Guest Soloists for the First Annual Cros s Sound Festival
July 10, 1999, 8pm at the Northern Lights Church, Juneau, Alaska and July 11, 3pm at Chapel by the Lake, University of Alaska, Southeast
PHOEBE CARRAI - BAROQUE CELLO was born in Massachusetts and received her B.M. and M.M. degrees from the New England Conservatory where she studied and played early music with Laurence Lesser. Upon graduation she won a Beebe Grant to study with Niclaus Harnoncourt in Salzburg. She has appeared with the Handel & Haydn Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, Arcadian Academy, Concert Royal, Bach Chamber Soloists, and other national and international groups. She has numerous widely acclaimed recordings with Jordi Savall, Jaap Schroeder, Renee Jacobs, etc. . . on Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Harmonia Mundi Germany, and BMG. For ten years Carrai was a member of Musica Antiqua Köln. She has given master classes in Asia, North America, and Europe. Phoebe Carrai is a founding member of International Baroque Institute at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, and the Van Swieten Quartet. She also works with the Greater Boston Youth Symphony. Currently she is a faculty member at the Conservatory of the Arts, Berlin, the Longy School of Music, St. Mark's School in Southborough, MA and a former faculty member of Hilversum Conservatory of the Amsterdam School of the Arts.
JI AERI - KAYAGUM "is the new star that the kayagûm community has so long awaited. I want to recommend her recording not just to everyone who loves Korean traditions, but to all those who genuinely love the art of music," writes composer Hwang Byung-ki. Bringing this music to the rest of the world is indeed Ji Aeri's own dream. Ji Aeri was born in Seoul in 1965 and began studying traditional dance at the age of five. She performed in Europe and North America with the Little Angels national children's dance troupe touring extensively before entering high school. She graduated from Seoul National University with a major in Korean traditional music and became a principal member of the National Classical Music Institute in Seoul. She has won many awards including the President's Gold Award for Traditional Music in 1994. In 1996 she completed a M. A. in performance at Ehwa University where she is currently finishing her Ph.D., and began teaching at Chuyi Arts University. Recently she has been working on her solo career with widely acclaimed performances in Europe and Japan, as well as in the United States where she debuted at the Kennedy Center in 1996. She has recorded three disks of sanjo and other works.
KIM WOONG-SIK - CHANGGU - Graduated from the Traditional Music High School and the Department of Korean Music at Dankuk University. Currently he lecturers both at Hanyang University and Pusan University where he is a member of the percussion ensemble Puri. He is also a memebr of the Korean Traditional Culture Service, Wolhwa. Mr. Kim made his debut in the United States in 1990 as a member of the Korean Broadcasting Service's (KBS) traditional music orchestra tour and has returned for performances three times since. In 1997 he joined the Ministry of Culture's Voices of Korea Tour. Kim Woong-Sik has also toured widely in Europe and Asia.
B.M. and M.M. degrees from the New England Conservatory where she studied and played early music with Laurence Lesser. Upon graduation she won a Beebe Grant to study with Niclaus Harnoncourt in Salzburg. She has appeared with the Handel & Haydn Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, Arcadian Academy, Concert Royal, Bach Chamber Soloists, and other national and international groups. She has numerous widely acclaimed recordings with Jordi Savall, Jaap Schroeder, Renee Jacobs, etc. . . on Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Harmonia Mundi Germany, and BMG. For ten years Carrai was a member of Musica Antiqua Köln. She has given master classes in Asia, North America, and Europe. Phoebe Carrai is a founding member of International Baroque Institute at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, and the Van Swieten Quartet. She also works with the Greater Boston Youth Symphony. Currently she is a faculty member at the Conservatory of the Arts, Berlin, the Longy School of Music, St. Mark's School in Southborough, MA and a former faculty member of Hilversum Conservatory of the Amsterdam School of the Arts.
want to recommend her recording not just to everyone who loves Korean traditions, but to all those who genuinely love the art of music," writes composer Hwang Byung-ki. Bringing this music to the rest of the world is indeed Ji Aeri's own dream. Ji Aeri was born in Seoul in 1965 and began studying traditional dance at the age of five. She performed in Europe and North America with the Little Angels national children's dance troupe touring extensively before entering high school. She graduated from Seoul National University with a major in Korean traditional music and became a principal member of the National Classical Music Institute in Seoul. She has won many awards including the President's Gold Award for Traditional Music in 1994. In 1996 she completed a M. A. in performance at Ehwa University where she is currently finishing her Ph.D., and began teaching at Chuyi Arts University. Recently she has been working on her solo career with widely acclaimed performances in Europe and Japan, as well as in the United States where she debuted at the Kennedy Center in 1996. She has recorded three disks of sanjo and other works.
High School and the Department of Korean Music at Dankuk University. Currently he lecturers both at Hanyang University and Pusan University where he is a member of the percussion ensemble Puri. He is also a memebr of the Korean Traditional Culture Service, Wolhwa. Mr. Kim made his debut in the United States in 1990 as a member of the Korean Broadcasting Service's (KBS) traditional music orchestra tour and has returned for performances three times since. In 1997 he joined the Ministry of Culture's Voices of Korea Tour. Kim Woong-Sik has also toured widely in Europe and Asia.