The Performers || Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival 2004

Each September, the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival brings fine musicians from around the world for an exciting series of concerts.


			RAPHAEL BELL cello Cellist Raphael Bell is co-founder and co-director of the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival. He has performed at international festivals such as Ravinia, Verbier, Aix-en-Provence, Bel-Air, and IMS Prussia Cove. He recently performed at Wigmore Hall in London as a part of the Prussia Cove tour that won the 2007 Chamber Music Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society.MORE


			TIMOTHY SUMMERS violin and viola Violinist Timothy Summers is co-founder and co-director of the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival. Since 2007 he has been second violinist of the Orpheus String Quartet. He has toured widely as a chamber musician and most recently has performed with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Danish Radio Orchestra in Copenhagen. Mr. Summers holds degrees from Harvard University and The Juilliard School. MORE



			EDWARD ARRON cello Cellist Edward Arron is rapidly gaining recognition worldwide for his elegant musicianship, impassioned performances, and creative programming. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Arron made his New York recital debut in 2000 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Earlier that year, he performed Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Cellos with Yo-Yo Ma and the Orchestra of St. Luke's at the Opening Night Gala of the Caramoor Festival. MORE


			EMILE BLONDEL piano, keyboards Pianist Emile Blondel, a native of Charlottesville, currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and has established himself as a soloist, chamber musician, collaborative pianist, and jazz pianist. He has performed with the Harrisburg Chamber Players and was pianist with the American Chamber Trio during three summer residencies in West Virginia. While living in France he studied jazz piano and jazz theory at the Bill Evans Academy in Paris. MORE


			NICHOLAS CORDS viola Violist Nicholas Cords, a native of St. Paul, Minn., graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music where he worked with Karen Tuttle. He has appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, has collaborated with pianists André Previn, Joseph Kalichstein, Gilbert Kalish, and Leon Fleisher, and has participated recently in Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project. MORE


			DAVID COSSIN percussion David Cossin has stretched the boundaries of percussion performance by incorporating new media across a broad spectrum of musical and artistic forms. He has recorded and performed internationally with composers and ensembles including Bang on a Can All-Stars, Steve Reich and Musicians, Philip Glass, Yo-yo Ma, Meredith Monk, Tan Dun, Cecil Taylor, Don Byron, Talujon Percussion Quartet, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Bo Didley. MORE


			JENNIFER FRAUTSCHI violin Winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, violinist Jennifer Frautschi has appeared as soloist in recent seasons with Pierre Boulez and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival, Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony, and Peter Oundjian and the Orchestra of St. Luke's at opening night of the Caramoor International Festival. MORE


			JULIA GALLEGO flute Born in Altea, (Alicante, Spain) in 1973, Ms. Gallego studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Alain Marion, Raymond Guiot, Sophie Cherrier, Vincent Lucas. She was warded with the Premier Prix de la Ville de Paris in 1994, the First Prize at the ,Montserrat Alavedra’ chamber music competition in 1994, Premier Prix a l’unanimité du jury du C.N.S.M. de Paris in 1997, First Prize and Public Prize in the ARD Competition in 2001 with the Miró Ensemble. MORE


			BENJAMIN HOCHMAN piano Mr. Hochman has given recitals at the Klavierfestival Ruhr, Jerusalem's Voice of Music Series, the Brattleboro Music Center in Vermont, Vancouver's Recital Society, Ravinia and the Gilmore Keyboard Festivals's “Rising Stars” series, Santa Fe's “Artist Circle” series, Town Hall, and the Louvre in Paris. Mr. Hochman continues his relationship with Lincoln Center's "Chamber Music Society Two" program. MORE


			MATTHEW HUNT clarinet Clarinettist Matthew Hunt has performed as a chamber musician at venues across Europe and further, including the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, the Cité des Arts, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, and the Centre for Performing Arts in Bombay. Matthew has appeared as Guest Principal Clarinettist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. MORE


			JOEL HUNTER viola As a chamber musician Mr. Hunter has appeared alongside such eminent artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Augustin Dumay, Piers Lane and members of both the Vogler and Artemis Quartets, and is a frequent performer at chamber music festivals worldwide. He currently holds the post of principal viola with the Goldberg Ensemble, the UK’s leading string ensemble that has garnered international acclaim for the quality of its music-making, as well as its versatility and range. MORE


			COLIN JACOBSEN violin Colin Jacobsen has been guest soloist with the symphony orchestras of New York, Albany, Charlotte, Chicago, Eugene, Rhode Island, Nashville, Charleston, the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. At the School for Strings 25th anniversary celebration at Carnegie Hall, Mr. Jacobsen gave the world premiere of Ellen Taafe Zwillich's Partita for Violin and String Orchestra. MORE


			SOOVIN KIM violin American violinist Soovin Kim is increasingly sought after for the character, nuance, and excitement of his performances as concerto soloist, chamber musician and recitalist, both in the U.S. and abroad. The 2007-08 season includes the premiere of a string trio by Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, an octet tour with his own Johannes Quartet and the Guarneri Quartet premiering works by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Derek Bermel, and William Bolcom, as well as a tour with pianist Mitsuko Uchida performing Messiaen’s Quatuor pour le fin du Temps. MORE


			JENNIFER KOH violin Violinist Jennifer Koh continues to dazzle audiences with playing that combines intensity of temperament with a patrician poise and elegance, qualities that she brings to music old and new in equal measure. As a virtuoso whose natural flair is combined with a probing intellectual acuity, Ms. Koh is committed to exploring connections between the pieces she plays, between different composers, and within the works of a single composer. MORE


			JESSE MILLS violin Grammy-nominated violinist Jesse Mills enjoys performing music of many genres, from classical to contemporary, as well as composed and improvised music of his own invention. Jesse Mills has performed at Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Bargemusic, Weill Hall, Columbia University’s Miller Theater, Boston’s Gardener Museum, the Cooper Arts Series, and at the Marlboro Music Festival. MORE


			NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA viola Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s performances as orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician garner great attention. Gramophone proclaimed Ms. Ngwenyama’s playing as providing “solidly shaped music of bold, mesmerising character,” and the Washington Post described her as playing "with dazzling technique in the virtuoso fast movements and deep expressiveness in the slow movements.” MORE


			KONSTANTIN PFIZ cello Cellist Konstantin Pfiz won the Schumann Prize in London and First Prize in the German National Music Competition. He has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Bremen Philharmonic and Mahler Chamber Orchestra among many others. As a chamber musician, he was for three years the cellist of the Emperor String Quartet in London and is now a member of the Clemente Piano Trio, with whom he has toured worldwide. MORE


			DOV SCHEINDLIN viola Acclaimed by the New York Times as an "extraordinary violist" of "immense flair," Dov Scheindlin has been violist of the Arditti, Penderecki and Chester String Quartets. His chamber music career has brought him to 28 counties around the globe, and won him the Siemens Prize in 1999. With the Arditti String Quartet , Dov won the Gramophone award for best contemporary music CD. MORE


			MIMI SOLOMON piano American pianist Mimi Solomon has been heard as recitalist, chamber musician, and orchestral soloist in United States as well as in China, Japan and Europe. As a soloist and recitalist, she has performed in major venues in New York, Boston, Chicago, New Haven, and Amsterdam and has been featured on radio and television broadcasts including the prestigious McGraw-Hill Young Artist's Showcase. MORE