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Artist Name |
Artist Bio |
Instruments |
Genres |
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Alan Gilbert |
Conductor Alan Gilbert first learned to play the violin from his parents—two New York Philharmonic violinists. Today, he leads the New York Philharmonic as the Music Director, launching what New York magazine called “a fresh future for the Philharmonic.” (While his father retired i… Read More_» |
conductor, strings |
classical |
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Anne Akiko Meyers |
Anne Akiko Meyers is celebrated as one of the world’s premiere concert violinists. Meyers was born in San Diego, California and grew up in Southern California. Starting her studies at age 4, she first performed with a local orchestra at the age of 7, then burst into prominence at age 11, when she… Read More_» |
strings |
classical |
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David Garrett |
Violin virtuoso David Garrett was born in Aachen, Germany in 1980 to an American prima ballerina mother and a lawyer father. He began playing the violin at age four and by the age of seven, David studied violin at the Lübeck Conservatoire. At 12, Garrett studied with the distinguished Polish violin… Read More_» |
strings |
classical, metal, pop, rock |
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Eric and Colin Jacobsen |
Raised in a musical household, conductor and cellist Eric Jacobsen and violinist Colin Jacobsen have gone on to start an orchestra, a string ensemble, and a music festival.
Eric and Colin began studying music as youngsters and later graduated from The Juilliard School. The brothers hosted informal… Read More_» |
conductor, strings |
classical, ensemble |
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Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk |
Grammy-award-winning violinist Joshua Bell and his longtime friend and recital partner, pianist Jeremy Denk have performed approximately 200 concerts together, playing music for violin and piano. At last they have collaborated on a CD, called French Impressions. The duo offers a passionate… Read More_» |
piano, strings |
classical |
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Matt Haimovitz |
Israeli-born cellist Matt moved to Palo Alto, CA, with his engineer father and mother who was a pianist in 1975. He began studying the cello with Irene Sharp (who had studied with Margaret Rowell) and shortly after that became a student of Gabor Rejto, who had studied with Pablo Casals.
Haimovitz ma… Read More_» |
strings |
classical |
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Maya Beiser |
Described by the New Yorker as a “cello goddess” and by the Washington Post as “the diva of the cello,” Maya Beiser has captivated audiences worldwide with her virtuosity, eclectic repertoire, and relentless quest to redefine her instrument’s boundaries. From playing Bach to Philip Glass… Read More_» |
strings, voice |
alternative, classical, ensemble, rock, world |
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Owen Pallett |
Born in 1979, Owen Pallett, the son of a church-playing organist, began playing the violin and piano at the age of three and composed his first piece at thirteen. While studying composition at the University of Toronto, he joined the band Picastro. He went on to form Les Mouches who gained early fam… Read More_» |
composition, piano, strings, synthesizer, voice |
alternative, classical, rock |
