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1994 Festival
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1994 Festival
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JAMES BONN, Piano, has a varied and distinguished career as a piano soloist, chamber musician, lecture recitalist and master class clinician. He has appeared as guest soloist with conductors Dennis Russell Davies, Antal Dorati, Arthur Fiedler, Daniel Lewis and many others. Currently Professor of Piano at the University of Southern California, he has chaired the keyboard departments at three universities.
COLIN CARR, Cellist, is one of the world's most acclaimed cellists. Winner of many prestigious awards, including First Prize in the Naumbergh Competition and the Piatigorsky Memorial Award, ;he has become known for his eloquent, dramatically intense performances. Mr. Carr has appeared as soloist with major orchestras in both North America and Europe. He appears often at major music festivals, including Marlboro, Gstaad and Spoleto.
ANI KAVAFIAN, Violinist, has thrilled audiences and critics alike with her outstanding artistry for over a decade. Her performances as recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician have earned both critical acclaim and a prominent place on the international concert scene. Ms. Kavafian's list of prestigious awards includes the Avery Fisher Prize and the Young Concert Artists International Competition.
RANDOLPH KELLY, Viola, includes among his many solo appearances the premieres of concerti by Walter Piston, Sir Michael Tippett and William Schuman with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.. He made his European debut in the fall ofl990 with the National Orchestra of France under the direction of Lorin Maazel, Principal Viola of the Pittsburgh Symphony since 1977, Kelly is also on the faculty of the Duquesne University School of Music.
BENNY KIM, Violinist, is the winner of several prestigious awards, including the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in l983. In addition to performing with many leading American orchestra, including the Chicago and St. Louis Symphonies, he maintains a busy solo, recital, and chamber music career across the U. S. Mr. Kim has participated in music festivals in Interlochen, Aspen, Marlboro, Vancouver, Cape Cod, the Grand Canyon, Dubrovnik, and France.
CYNTHIA PHELPS, Violist, has earned a distinguished place among today's most accomplished artists of her generation. Recently named the principal violist of the New York Philharmonic, she maintains a career that embraces both solo recital work and numerous chamber music appearances. Winner of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, the Washington D. C. International String Competition, and the 1988 Pro Musicis Foundation Award, she has presented recitals in London, Paris, Rome, Los Angeles, Bon and Washington, D.C. She has been a featured soloist on radio programs such as St. Paul Sunday Morning and was recently televised on the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour.
PETER REJTO, Cellist has been acclaimed throughout the U.S. and abroad as one of this country's leading artists. He has performed hundreds of recitals and concerto performances with groups such as the Dallas and St. Louis Symphonies, the California Chamber Symphony in Hong Kong, the Orquestra Filarmonica de Caracas. Mr. Rejto has toured with "Music from Marlboro" and is regularly featured at the Aspen Music Festival and the Round Top Festival of Texas. He is a founding member of the Los Angeles Piano Quartet and winner of the 1972 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.
