- Aldo Abreu
Aldo Abreu is a distinguished
Venezuela nrecorder player who is the First Prize Winner of the 1992 "Concert Artists Guild Competition" (New York ), as well as a laureate of the "Concours Musica Antiqua" (Belgium ) and the "Premio Flauto Dolce" (Germany ).Born in
Caracas , capital of Venezuela, Abreu holds the Performer’s and Teacher’s Diplomas from the Royal Conservatory inThe Hague , and a Master's degree from Indiana University in Bloomington. His teachers have included Ricardo Kanji, Michael Barker, and Scott Martin Kosofsky. Abreu is a member of the faculties of theNew England Conservatory , theBoston Conservatory ,Boston University , and theAmherst Early Music Festival .Since winning the First Prize at the 1992 Concert Artists Guild Competition, he has performed in
recital s at:
* Ambassador Auditorium inLos Angeles
* Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum inBoston
*Northwestern University 's Pick-Staiger Hall inChicago
* Spivey Concert Hall inAtlanta
* Metropolitan Museum of Arts inManhattan
* Weill Recital Hall atCarnegie Hall in New YorkAbreu has toured throughout the
United States ,Europe ,New Zealand ,Central America , and his native Venezuela, and has been featured at the 1993 and 1996 Spoleto Festivals in the United States andItaly , the OK Mozart Festival, the Boston Early Music Festival, and the Festival Music Society inIndianapolis .He has appeared as a
concerto soloist andchamber musician with both modern and historical instruments, with many orchestras throughout the United States, including:
* Billings Symphony
* Illinois Chamber Symphony
* Handel & Haydn Society
* West Shore Symphony
* Savannah Symphony
* American Bach Soloists
* Dubuque Symphony Orchestra
* Cambridge Society for Early Music
* Maverick Concert in Woodstock,New York
* Performing Arts Series in Utica, New York
* "Distinguished Visitors in the Arts" series in Corpus Christi,Texas andHe frequently performs contemporary works for the recorder, among them:
* The Kid from Venezuela, by composer Pete Rose
* Echoes and Shadows, by Christopher Cook
* Concerto for Recorder and Orchestra, commissioned from Ricardo Lorenz by Concert Artists Guild
* Concerto for Recorders and Orchestra, by Lawrence WeinerAbreu has also explored the rich, but rarely heard, music by
Latin America n composers of theBaroque and Contemporary periods. He is a frequent guest of the American Bach Soloists inCalifornia , both on stage and in their recordings for the Koch International label.Abreu currently teaches at the
New England Conservatory of Music .External links
*http://www.hunsteinartists.com/abreu.html
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