symphony), and his practicing habits and exercises. We also feature the first movement from the Cello Suite No. 5 by Johann Sebastian Bach from Owen’s Boston Records CD, plus listener feedback, bass news, and a link of the week. Find Owen Lee on Twitter here. Enjoy!   About Owen: Described as “a true virtuoso” by legendary pianist Gary Graffman and praised by The New York Times for his “deft and virtuosic solo performance” at his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall, double bassist Owen Lee has earned acclaim as a soloist, chamber musician and since 1996, at the age of 26, as Principal Bass of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Lee is heard regularly as a soloist with orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Paavo Järvi and Jesús López-Cobos, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under John Harbison, and the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson-Thomas in Miami and on tour to New York’s Lincoln Center. During the 2006-07 season, Mr. Lee and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, along with a consortium of other soloists and orchestras, will present the world premiere of John Harbison’s Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra. Mr. Lee’s prizes in competitions include First Prize at the 1995 International Society of Bassists Competition and Fourth Prize at the 1992 Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco. He has been presented in recitals throughout the United States, and in Geneva. For the Boston Records label, he has recorded the Misek Sonata No. 2 and Bach Unaccompanied Suites No. 3 and No. 5. American Record Guide praised this disc for its “tasteful phrasing, polish and verve” while The Strad wrote “Owen Lee is a fine player with strong musical ideas. A dark and austere sound is produced for Suite No. 5 and the architecture of each suite is carefully considered and shaped. I look forward to his next recording.” Mr. Lee’s extensive international chamber music experience includes three summers as the bassist of the Marlboro Festival. While there, he performed extensively with such artists as Richard Stoltzman, Midori, Nobuko Imai, Bruno Canino, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and members of the Beaux Arts Trio, Guarneri Quartet and Juilliard Quartet. He also collaborated with composers Gyorgy Kurtag, Leon Kirchner and Richard Danielpour preparing performances of those composers’ works. Mr. Lee has also performed with the Tokyo String Quartet on tour to Mexico, John Browning, Anne-Marie McDermott, Jaime Laredo, Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom, Peter Wiley, Eugenia Zukerman, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival, Ojai California Festival, Chamber Music L.A. Festival, Tanglewood Festival, Texas Music Festival, and on tour throughout China. With the Rossetti String Quartet he performed the world premiere of Melinda Wagner’s Concertino at the 2005 Bravo! Vail Festival. Mr. Lee was born in Berkeley, California in 1969 to Chinese parents. He began playing bass at age 15 after previous study of the piano. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Mr. Lee’s principal teachers were Dennis Trembly, Edwin Barker and Paul Ellison. Prior to his appointment in Cincinnati, Mr. Lee was a member of the Houston Symphony under Christoph Eschenbach. In addition to his position with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Lee serves as Principal Bass of the Shanghai Festival Orchestra. Owen is married to CiCi Lee. He enjoys bicycling, snowboarding, cigars, auto repair and playing drums and writing songs with his rock band Toe (Eric Bates, CSO 2nd Assistant Concertmaster is Toe’s guitarist and lead singer, and Ted Nelson, CSO cellist is Toe’s bassist).  

We’re speaking with Cincinnati Symphony principal bassist Owen Lee today on Contrabass Conversations. Owen played for the New World Symphony and the Houston Symphony prior to his appointment with the Cincinnati Symphony, and it was a real pleasure to do this interview along with Contrabass Conversations regular collaborator John Grillo. Find Owen Lee on Twitter here. Enjoy!  About Owen: Described as “a true virtuoso” by legendary pianist Gary Graffman and praised by The New York Times for his “deft and virtuosic solo performance” at his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall, double bassist Owen Lee has earned acclaim as a soloist, chamber musician and since 1996, at the age of 26, as Principal Bass of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Lee is heard regularly as a soloist with orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Paavo Järvi and Jesús López-Cobos, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under John Harbison, and the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson-Thomas in Miami and on tour to New York’s Lincoln Center. During the 2006-07 season, Mr. Lee and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, along with a consortium of other soloists and orchestras, will present the world premiere of John Harbison’s Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra. Mr. Lee’s prizes in competitions include First Prize at the 1995 International Society of Bassists Competition and Fourth Prize at the 1992 Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco. He has been presented in recitals throughout the United States, and in Geneva. For the Boston Records label, he has recorded the Misek Sonata No. 2 and Bach Unaccompanied Suites No. 3 and No. 5. American Record Guide praised this disc for its “tasteful phrasing, polish and verve” while The Strad wrote “Owen Lee is a fine player with strong musical ideas. A dark and austere sound is produced for Suite No. 5 and the architecture of each suite is carefully considered and shaped. I look forward to his next recording.” Mr. Lee’s extensive international chamber music experience includes three summers as the bassist of the Marlboro Festival. While there, he performed extensively with such artists as Richard Stoltzman, Midori, Nobuko Imai, Bruno Canino, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and members of the Beaux Arts Trio, Guarneri Quartet and Juilliard Quartet. He also collaborated with composers Gyorgy Kurtag, Leon Kirchner and Richard Danielpour preparing performances of those composers’ works. Mr. Lee has also performed with the Tokyo String Quartet on tour to Mexico, John Browning, Anne-Marie McDermott, Jaime Laredo, Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom, Peter Wiley, Eugenia Zukerman, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival, Ojai California Festival, Chamber Music L.A. Festival, Tanglewood Festival, Texas Music Festival, and on tour throughout China. With the Rossetti String Quartet he performed the world premiere of Melinda Wagner’s Concertino at the 2005 Bravo! Vail Festival. Mr. Lee was born in Berkeley, California in 1969 to Chinese parents. He began playing bass at age 15 after previous study of the piano. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Mr. Lee’s principal teachers were Dennis Trembly, Edwin Barker and Paul Ellison. Prior to his appointment in Cincinnati, Mr. Lee was a member of the Houston Symphony under Christoph Eschenbach. In addition to his position with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Lee serves as Principal Bass of the Shanghai Festival Orchestra. Owen is married to CiCi Lee. He enjoys bicycling, snowboarding, cigars, auto repair and playing drums and writing songs with his rock band Toe (Eric Bates, CSO 2nd Assistant Concertmaster is Toe’s guitarist and lead singer, and Ted Nelson, CSO cellist is Toe’s bassist).