Judges Chosen for Third International Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition
Easton, MD The Third International Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition has named a distinguished panel of judges for the final round of the contest which will be held on March 29, 2008. Typically, four or five ensembles will be chosen to compete in the final round, when concert performances will be judged by clarinetist David Krakauer, pianist Lydia Artymiw, and cellist Marcy Rosen.
While new to the Competition this year, David Krakauer is an internationally acclaimed clarinetist who has redefined the notion of a concert artist. He is a master of myriad musical styles, including chamber music, klezmer music (traditional eastern European Jewish folk music), jazz, and avant-garde improvisation. Recent collaborations include guest performances with the Tokyo String Quartet, the Kronos Quartet, the Lark Quartet, the Orion String Quartet, the Barcelona Symphony, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. He has also had long relationships with the Marlboro Music Festival, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Aspen Music Festival. Krakauer is known for his progressive vision of klezmer music, which "hurls the tradition of klezmer music into the rock era," (Jon Pareles, New York Times). His extensive discography includes his own composition "A Klezmer Tribute to Sidney Bechet", written to honor the 100th anniversary of the legendary jazz clarinetist's birth. Krakauer is a member of the music faculties of the Mannes School of Music of the New School, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Bard Conservatory of Music.
Lydia Artymiw has been hailed by the New York Times as "a pianist with a beautiful touch, a creative imagination, and a feeling for color and texture far in advance of ...most young virtuosos." She has been awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Prize. Artymiw has appeared with more than one hundred orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East, including the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. As a recitalist, Ms. Artymiw has been heard in London, Rome, Berlin, Paris and many other capitals. As an acclaimed chamber musician, she has collaborated with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma and Richard Stoltzman and has performed with the Guarneri, Vermeer and Shanghai Quartets, among others. She has recorded for the Chandos, Centaur, Pantheon, Bridge, and Artegra labels and been extolled by many critics reviewing for music periodicals. A graduate of Philadelphia's University of the Arts, Ms. Artymiw was named McKnight Distinguished Professor at the University of Minnesota, the first performing artist at the University to receive that honor.
Marcy Rosen, currently assistant professor of cello at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, New York, has also served on the faculties of the Eastman School of Music and the New England Conservatory. Since her concerto debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of eighteen, Ms. Rosen has appeared in recital and with noted orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. She is a founding member of La Fenice, an ensemble comprised of piano, oboe, and string trio. She is also a founding member of the world-renowned Mendelssohn String Quartet. She has won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Washington International Competition for Strings, and was the first recipient of the Mischa Schneider Memorial Award from the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation. Co-artistic director of the Eastern Shore Chamber Music Festival since 1986, she has also appeared regularly at the Santa Fe, Ravinia, Saratoga, and Bridgehampton Festivals, and the Lockenhaus Kammer-musikfest in Austria. Ms. Rosen's performances can be heard on recordings from many labels: Deutsche Grammophon, Sony Classical, Phillips, Nonesuch, and Pro Arte, among them.
For further information see www.chambermusiccompetition.org or call 410-819-0380.
Photos and bios available on request. For Festival information view www.musicontheshore.org
Contact: Don Buxton 410-819-0380 or Patricia Barbis 410-745-2312
Rev. Jan. 29, 2008
