MosJan Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7508/Kashkashian.gif Kim Kashkashian Born in Detroit, Michigan of Armenian descent, violist Kim Kashkashian graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Walter Trampler and Karen Tuttle. Ms. Kashakshian was honored with top prizes in both the Munich and Lionel Tertis Viola Competitions. In further recognition of her talents, she received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recital Program and the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music. She has appeared as soloist with major orchestras in New York, Berlin, Vienna, London, Munich and Tokyo, and in recital at the Metropolitan Museum and the 92nd Street "Y" in New York, as well as the major halls in Amsterdam, Zurich, Paris, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. She works extensively with contemporary composers, including Alvin Brehm, Barbara Kolb, John Harbison, Giya Kancheli, Geörgy Kurtág, Sofia Gubaidulina, Krzysztof Penderecki and Alfred Schnittke. An avid chamber musician, Ms. Kashakshian has been a frequent participant at the Marlboro Music Festival and has performed as guest artist with the Beaux Arts Trio, and the Tokyo, Guarneri and Emerson String Quartets. Since 1985 Kashkashian has had six full length releases on the ECM New Series including her highly acclaimed double disc set of the complete sonatas for viola by Paul Hindemith. Ms. Kashkashian lives in Germany and is professor of viola at the Freiburg "Hochschule für Musik". . DiscographyLachrymae Paul Hindemith/Britten/Penderecki 3 Sonaten für Viola da Gamba und Cembalo Johann Sebastian Bach Vom Winde beweint/Konzertfür Viola und Orchester Giya Kancheli/Alfred Schnittke Dmitri Shostakovich/Paul Seiko Chihara/Linda Bouchard Dmitri Shostakovich/Paul Seiko Chihara/Linda Bouchard Gidon Kremer/Edition Lockenhaus,Vol. 4 & 5 Gidon Kremer Sonatas for Viola & Piano and Viola Alone Paul Hindemith Elegies Kim Kashkashian/Robert Levin Abii ne viderem Giya Kancheli György Kurtág/Robert Schumann György Kurtág/Robert Schumann Ulysses' Gaze Eleni Karaindrou/Kim Kashkashian Caris Mere Giya Kancheli Sonatas for Viola and Piano Johannes Brahms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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