"Yossi Arnheim performed the Mozart Concerto with a noble sound and a deep classical ripeness."

"The performance was highly aesthetic and excelled in richness of expression and brilliant virtuosity. Arnheim's tone reached peaks of clarity and beauty"

• Principal flutist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - frequent soloist with that orchestra
• Teaches at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
• Has performed, to great acclaim, in chamber music, recitals and as soloist with orchestras in Israel, Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Brazil and the U.S.A.
• Recently established The Arab-Jewish Ensemble, a group with whom he plays Middle Eastern and Arabic music
• Included in "Flute Stories" - a book of inspirational stories from the World's 101 Best Flute Players
• CDs on Meridian Records
• Website: http://www.arnheim.info/

"The grand style, with its prerequisite wide range of colors and wildly virtuosic effects, now seems second nature to him."

"...impeccable technique and a strong command of structure..."

• Pianist Jeffrey Biegel to Perform New York Premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Millennium Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra With American Symphony
• Pianist Jeffrey Biegel to Perform Solo Piano Edition of Restored Original Manuscript of "Rhapsody In Blue" at New York's Bargemusic
• NEW CD RELEASE: Jeffrey Biegel's "live" historic recital from his first internet audio/video recital - cyberecital.com
• Gershwin Symposium — Hofstra University
• Read England's Music & Vision review. Reviews of Jeffrey Biegel's New Naxos release - Cesar Cui: 25 Preludes, Opus 64.
• First American Internet cybercast piano recital July 1997 from New York's Steinway Hall
• First European Internet cybercast piano recital September 1997 from Amsterdam
• September 2000 World Premiere of Pulitzer Prize Winner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Millennium Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra - Commissioned by Jeffrey Biegel and 27 Orchestras Across the U.S. 
• Orchestral performances and solo recitals throughout the U.S., Europe, Central America, Scandinavia, Asia, the Middle East 
• Performances of reconstructed Rhapsody in Blue with Boston Pops, St. Louis Symphony , Music in the Mountains Festival (CA) and Ocean City (NJ) Pops - also performed at New York Historical Society
• Western European Premiere of Rhapsody in Blue with Bochum Symphoniker (Germany) - January 1999
• CDs on Marco Polo - New CD on Aleph Records - soundtrack to Something to Believe In featuring Jeffrey Biegel performing Lalo Schifrin's Concerto of the Americas.
• Performs exclusively on Steinway Pianos 
• website: http://www.jeffreybiegel.com/

"...a rising star who proves she is destined for greatness."

"Mirian Conti is a pianist of refined musicality. A genuine sensitivity individually applied to each composer"

• Read A New Interview With Mirian Conti From Our Friends At Classical Domain And Mundo Clasico
• Two New Cds From Pianist Mirian Conti - Danzas Fantasticas - Dances Of Spain And Looking South (Music Of Ginastera, Guastavino, Constantino Gaito, Juan Jose Castro, Juan Jose Ramos, Julian Aguirre, Luis Gianneo And Mario Broeders). Read A June 2006 Fanfare Magazine Review Of Danzas Fantasicas Here. Read An Allmusic.Com Review Here.
• Argentinean Pianist Mirian Conti In Concert At New York's Merkin Hall - Featured Works Include Three World Premieres And Argentine Piano Music
• Read Mirian Conti's Bio in English and Spanish 
• Spectacular Argentinian pianist performs masterworks from Baroque to 20th Century
• Specialist in the piano music of the United States, Spain and South America
• Performances throughout the U.S., Argentina, Morocco and Spain
• Founder & Artistic Director, Certamen Musical Rioplatense, Argentina 
• CDs on Koch International, Antilles New Directions and Albany
• Bi-lingual programs available
• website: http://www.mirianconti.com/.

"Musical ambassador of the Americas"

"Considerable power and exquisite sensibilities, while exhibiting an astonishingly wide range of tonal hues."

"Polly Ferman, Uruguayan interpreter of wide international acclaim, revealed a remarkable musical skill and a superb mastery of technique."

"She left us with no doubts as to her feelings."

• Read Polly Ferman's New Imagenes Newsletter Here.
• See New Video of Polly Ferman and the Leading Ladies of Tango Here and Here
• See New Video of Tango de los Cuadros. Music by Daniel Binelli, performed by Polly Ferman & Leading Ladies of Tango Orchestra
• See New Video of Silvana de Luigi and the Leading Ladies of Tango Orchestra performing Nostalgias
• Uruguayan American Pianist Polly Ferman To Perform Concerts In Edmonton, Canada
• Uruguayan American Pianist Polly Ferman To Perform Concerts Throughout India
• Pianist Polly Ferman In Concert With Binelli Ferman Duo And Binelli Ferman Isaac Trio In Washington Dc And New York. Read A Review Of The Washington Dc Concert Here.
• Pianist Polly Ferman In Concert As Solo Artist And With Binelli-Ferman Duo In New York And Miami
• New Videos Of Polly Ferman In Performance With Havana's Camerata Romeu Here, Here and Here. Visit Camerata Romeu Here.
• Leading interpreter of music of the Americas, with illuminating performances of works by Gottschalk, Nazareth, Gershwin, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera and Piazzolla.
• Appearances with Orchestras of San Francisco, Vancouver, Indianapolis, Tokyo Philharmonic, Kharkov Philharmonic, (Ukraine), Philippines Philharmonic, Sao Paulo State Symphony, the National Symphony of Argentina and Cuba's Camerata Romeu.
• Recital appearances in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Milwaukee, Dallas, Miami, San Francisco, London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Munich, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Jerusalem, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Manila, Mexico City, Havana, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
• Featured in PBS Television documentary: Tango, the Spirit of Argentina.
• Works Frequently with Bandoneonist Daniel Binelli in Binelli-Ferman Duo.
• Director of Pan American Musical Art Research (PAMAR).
• Recordings for Musical Heritage Society, Music Masters, PAMAR, Romeo, Talent, EPSA and SONDOR.
• Website: http://www.pollyferman.net

"Anastasia Khitruk is masterful"

"She captured the audience with her dramatic and passionate Brahms Concerto"

"Sparkles with brilliant violin playing"

• See a Video of Anastasia Khitruk Performing Michael Colina's Der Golum for Solo Violin Here
• Violinist Anastasia Khitruk With The Omega Ensemble At The Consulate General Of The Republic Of Poland In New York
• Hear Anastasia Khitruk's Naxos Podcast Here and Read A Minnesota Public Radio Review Of Her Naxos CDHere
  
  
• Anastasia Khitruk In Concert At Royal Palace Music Festival In Stockholm
• Read Anastasia Khitruk's Story About Her Work With The Music Of Ivan Khandoshkin
• Naxos Releases Virtuoso Violin Music Of Ivan Khandoshkin Performed By Anastasia Khitruk. Read A Music Web International Review Here and Here. Read A Classics Today Review Here.
• Read the New Anastasia's Violin Newsletter Here. You can download a .pdf version of this newsletter Here.
• Read a St. Peterburg Times Story About Anastasia's Work with the Music of Ivan Khandoshkin Here.
• Orchestral Performances with Adelaide Symphony (Australia), Sofia Symfonietta and the Burgas Philharmonic (Bulgaria), BDMG Orchestra, Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Avignon Symphony (France), Orchestra della Fondazioni Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa (Italy), Kazakh State Chamber Orchestra Academy Soloists (Kazakhstan), Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (Lithuania), St. Petersburg Philharmonia and Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Russia), La Grange Symphony Orchestra, Georgia, Auburn Symphony Orchestra, Alabama and Fordham University Orchestra, New York
• Recitals at Sala Bulgaria and National Center for Culture (NDK) (Sofia, Bulgaria), Opéra d'Avignon et des Payes de Vaucluse, (Avignon, France), Theatre du Cavaillon (France), Teatro Carlo Fenice (Genoa, Italy), Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Salons de Musique (Geneva, Switzerland), Aspen Music Tent (Colorado), Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall, Symphony Space, Merkin Concert Hall (New York City), and Bargemusic (Brooklyn), and numerous performances in Boston and Los Angeles.
• Festival appearances at Telstra Adelaide Festival (Australia), Sofia Music Weeks (Bulgaria), Musicales du Luberon, Festival de Musique de Chambre les Musicimes à Courchevel (France), Festival "Elba, Isola Musicale d'Europa" (Italy) "Sommet Musicaux" Festival in Gstaad (Switzerland), Aspen Festival, and Festival of Russian Culture in Los Angeles.
• Guest appearances and interviews on Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Bulgarian National TV, Russian Television, Swiss Radio and Russian Television in NY.
• Premiered and collaborated in creation of new live music score accompanying the first Oscar winning silent film "Wings" (1927)
• Recordings - "La Folia" (suoni e colori SC 253312), "Works of Ivan Khandoshkin" (Naxos CD 8.570028) and Brahms Violin Sonatas (Titanic 260).
• President of Manhattan Music Society, non-profit foundation based in New York.
• Visit Anastasia's MySpace page
• Website: http://www.anastasiakhitruk.com

"...musician with command of her instrument... fluency at her natural best..."

"...Elena Klionsky immediately captivated the listeners through the loving care with which she approached the classical works, while at the same time making no attempts of injecting herself into the scene...technical bravura and heartily felt belcanto...someone who has the talent and technique of this artist, these sheets of a salon album seem to be playing themselves...impressive art..."

"...I always enjoy Elena Klionsky's playing tremendously!..."

• As a teenager, made her debut with National Music Week Orchestra with Julius Grossman in Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
• Professional debut with Chattanooga Symphony and Vakhtang Jordania at UTC Arena for 15,000 people on same concert with Itzhak Perlman
• Was first foreigner ever to open Moscow Stars Festival in Moscow with the Moscow State Symphony, Gennadi Provatorov, conductor (at Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory)
• Parallel debuts in New York (Weill Recital Hall) and in Moscow (Rachmaninoff Hall of the Moscow Conservatory) -- both sold-out
• Performed on ABC Television's "People, Places, and Things" program
• Participated in Elizabeth Taylor's "Concert for AIDS" in Helsinki, Finland
• Website: http://ElenaKlionsky.com

"Technically superb in every way"

"A secure technician and an assured, communicative interpreter"

• Orchestral, chamber and solo performances across America and in Europe
• Many important commissions and premieres of new chamber works by major American composers.
• Miyazawa Artist
• CDs on Albany, CRI 4Tay and Soundspells
• website: http://www.laurelannmaurer.com/

"Melanie Mitrano was the superbly equipped, daring-it-vocaliser...aiming a beautiful voice under beautiful control at some terrribly stiff musical demands, scoring bull's eye after bull's eye."

"...a lively, forceful performance, with theatrical vocalizing from Melanie Mitrano..."

• Melanie Mitrano To Perform At New York Mercantile Library
• Melanie Mitrano Presents Concert Of American Songs From Her New CD Songs In Transit, An American Expedition
• Dr. Melanie Mitrano To Lecture At New York Library For The Performing Arts Bruno Walter Auditorium As Part Of Joy Of Singing Series
• Hear Melanie Mitrano's New Online Interview with Noizepunk and Krooner here. Click on Show No. 8.
• Unique composer/performer vocalist who writes, performs and records her own art songs.
• Newly-released CD, "Songs in Transit: An American Expedition," on Capstone records, featuring renowned American composers at the piano.
• Will be the featured guest on the March 2006 Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar Show (Now called Noizepunk and Das Crooner) at www.kalvos.org.
• Has worked with such esteemed composers as György Ligeti, Luciano Berio, Lee Hoiby, John Harbison, Earl Kim, Paul Moravec, and David Del Tredici, among others.
• Founding member of the Boston-based Auros Group for New Music
• Has been a frequent performer with various New York new music ensembles and organizations, including The Composers Concordance, Guild of Composers, Speculum Musicae, Absolute Ensemble, Ensemble 21, The Crosstown Ensemble, American Opera Projects, The Downtown Chamber Players, and Friends & Enemies of New Music.
• Premiered new music in the US, England, Japan and Taiwan.
• Premiered student and faculty compositions at Yale, NYU, Columbia University, MIT, The New School of Music, and New England Conservatory, as well as the Symposium for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College.
• First-place winner of the 2004 New Jersey NATS Artist Award Competition Second place winner of the 2004 Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Art Song Competition.
• Contributing editor of The New Music Connoisseur since 1999.
• Articles published in Tempo Magazine, the MENC international edition of Spotlight on Teaching Chorus, and the NATS Journal of Singing.
• Website: http://www.melaniemitrano.com/

Norsworthy was a dramatic performer... with beautiful tonal nuances.

"I first heard Michael Norsworthy play my music at Harvard in April 2006 and I was immediately impressed by his musicality, his technical abilities and his capacity to make even the most difficult music sound spontaneous. I am pleased to recommend him as a player."

"I have known and worked with Mr. Norsworthy for about five years now. He is, in my view, one of the world's best clarinet players."

"Michael Norsworthy entranced listeners with the command and fluidity of his playing in the recital's second premiere, "The Sadness of Detail", by Australian composer Chris Dench."

"Norsworthy demonstrates amazing tone in each of the clarinet's registers, his melodic lines are sinuous and simply beautiful, and his crescendos are subtle and effective."

"Michael Norsworthy (clarinet) and David Russell (cello) were stunningly good at traversing the pages of Lindberg's Steamboat Bill, Jr., making every virtuoso demand seem effortless and striving mightily to bring out background shapes."

"Performances were top-shelf wonderful, among the best heard all season. Festival organizers Carol Rodland (viola) and Michael Norsworthy (clarinet), joined by violinist Ariadne Daskalakis, cellist Scott Kluksdahl, and pianist Max Levinson, played as if their very lives depended on it. All aspects of execution -- pitch, tone, technique, pacing, interpretation were flawless, as was chamber interaction and blend."

• Read Reviews of Two Michael Norsworthy Concerts - Fromm Concert at Harvard University and Gardner Museum Concert in Boston
• Website: http://www.michaelnorsworthy.com

"Pierce's bravura is polished and often fearless ..."

I kid you not when I tell you that Pierce's Brahms Second put my long-standing favorite, Fleischer/Szell, at grave risk. This is one of the most difficult of piano concertos to bring off, and Pierce's reading of it is about as near to perfect as one is likely to hear.

"One of the truly outstanding versions of the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto is a brand new recording with Joshua Pierce on MSR Classics 1148"

Pianist Pierce gives an exciting performance of the Brahms Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 83. It was a pungent, vigorous delight, muscular and often free-wheeling in temperament.

The recent rendition of the Moonlight Sonata by Joshua Pierce was a revelation: dehackneyed, disconnected from routine hearings, the piece took on incredible beauty and power."

"Pierce is an old-school virtuoso who likes to mix things up. His stunning performance Saturday was a feat that will not be soon forgotten. "

"The measure of Joshua Pierce's greatness as a contemporary music pianist has been his awesome performances of the extended/exhaustive modern masterpieces, among them John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes, Charles Ives's Concord Sonata, and Michael Harrison's Revelations, which are keyboard challenges that separate giants from duffers."

"Joshua Pierce plays with tremendous dramatic flair and exuberant relish."

"moments that could excite even the most staunch traditional jazzman."

"Joshua Pierce, an eloquent new-music pianist..."

"Pierce's performance of Franck's suggestive Symphonic Poem, Les Djinns, provided a wide degree of capricious nuances and expressive differences. Joshua Pierce further captivated his audience with brilliant articulation as well as delicate dynamics and supple melodic lines."

"Joshua Pierce possesses an arsenal of pianistic talents that can astonish the ear and instruct the mind"

"Performances by Pierce are spectacular."

"The 'maestro' Pierce literally 'hit the heights' as one of the greatest pianists to ever perform at the Degollado Theatre. Every aspect of the pianist's interpretation is in complete harmony, filled with honest feelings and musical intelligence; with each note shaped in a precise, spiritual and crystalline way."

• New Recordings: Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (MS 1200); Rondo Brilliant (MS 1196) And Joshua Pierce/The Schubert Recordings, Vol. 1 (MS 1204).
• New CD From Joshua Pierce - Works For Piano And Orchestra By Britten, Milhaud, Richard Strauss And Gerald Finzi On Kleos Classics. Read An Audiophile Audition Review here
• American Festival Of Microtonal Music Presents Joshua Pierce In Concert On March 25 At New York's Church Of St. Luke In The Fields
• Joshua Pierce To Perform At Summit Music Festival
• Joshua Pierce Performs Michael Harrison's Revelation In Los Angeles - Read The L.A. Times Review Here
• Grammy-Nominated Pianist Joshua Pierce to give the Complete Edition of Michael Harrison's Revelation for Harmonically Tuned Piano at Pierce College, MicroFest, Los Angeles, May 14, 2005. Read a review of the Pierce College performance here.
• Webcast of Joshua Pierce Playing Michael Harrison's Revelation: Music for the Harmonically Tuned Piano Available at NewMusicBox Web Magazine
• UK's Classical Music Web selects Joshua Pierce's "For The Fun of It All" as July 2003 Recording of the Month.
• Joshua Pierce's recording of a cycle of original solo piano pieces by acclaimed composer Teo Macero can be found at http://www.teorecords.com/joshua_pierce_a_dream.html.
• 2 New Joshua Pierce CDs - Read More About Them HERE AND here.
• Pianist Joshua Pierce Named Yamaha Artist
• Recital, chamber, orchestral and festival performances throughout North America, South America, Mexico, Europe, Russia and Asia. 
• Important interpreter of contemporary music. Many World Premiere Recordings of works by John Cage including "Mysterious Adventure", "Daughter of the Lonesome Isle", "Quest", "Our Spring Will Come", "The Book of Music for Two Prepared Pianos"(with Maro Ajemian), "Three Early Songs" (with American Tenor Robert White), and "Three Easy Pieces for Piano."
• World Premiere Recording of Ragtime Caprice for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 45 by American composer Paul Turok.
• Internationally acclaimed CDs on Wergo, Carlton Classics/IMP, Koch International, Sony Classics, Mode, Premiere, Labor, Vox, MMC and Helicon. 
• Performances and award winning recordings with the Pierce/Jonas Piano Duo. World Premiere Recordings of Concertos for Two Pianos and Orchestra by Roy Harris, Walter Piston, Quincy Porter, as well as Benjamin Britten, Alexander Tansman, Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Paul Creston, Nikolai Berezovski, Arthur Benjamin and Pierre Max DuBois.
• Noted and respected artist teacher with special training technique in the rehabilitation of injured pianists. 
• Special award from the Music Conservatory of Westchester for over twelve years of distinguished service. 
• Website: www.jamesarts.com/pierce/ 
• For more news and releases on Joshua Pierce, click here.

For more information, email Jeffrey James — jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

"An instrumentalist of luscious high voltage"

• NEW CDs: The Golden Dove and Cecil Burleigh and and Elijah's Violin
• Recital, festival and orchestral performances throughout North America, Europe, Russia, Israel & Australia
• Heifetz protegee and 3-time winner Coleman Chamber Music Competition
• Wide ranging concerto repertoire
• Internationally acclaimed CDs - Best of Year - American Record Guide 
• CDs on 4Tay, Naxos American Classics, Vox and Premiere.  

"Seriousness, quality and good taste..."

"Maria Elena Tobon deserves the highest praise"

"Maria Elena Tobon, exceptional artist... She achieves the most extraordinary results."

"For Ms. Tobon, we can say that she definitely knows her craft."

• MariaElena Tobon on Tour With Camerata Americas of the Youth Orchestra of The Americas
• Americas Society Receives ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award
• MariaElena Tobon, Music Director of New York's Americas Society - Read about their 2004-2005 season here.
• The Americas Society's New "Copland & Mexico" Concert Series Sheds New Light On Copland and the Americas. Read an article about this concert and series at Sequenza 21.
• Founder and Music Director of the Simar Festival, Colombia and New York City 
• Music Director of the Queens Chamber Ensemble of New York City 
• Former Principal Conductor, Touring Opera Company of New York and Assistant Conductor, Jupiter Symphony and Naumburg Orchestra 
• Recitals, concerts and master classes as flutist and conductor throughout South America, Europe and the U.S., including Lincoln Center 
• Website: http://www.jamesarts.com/tobon 

"...Burning passion and intellectual reflection..."

"Impressive"

• Musical and Visual Rhythms - Piano Recital and Painting Exhibition by Cesar Vuksic
• Argentinian pianist and composer 
• Compositions performed in Latin America and the U.S. in concerts and festivals by such organizations as Agrupacion Nueva Musica de Buenos Aires, North South Consonance (NY), Ball State University (Indiana), Octeto Academico de Caracas (Venezuela) and the Americas Vocal Ensemble
• Piano lecture/recitals and performances with chamber ensembles & orchestras throughout U.S., South America, Europe & Japan 
• Premiered many compositions by South and North American composers, many written especially for him
• Bi-lingual programs available 
• CDs on 4Tay 
• website: under construction 

"...future Gershwin performers will have to come to terms with Zizzo's discoveries, which means (her) recordings and the newly edited scores from Warner-Chappell."

"Alicia Zizzo is, from New York to Toronto to London to Tokyo, the talk of the town"

• Read Dr. Alicia Zizzo's New Once Upon a Time in Manhattan Blog Here
• Read Alicia Zizzo's Essay Gershwin and Chopin - A Meeting of the Minds here
• Warner Bros. Publishes Dr. Alicia Zizzo's Solo Piano Transcription Of George Gershwin's 'I Got Rhythm' Variations
• Read Alicia Zizzo's Essay Seeking Gershwin's True Rhapsody in Blue here
• Read Alicia Zizzo's Essay On George Gershwin and Elitism here
• Read Dr. Alicia Zizzo's Forward to "I Got Rhythm Variations" by George Gershwin - Transcribed for Piano Solo by Dr. Zizzo.
• Gershwin Symposium — Hofstra University
• Musicologist Alicia Zizzo's Warner Bros. Gershwin/Zizzo solo classical piano editions of Rhapsody in Blue, Seven Preludes, Lullaby & Blue Monday are the first new Gershwin solo classical piano editions in 70 years - available from SheetMusicPlus and The Sheet Music Store.
• Read an overview of these groundbreaking editions here. 
• Gershwin Rediscovered, Volumes I & II on Carlton Classics 
• Articles, interviews, reviews and personal broadcast media appearances throughout North and South America, Europe & Asia 
• Coming soon - Gershwin/Zizzo solo classical piano editions of Selections from the RKO Motion Picture Shall We Dance for solo piano - adapted and arranged by Alicia Zizzo - including Walking the Dog, (Promenade) and Ballet Rehearsal No. 1 - AND NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED GERSHWIN SOLO PIANO COMPOSITIONS, INCLUDING Sutton Place, Machinery Going Mad, Three Note Waltz, Romantic and Impromptu in 2 Keys (from the original manuscript) - 11 miniature gems altogether - Published by Warner Bros. 
• Reconstructed Rhapsody in Blue performed by, among others, Boston Pops, St. Louis Symphony, Music in the Mountains Festival (CA), Bochum Symphoniker (Germany) and Ocean City Pops (NJ) - also performed at Library of Congress, New York Historical Society, Long Island University's Tilles Center, the National Arts Club and Steinway Hall (NY) and in Spain and Mexico 
• Call Jeffrey James Arts Consulting for details 516-586-3433 
• E-mail: jamesarts@worldnet.att.net 
• Performs exclusively on Steinway Pianos 
• Read her biographical sketch here
• Website: http://www.jamesarts.com/zizzo/gershwin.htm