Festival Faculty
Since its inception, the Sarasota Music Festival has assembled a most remarkable and respected roster of guest artists, many of whom have returned to the event for more than 20 years. Their teaching and performing credentials continue to attract the world's finest young musicians eager to study with them.
Included on our panel of esteemed faculty are the principal players of some of the top orchestras in the nation, including concertmasters of the Cleveland Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and a former concertmaster of the Boston Symphony. There are also 16 solo and chamber music-recording artists, four conductors, several composers and published music scholars, as well as a whistling virtuoso.
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Associates
* Sabbatical 2010
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Federico Agostini, violin*
Agostini is a renowned soloist, chamber musician and teacher. The former concertmaster of the Italian ensemble I Musici, also founded the D'Amici String Quartet. He has collaborated with Bruno Giuranna, Jaime Laredo, Joseph Silverstein, Janos Starker and the American, Emerson, Fine Arts and Guarneri quartets. Agostini has made appearances at chamber music festivals in the United States, Europe and Japan. His recordings include: Philips Bach and Vivaldi's violin concertos, Claves Faure's piano quartets and a selection of favorite virtuoso violin pieces published by Live Notes in Japan. Agostini is a faculty member at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.
Dante Anzolini, conductor*
Anzolini is the
orchestra music director at the Teatro Argentino
Opera Theater in La Plata, Argentina. As
conductor of operatic, symphonic and
contemporary works in Europe, North and
South America, he has led many world
premieres. He is an accomplished composer of
orchestra, chamber music and piano solos,
and has extensively collaborated with Phillip
Glass. Anzolini was selected by the American
Symphony Orchestra League for the National
Conductors Preview in 2005. He has received academic
appointments with MIT, the New England Conservatory and the Itu
Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. As a pianist and harpsichordist,
Anzolini has played in more than 200 solo and chamber-music
concerts in Europe, South and North America. He made his debut at
the Metropolitan Opera of New York in 2008. Anzolini first served
on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 2007.
Theodore Arm, violin
Arm has been a
featured soloist, recitalist and guest artist in the
United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. He
makes regular appearances with the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Group for
Contemporary Music and New York's
Bargemusic, and has been a member of the
chamber group TASHE since 1976. Arm has
performed with Lukas Foss, Chick Corea and
Gary Burton, among other distinguished
artists. Compositions written for him include a
violin concerto by Allan Leichtling and a violin and piano suite by
David Schiff. Arm first served on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty
in 2001.
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Neil Black, oboe
Black is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and artistic director for the Kirckman Concert Society. He is the former principal oboist for the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Philharmonic and English Chamber Orchestras and has appeared as a concert soloist in the United States, England, France and Japan. Black’s numerous recordings include collaborations with the: English Chamber Orchestra (Barenboim), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Marriner) and Warsaw Sinfonia (Menuhin). He was appointed O.B.E. by the Queen in the New Year’s Honours for his services to music. Black has served on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1992.
Fred Bretschger, bass
Bretschger has been
the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's assistant
principal bass since 1980. He was formerly
principal bass at the Houston and Indianapolis
Symphonies. Bretschger has been a guest artist
at various events including the: Summer Arts
Program at Humboldt College; Sandpoint,
Steamboat Springs, Grand Teton, Tanglewood,
Aspen and the Santa Fe Opera Festivals. He is an
accomplished composer, conductor and
arranger. Bretschger joined the Sarasota Music
Festival faculty in 1993.
James Buswell, violin
Buswell is a versatile
orchestra recitalist and soloist, chamber musician,
conductor, educator and recording artist. He has
made appearances with major American and
Canadian orchestras including the: New York
Philharmonic, Cleveland, Boston, Chicago, San
Francisco, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and National
Symphony Orchestras. Buswell is a former artist
member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center. He also served as a faculty member at
Indiana University and the New England
Conservatory. Buswell has been on the Sarsota Music Festival faculty
since 1980.
Leone Buyse, flute
Buyse is the professor of
flute at Rice University's Shepherd School of
Music. Former acting principal flutist of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra and former
principal flutist of the Boston Pops, Buyse is
also a former assistant principal flutist of the
San Francisco Symphony. She has been a
soloist with l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,
the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Utah
Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and the
New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra. Buyse
has been a featured artist teacher at the Aspen, Norfolk, Orcas Island,
Sitka, Maui, Strings in the Mountains, Domaine Forget, and Park City
Festivals, the Lake Placid and Ithaca Flute Institutes, and the Aria
International Summer Academy Institute. She has collaborated with the
Tokyo and Juilliard string quartets and has presented recitals and
master classes in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, Europe and
South America. Buyse joined the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 2000.
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Martin Chalifour, violin
Chalifour is the
principal concertmaster for the Los Angeles
Philharmonic and teaches at the University of
Southern California. He is the former associate
concertmaster of the Cleveland and Atlanta
Symphony Orchestras, and has previously
served as a faculty member at the Cleveland
Institute of Music. Both a solo and recording
artist, Chalifour is the founding member of the
Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio and "Myriad"
Chamber Ensemble. Chalifour joined the
Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 1993.
Tim Cobb, bass
Cobb is the principal bass for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Mostly Mozart Festival. He serves as a faculty member in the Manhattan School of Music at the State University of New York at Purchase. He also performs as a solo bassist in the Harmonie Ensemble. A former participant of the Marlboro Music Festival, Cobb also has collaborated with the Emerson and Guarneri Quartets.
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
Cohen is the
chairman of the clarinet department at the
Cleveland Institute of Music and Blossom Festival
School. The principal clarinet (since 1976) in the
Cleveland Orchestra, Cohen also holds the
distinguished honor of being the only clarinetist
to win first prize at the Munich Competition. He
has done solo recordings and more than 100
solo performances with Cleveland Orchestra.
He has played and recorded with pianist
Vladimir Ashkenazy, a 1995 Grammy Award
winner, as well as with the Emerson and Guarneri Quartets. Cohen
also has been featured as a guest artist at the Marlboro, Aspen and
Santa Fe Festivals. Cohen joined the Sarasota Music Festival faculty
in 1986.
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Steve Doane, cello*
Doane is a cello
professor at the Eastman School of Music. He
has made orchestral appearances in Scotland,
Ireland and Sweden, and has performed as a
recitalist in London, Boston, Chicago and
Washington, D.C. In addition, he has played
concertos with the Rochester and Buffalo
Philharmonics, the Omaha and Victoria
Symphonies. He has recorded for Bridge,
Pantheon, Caedmon, Gasparo and Sony labels.
Doane's musical achievements include the:
Eisenhardt Award for Excellence in Teaching, Eastman and the
Piatigorsky Commendation from the New England Conservatory.
Doane joined the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 2003.
James Dunham, viola
Dunham is a viola
professor at Rice University's Shepherd School
of Music. He formerly served on the faculty of
the New England Conservatory, Eastman
School of Music, Aspen, Amelia Island, le
Domaine Forget (Quebec). Dunham is an
international recitalist and guest artist, and has
been the guest principal viola with the Boston
and Dallas Symphonies. He is a former
member of the Grammy Award–winning
Cleveland Quartet and Naumburg Award–
winning Sequoia Quartet. Dunham's long list of collaborations
includes work with the Guarneri, Juilliard and Tokyo Quartets. He
recorded and premiered Libby Larsen's Viola Sonata (2001) and
Sifting through the Ruins (2005) for viola, mezzo soprano and
piano. He also was the guest violist on the Ying Quartet's 2008
Grammy-nominated CD of Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence. He
recorded Glyph (for solo viola and piano quintet) by Judith Shatin
and Bach's Gamba Sonatas with harpsichordist John Gibbons.
Dunham joined the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 2000.
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Eli Eban, clarinet
Eban is the principal
clarinetist for the Indianapolis Chamber
Orchestra and a clarinet professor at Indiana
University's Jacobs School of Music. He has
been past principal clarinet for the Israel Radio
Symphony and spent 13 seasons playing with
the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under
internationally renowned conductors. His solo
appearances include performances with the:
English Chamber Orchestra, Salzburg
Camerata Academica, City of London Sinfonia,
Israel Philharmonic, Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra and Israel
Camerata Jerusalem. Additionally, Eban has been a participant at
the Marlboro Music, Chautuauqua and Sitka Festivals. His
collaborations include work with the: Alexander, Audubon and St.
Petersburg Quartets and recordings for Meridian, Crystal, Saphir
and Naxos. More on Eban's artistry and coming performances can
be found at www.elieban.com. Eban joined the Sarasota Music
Festival faculty in 1995.
Timothy Eddy, cello
Eddy is an esteemed solo
and recording artist. He has claimed numerous
national awards including winning the Cassado
International Cello Competition. Eddy is a
member of the Orion String Quartet, Eddy-Kalish
Duo and Bach Aria Group. He is a cello
professor at the State University of New York at
Stony Brook. Previously, Eddy served as a faculty
member at Mannes College of Music in New
York, Juilliard, the Isaac Stern Chamber Music
Workshop at Carnegie Hall, New England
Conservatory of Music and SUNY Stony Brook. He has been a guest
artist at the Santa Fe Chamber Music, Aspen, Musicorda, Chamber
Music Northwest, Lockenhaus and Spoleto Festivals. Eddy joined the
Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 1980—he was a student in 1970.
Paul Ellison, bass
Ellison has performed
solo and ensemble concerts, as well as master
classes on the double bass and period
instruments on four different continents. He is
the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of double bass
and chair of strings at Rice University's
Shepherd School of Music; and guest tutor at
the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal College
of Music and the Bass Club in England. He has
served as principal bass at the Grand Teton
Music Festival and as a faculty member and
performer at the Festival Domaine Forget in Quebec. Additional
positions he has held include: being principal bass at the Houston
Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Aspen Festival
Orchestras (where he also was faculty); double bass professor and
chair of strings at the University of Southern California; and
president of the International Society of Bassists. Ellison joined the
Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 1995.
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Claude Frank, piano
Frank debuted with
Leonard Bernstein and the New York
Philharmonic in 1959. He has recorded a
Beethoven CD, featuring 32 of the composer's
sonatas. He has been an internationally
acclaimed soloist with: the New York
Philharmonic; Chicago, Boston and National
Symphonies; the Jerusalem Symphony
Orchestra; and orchestras of Toronto, Zurich,
Brussels and Frankfurt. He has been faculty
member at the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale
School of Music, Duke University, the University of Kansas and
North Carolina School of the Arts. Frank joined the Sarasota Music
Festival faculty in 2004.
Pamela Frank, violin
Avery Fisher
Prize-winner, Frank made her professional
debut at Carnegie Hall in 1995. She has been
a soloist with major orchestral tours including
the: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland
Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Israel
Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic and many
others. Her recordings include: Brahms Sonatas
with Peter Serkin; Dvorák Concerto with the
Czech Philharmonic; Beethoven sonata cycle
with Claude Frank; Chopin Piano Trio with
Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma; and the ”Trouta“ Quintet. Frank has
been on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 2005.
Mauricio Fuks, violin
Fuks is a violin professor at the Indiana University School of Music and has served as a visiting professor for the Hochschule fur Musik "Hanns Eisler," University of Limerick, Hochschule Mozarteum, Royal Academy of Music, and the Yehudi Menuhin School. He is an accomplished soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and pedagogue.
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Nancy Goeres, bassoon
Goeres is the principal bassoon with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She was former principal with the: Cincinnati Symphony, Caracas Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra and Sarasota Orchestra. Her chamber performances have been at the: Tanglewood, Marlboro, Mainly Mozart and La Jolla Festivals, and New York's 92nd Street Y Chamber Music Series. Goeres toured with Musicians from Marlboro and was in the 1993 premier of Zwilich Bassoon Concerto, specially commissioned for her by the Pittsburgh Symphony Society. Currently, she is a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University and the Aspen Music Festival.
Clive Greensmith, cello
A cellist with the Tokyo String Quartet, Greensmith also was the former principal cellist of London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been featured as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Mostly Mozart Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, and the RAI Orchestra of Rome. His collaborations include work with: András Schiff, Midori, Claude Frank and Steven Isserlis. Greensmith has won several prizes including second place in the inaugural "Premio Stradivari" held in Cremona, Italy. Greensmith's teaching career includes positions at the Royal Northern College of Music, Yehudi Menuhin School, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and New York University.
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Desmond Hoebig, cello
Hoebig is
principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra and
a cello professor at the Cleveland Institute of
Music. He is the former associate principal of
l´Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and
former principal cellist for the Cincinnati
Symphony and Houston Symphony Orchestras.
Hoebig won first place at the Munich
International Competition, CBC Talent
Competition and Canadian Music Competition,
and was an award-winner in Moscow's
Tchaikowsky Competition. He has been a featured guest soloist with
all the major orchestras in Canada, as well as the Cincinnati,
Houston and Madison Symphonies, Stuttgart Philharmonic and the
Radiodifusao Portuguesa (Lisbon). A former cellist in the Orford
String Quartet, Hoebig also has appeared at the Marlborough,
Vancouver, Banff, Steamboat Springs and Scotia Festivals. He has
three recordings with pianist Andrew Tunis – one of which,
"Beethoven: Music for Cello and Piano," was nominated for a Juno
Award. Hoebig has been on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty
since 2007.
Lawrence Hurst, bass*
Hurst has been a
music professor and chairman of the string
department at Indiana University's Jacobs
School of Music since 1986. He offers
workshops and master classes throughout the
United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Beijing,
Hong Kong and Christchurch, New Zealand. Hurst
taught at the Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, Eastern Michigan University, and the
Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. Hurst
serves as a faculty member at the Interlochen
Arts Camp (formerly the National Music Camp). Hurst has been on
the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 2006.
Gregory Hustis, horn
Hustis is principal
horn with the Dallas Symphony. He has been a
solo artist with the Utah, Knoxville and Dallas
Symphonies, and the Dallas, Latvian,
Northwest Chamber and Sarasota Orchestras.
He also was a featured artist at the Scotia,
Round Top, Mainly Mozart, Orford, Bowdoin
and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festivals. The
accomplished recording artist additionally has
served as: a faculty member at Southern
Methodist University; a member of the advisory
council for the International Horn Society; and as the artistic director of
chamber music at the Music in the Mountains Festival in Colorado.
Hustis has been on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1986.
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Kim Kashkashian, viola*
Chamber
musician and viola soloist, Kashkashian has
toured extensively in the U.S. She has
maintained duo partnerships with Robyn
Schulkowsky and Robert Levin as well as
formed working relationships with many
composers. Her discography on the ECM
label encompasses her wide range of
interests, from 20th-century concertos to the
complete sonatas of Hindemith, Brahms,
Shostakovich and Bach viola da gamba,as
well as new works for viola and percussion, and transcriptions of
ancient Armenian song. Kashkashian currently teaches at New
England Conservatory and is a former faculty member at the
University of Indiana and conservatories in Freiburg and Berlin,
Germany. Kashkashian first joined the Sarasota Music Festival
faculty in 1989.
Ani Kavafian, violin*
Kavafian is an internationally acclaimed recitalist, soloist and chamber musician who has performed with many of America's leading orchestras including: New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle, Phoenix, and Rochester. She is an artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; violin professor at McGill University in Montreal; artistic director of the Mostly Music Festival in New Jersey; a guest artist at the Chamber Music Northwest, OK Mozart, Bridgehampton and La Jolla Chamber Music Festivals.
Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
King is
currently a professional soloist and recording
artist, the president of the International Double
Reed Society and faculty member at the
University of Michigan. She previously taught at
Indiana University, University of Illinois, University
of Northern Colorado and Duquesne University.
She holds recordings with Cala Records, Boston
Records, Athena, Araesque, Naxos and CBS
Masterworks labels. As a popular guest artist,
King has been featured at the Bowdoin, Strings in
the Mountains and the Idyllwild Music Festivals. More on King's artistry
and coming performances can be found at www.kingoboe.com. King
has been on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 2003.
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Julie Landsman, horn*
Landsman is principal horn for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She has been co-principal horn for the Houston Symphony and principal horn for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in the past. Landsman has performed and recorded with the New York Philharmonic and Orpheus, as well as serving as a guest artist at the Marlboro, La Jolla Summerfest, Santa Fe and Aspen Music Festivals. She is currently a faculty member at the Juilliard School of Music.
Timothy Lees, violin
Lees' list of musical
achievements includes serving as concertmaster
for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The
graduate of the Eastman School of Music has
been awarded the Performer's Certificate, third
prize in the Sitson Ma International Violin
Competition. Previous work includes positions
as concertmaster for the Spoleto Festival
Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony and the
Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Lees has been
on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 2005.
Ronald Leonard, cello
Leonard is a Gregor
Piatigorsky Professor at the University of Southern
California. He was the former principal cello for the
Los Angeles Philharmonic. His list of
accomplishments includes frequent guest artist visits
to the Aspen, Round Top and La Jolla Music
Festivals, as well as the National Orchestra Institute.
Leonard currently serves as president of the Los
Angeles Violoncello Society. Leonard has been on
the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1976.
Robert Levin, artistic director and piano
Levin
is the Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Humanities
at Harvard University. He has served as a
faculty member at the Curtis Institute, SUNY
Purchase; Conservatoire Américain
(Fountainebleu, France); and the Staatliche
Hoschschule für Musik (Freiburg im Breisgau,
Germany). His recordings include the
complete Bach harpsichord concerti, the
complete Beethoven piano concerti and the
Mozart piano concerti. Levin also is the president of
the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany.
Levin joined the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 1979.
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John Miller, bassoon*
Solo and recording artist,
Miller is the principal bassoon in the Minnesota
Orchestra. He also is the founder and ongoing
member of the Boston Baroque Ensemble,
Bubonic Bassoon Quartet and American Reed
Trio. He teaches at the University of Minnesota
and is a soloist with many orchestras and premier
concerti recordings. Miller has been on the
Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1986.
Frank Morelli, bassoon
Soloist, chamber musician and teacher, Morelli studied with Stephen Maxym at the Manhattan and Juilliard School of Music. He was the first bassoonist to be awarded a doctorate by the school. A member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the woodwind quintet, Windscape, he also has made nine appearances to date as a soloist at Carnegie Hall. He now serves as a faculty member at Julliard, the Yale School of Music, Manhattan School of Music and SUNY Stony Brook.
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Charles Neidich, clarinet
An internationally
known soloist, Neidich is also a member of the
New York Woodwind Quintet and Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra. He has been a faculty
member at the State University of New York at
Stony Brook, Juilliard School of Music and the
Manhattan School of Music. He claimed first
prize in the 1985 Naumburg and 1982 Munich
International Competitions. He also was the first
American to receive a Fulbright Grant to study in
the former Soviet Union. His recordings can be
found on the Sony Classical, Sony Vivarte and Deutsche G. Neidich has
been on the Sarasota Music Festival Faculty since 1986 and was student
at the Sarasota Music Festival in 1974 and 1975.
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John Perry, piano
Perry is a piano
professor at the Thornton School of Music at
the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles. He has been a visiting artist at the
Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and
served as a faculty member at the Colburn
School for the Performing Arts in Los
Angeles, the Idyllwild School of the Arts in
Idyllwild, Calif., the Aspen Music Festival
and School, and the Holland Music
Sessions. He was dubbed honoree at
the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in 2004. Perry has been
on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1980.
William Purvis, horn
Purvis is a member of
the New York Woodwind Quintet, Orpheus, the
Orchestra of St. Luke's, The Yale Brass Trio, The
Triton Horn Trio and Mozzafiato. His recordings
include the Mozart Concerti, the Sinfonia
Concertante KV 297b with Orpheus for Deutsche
Grammophon, and the Horn Trios of Brahms and
Ligeti for Bridge. He is currently a faculty
member at the Yale and Juilliard Schools of
Music, and SUNY Stony Brook. Purvis joined the
Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 2005.
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Thomas Robertello, flute
Chamber
musician, recitalist and flute professor,
Robertello currently teaches at Indiana
University Jacob’s School of Music. He is a
former member of the Cleveland Orchestra,
Pittsburgh and National Symphonies.
Robertello has previously also been a faculty
member at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Carnegie Mellon University. He has made guest appearances
for the Pacific and Grand Teton Music Festivals. Robertello joined
the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 2000.
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Joseph Silverstein, violin
Silverstein is an
internationally known solo and recording
artist. He has been conductor laureate for the
Utah Symphony, and was the former
concertmaster and assistant conductor for the
Boston Symphony. Previously, he has served as
artistic advisor for the: Baltimore, Toledo,
Oakland and Virginia Symphonies. Silverstein
has performed with more than 100 orchestras
in the United States, Europe, Israel and the Far
East. He is the Sylvia and Robert Zell Faculty
Artist Chair. Silverstein has been on the Sarasota Music Festival
faculty since 1969.
Susan Starr, piano
International concert
and recording artist, Starr was the winner of
the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She
has made appearances with the New York
Philharmonic, Chicago, Minnesota, Washington
National, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestras. Starr also has served as an
artist-in-residence and piano professor at the
Florida International University in Miami. Her
other positions include serving as a faculty
member at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia
and New Jersey, and as a distinguished professor at Rutgers
University. She is the Carl Zwinck Faculty Artist Chair. Starr joined the
Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 1983.
Richard Svoboda, bassoon*
Svoboda is on
the faculty at Tanglewood Music Center. He
served as principal bassoonist of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Players
and has taught at the Grant Teton Orchestral
Seminar. He also taught at the Northeast
Conservatory of Music, Popkin-Glickman
Bassoon Camp and Symphony School of
America. He served 10 seasons as the
principal bassoon of the Jacksonville
Symphony. Svobda studied with William
Winstead, George Berry and Gary Echoles. Soundtrack recordings
include Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan. He joined the
Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 2005.
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Robert Vernon, viola
Vernon is the
principal viola for the Cleveland Orchestra
and chairman of the viola department at
the Cleveland Institute of Music. He
additionally performs as a soloist with
Cleveland Orchestra and other ensembles
throughout the United States. His
performances at music festivals include: La
Jolla, Marlboro, Aspen and Blossom.
Additionally, he was a faculty member at
the Aspen Music Festival, Blossom Festival School and Encore
School for Strings. His recordings include work for Telarc and
London/Decca. Vernon has been on the Sarasota Music Festival
faculty since 1977 and was a student at the Sarasota Music
Festival in 1970.
Allan Vogel, oboe
The principal oboe
and frequent soloist for the Los Angeles
Chamber Orchestra, Vogel also makes
guest appearances as principal oboe for
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His list of
achievements includes appearances with
the: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Berlin
Philharmonic. He also has been the
featured artist at the: Marlboro, Santa Fe,
Aspen, Mostly Mozart, Chamber Music Northwest, La Jolla
Summerfest and Oregon Bach Festivals. Vogel is the founding
member of Bach's Circle. He currently serves as a faculty
member at the University of Southern California, California
Institute of the Arts and Colburn Conservatory of Music. He also
is a board member of the American Bach Society. Vogel has
been on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1987 and was
a student at the Sarasota Music Festival in 1970.
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Froydis Ree Wekre, horn
An
internationally known horn soloist and
chamber artist, Wekre has made
appearances with the Mozarteum Orchestra
in Salzburg and ensembles throughout the
United States, Canada and Europe. She is a
former faculty member at the California
Institute of the Arts and California State
University at Northridge. Wekre also
previously has been principal horn for the
Oslo Philharmonic and a professor of horn
and chamber music at the Norwegian State Academy of Music
in Oslo, Norway. Wekre has been on the Sarasota Music
Festival faculty since 1979.
Barbara Westphal, viola
Westphal is a
viola professor at the Musikhochschule in
Lübeck, Germany, and is a featured soloist
with orchestras in Europe and the U.S. She
plays in the string trio, Gaspara Da Salo,
with Ani Kavafian and Gustav Rivinius.
Westphal won the 1983 Munich International
Viola Competition and also has been
awarded the Busch Prize. Her recordings can
be found on the Bridge, Wergo and CPO
labels. For seven years, she played in the
Delos String Quartet. Additionally, she has been featured as the
guest artist at many events including the: Santa Fe Chamber Music
and Music from Marlboro Festivals, and the Schleswig-Holstein
Musik Festival. Westphal has been on the Sarasota Music Festival
faculty since 1989.
Carol Wincenc, flute
Solo and recording
artist, Wincenc also is a flute professor at
Juilliard. She performs with major orchestras
worldwide, and has been the featured soloist
at world premieres written for her by: Lukas
Foss, Joan Tower, Christopher Rouse, Peter
Schickele and Henryk Gorecki. She was the
first-prize winner at the Naumburg Solo Flute
Competition. Wincenc also has performed at
numerous music festivals including: Mostly
Mozart, Spoleto, Santa Fe, Marlboro, La Jolla,
Aldeburgh, Budapest, Frankfurt and Montpellier. Her recent CD
releases include DGG with the Emerson Quartet, Decca with the New
World Symphony, and Telarc with the Houston Symphony. Wincenc
has been on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1985.
William Winstead, bassoon
Winstead is the
principal bassoonist with the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra. The performer and
recording artist also is a bassoon professor at
Cincinnati College's Conservatory of Music. His
compositions were premiered by the Pittsburgh
Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra. He has
made guest artist appearances at the Marlboro
Music Festival, Aspen and Spoleto Festival of
Two Worlds, and is featured as a recitalist and
concerto soloist in both North America and
Europe. A former bassoon professor at the Oberlin Conservatory,
Florida State and West Virginia Universities, Winstead also has served
as president of the International Double Reed Society. Winstead has
been on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1987.
Associates
Michael Adcock, piano
Adcock earned his bachelor’s of
music at Oberlin College Conservatory (Pi
Kappa Lambda) and his master’s of music,
artist’s diploma and D.M.A. from Peabody
Conservatory. He was a student of Leon
Fleisher and Ellen Mack. Adcock won the
1998 Lili Boulanger Memorial Award. He was
also a prizewinner at Kosciuszko and
Washington International Competitions. His
Carnegie Recital Hall debut was in 1998. He
has served on the Theory and Chamber faculty
at Peabody Conservatory, was an artist-in-residence at Aspen and
was on the faculty at Washington Conservatory. Adcock joined the
Sarasota Music Festival associate faculty in 1994.
Ya-Fei Chuang, piano*
Chuang has made appearances at: the European Music Festival in Stuttgart; the Schleswig-Holstein Festival; the Brahms-Tage; the Bach Festival in Leipzig, Germany; the Shannon Festival in Ireland; the Oulu in Finland; Ravinia; and the Oregon Bach Festival. She has appeared at Fromm Foundation concerts at Harvard and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, Mass., and performed in venues including the Cologne and Berlin Philharmonien, Schauspielhaus Berlin and the Gewandhaus Leipzig. Chuang has been a duo partner to Kim Kashkashian and Robert Levin.
Joy Cline Phinney, piano
Phinney earned her D.M.A. in
piano performance/ensemble arts from
Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
She earned her bachelor’s and master’s of music
degrees at The Juilliard School. Phinney was an
artist-in-residence at Aspen. She served on the
piano faculty at the Musicorda String Festival in
Massachussetts. Her Carnegie Recital Hall debut
was in 1990. Phinney joined the Sarasota Music
Festival associate faculty in 1987.
Jean Schneider, piano
Schneider earned her D.M.A. from the
State University of New York at Stony Brook. She
earned her bachelor’s and master’s of music from
the University of Southern California. She was a
Fulbright scholar to Mozarteum Salzburg. Her
teachers include John Perry, Robert Levin,
Karl-Heinz Kaamerling and Gilbert Kalish. She
has been a guest artist faculty at Apple Hill
Center for Chamber Music and performs as a
chamber musician as soloist. Schneider joined
the Sarasota Music Festival associate faculty in
2000; she was a student in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1993.
Nadia Shpachenko, piano*
Shpachenko is a piano faculty member California State University at Pomona. She has made festival appearances including the: International Holland Music Sessions, Aspen, Cliburn, Machester and Orford. Shpachenko earned her doctorate from the University of Southern California and studied under principal teachers: John Perry, Victor Rosenbaum and Victor Derevianko. She has been featured as a guest lecturer and artist-in-residence at Pomona College, the California Institute of the Arts, and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. She travels to Mexico, Europe and North America (including stops at Carnegie Hall and Concertgebouw) to make solo and chamber-music ensemble performances. Shpachenko's premieres of contemporary composers include Leon Kirchner, Iannis Xenakis, Elliott Carter and Yury Ishchenko.
Jonathan Spivey, piano
Spivey earned his D.M.A. in piano
performance at the State University of New York
at Stony Brook. Concert appearances include
Carnegie Hall, Korea, Norway and Sweden.
Spivey is principal pianist of the Sarasota
Orchestra and pianist of the Sarasota Piano
Quartet. Recordings include Amici Chamber
Players on Albany Records label. He is a
founding member of Arioso Trio in Tampa.
Spivey joined the associate faculty of the
Sarasota Music Festival in 1992.
* Sabbatical 2009
