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Next Generation Concert II
Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 7:00p.m.
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
East Carolina University
Free Admission
Next Generation Concerts feature world-renowned guest artists and East Carolina University faculty artists J. Christopher Buddo, Ara Gregorian, Emanuel Gruber, Hye-Jin Kim, Melissa Reardon and Keiko Sekino performing alongside selected current and former ECU students.
FEATURED ARTIST:
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Hagai Shaham, first prize winner of the 1990 Munich ARD International Music Competition, has performed as soloist with the English Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Belgian National Orchestra, Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony and the Israel Philharmonic. He has recorded for the Decca International, Chandos, Biddulph, Naxos and Hyperion labels; appeared at Carnegie Hall, Royal Festival Hall, the Vienna Musikverein and Théâtre des Champs Elysées; and has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein, Montpellier, Kuhmo, Pablo-Casals and Isreal festivals. Shaham is a member of the faculty at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University. View Full Bio
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FEATURED ECU STUDENT:
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Andrew Minguez, former student of Ara Gregorian and Melissa Reardon, recently graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelors of Music degree in viola and violin performance. Minguez has performed at festivals such as the Innsbrook Chamber Music Festival and the Heifetz International Music Institute, and has worked with some of the world’s most prestigious performing artists such as Paul Coletti, Barbara Westphal, Thomas Riebl, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton, Martha Katz, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Hsin-Yun Huang, Maria Lambros, Ittai Shapira, Krzysztof Chorzelski, Robert McDonald, Michael Kannen, Colin Carr and Soovin Kim.
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ECU FACULTY:
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J. Christopher Buddo, Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, came to East Carolina University in the fall of 2006 as Director of the School of Music. Prior to that he was a double bass professor and the Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs for Baylor University. Dr. Buddo has also taught at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, the University of Northern Iowa and Birch Creek Summer Music Festival. As a bassist he has performed with the Fort Worth and Waco Symphony Orchestras, the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, the Roanoke Symphony and the Bedford Springs Music Festival.
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Ara Gregorian, founder and Artistic Director of the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival, made his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and his debut as soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra. He has appeared in cities throughout the world including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tel Aviv and Helsinki, and has performed as a member of the Daedalus Quartet and Concertante. Gregorian is Professor of Violin at East Carolina University.
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Emanuel Gruber, former principal cellist of the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, was awarded the Pablo Casals Prize by the Israel Philharmonic in 1970 and won the Concert Artists Guild Competition in 1975. He has appeared at the Musical Spring Festival in St. Petersburg and the Rostropovich Cello Festival, and has served as a visiting professor at Indiana University. Gruber is a founding member of the Tel Aviv Chamber Music Society and is currently on the cello faculty at East Carolina University.
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Hye-Jin Kim, winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition and the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, BBC Concert Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic. She made her Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall debut in 2011 and has appeared at the Marlboro, Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Music from Angel Fire and Seoul Spring festivals. Kim is Assistant Professor of Violin at East Carolina University.
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Melissa Reardon, a Grammy nominated violist, performs internationally as a member of Enso String Quartet and as a founding member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO). Reardon is a First Prize Winner of the Washington International Competition and the only violist to win top prizes in consecutive HAMS International Viola Competitions. She has toured with Musicians from Marlboro and with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble and is Assistant Professor of Viola at East Carolina University.
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Keiko Sekino, a 2001 Presser Music Award recipient, has performed with members of the Peabody Trio, the Los Angeles Piano Quartet and the Mendelssohn Quartet. She has appeared at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Parsimmon Hall (Tokyo), Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria (Spain), Castello Caetani (Italy), and at festivals such as Ravinia, Kuhmo, Santander and Norfolk. Sekino is Associate Professor of Piano at East Carolina University. |
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