Results for "violin"

Tineke de Jong

Tineke graduated at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam in 1990, having studied with István Párkányi. The year before she took part in the autumn and spring courses at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. Since then she has been working on a free-lance basis with the orchestras and ensembles listed below. In 2009 she released her first cd Midday Moon together with jazz musicians Albert van Veenendaal (piano), Hans Hasebos (marimba) and Alan Purves (percussion). “Albert and I started playing together regularly from February 2006 to explore a mix between two worlds; a classical violinist inspired by jazz standards, and an improvising pianist without style boundaries

Carolyn Ohlbaum

Born: March 11, 1959

Carolyn Ohlbaum is a classically trained violinist, but she also does strolling work and she improvises. Carolyn has studied and performed extensively on violin since age 10. Her vast experience includes orchestral work, chamber music ensembles and work as a soloist. She is equally at home in large and small venues like restaurants and cabaret/club type settings. She has performed at Wolf Trap Farm Park, Carnegie Hall and numerous locales. Professional work includes playing the strolling repertoire with the Gene Donati Orchestra and now also for Miles Stiebel and his orchestra. Carolyn has played for receptions, weddings, fundraisers, etc

James Sudakow

James Sudakow is a third generation classically trained violinist and started playing at the age of four. Despite the classical upbringing, he has always gravitated to rock, fusion, jazz, and progressive music. During his early twenties, he was invited to play in a band and hooked up electrically for the first time. That completely opened up an entirely new view he had of his instrument. After years of honing his own style, he released his debut all instrumental rock/fusion/progressive CD--Green, which received acclaim particularly in the progressive rock and fusion community. He has just released the follow up CD--There is no Sound in Space--which has an industrial electronica undertone but still has elements of fusion, rock, and improvisation.

Ola Kvernberg

Born: 1981

Ola Kvernberg had his official breakthrough with the band Hot Club de Norvege at the Django-festival in Oslo, winter 2000 - a spontaneous jam session which led to several recordings and full-time touring schedule since then. Finished his 4-year study in jazz at the Music Conservatory of Trondheim, Norway in may 2005.

At the present time he is working on regular basis with projects such as Ingebrigt Haker Flaten Quintet, the baroque/contemporary-orchestra The Scarlatti Ensemble, Night Driver - Ola Kvernberg Trio and the bluegrass/Norwegian folk-trio Gammalgrass, together with multi-instrumentalist Stian Carstensen and bassist Ole Morten Vågan.

Kvernberg has played legends such as Svend Asmussen, Didier Lockwood, Philip Catherine, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Les Paul, Doug Raney, Ed Thigpen, Toots Thielemanns, James Carter, Pat Metheny, Jeff Parker and Joshua Redman, to name a few.

The Ola Kvernberg Trio was established in 2000

Samuel SavoirFaire Williams

Born: September 22, 1973

Jazz violin hero Samuel " SavoirFaire " Williams has been performing international venues since age 5 . Upon meeting and performing with the likes of Jazz phenoms Wynton Marselis , Milt Jackson , Kenny Burrell , and Roy Hargrove , SavoirFaire was inspired to change his musical focus from Classical to Jazz improvisation . Since then he has redefined what it means to be a Jazz violinist by pioneering new musical vocabulary in the idiom . He has recieved critical acclaim internationally for his latest album " Running Out Of Time "( Delmark 562 ) and continues to perform with his group The East Side Project aka E.S.P

Ysanne Spevack

Born: June 24, 1972

Violinist, string arranger and composer Ysanne Spevack is London-born and Los Angeles-based. Her string arrangements encompass a wide musical terrain spanning jazz, soundtrack, rock, pop and electronica. Clients include the Smashing Pumpkins, Jane’s Addiction, Elton John, Brett Anderson (Suede), Tiesto, Dub Gabriel feat. Michael Stipe, Sister Bliss (Faithless), Asian Dub Foundation, Chocolate Genius, Alex Parks, T-Power, MJ Cole, and The Sopranos title track composers, Alabama 3. She has composed two albums in collaboration with Philip Clemo. Their latest album is 'soundzero', released April 2009 and distributed via Cadiz UK / Koch USA. Recent projects: * composing and recording strings for the new Jim and Aaron Eckhart movie, To Be Friends * playing viola and recording with the Master Musicians of Joujouka, Dub Gabriel and David J * contracting and recording strings for the new Ray Bradbury movie, Chrysalis * full string arrangements, chart notation, string contracting and solo featured violin performance for a new record by Michael Stipe from REM with New York producer Dub Gabriel * recording solo violin for a new release from the Smashing Pumpkins * live electric violin with Dub Gabriel / Meat Beat Manifesto at the Knitting Factory * live soundtrack project at The Silent Movie Theatre, presenting a new score for Ingmar Bergman’s classic movie ‘The Magician’ to a sold out capacity audience * recording and playing live with Nick Jago from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club * playing live at a special event at Creative Artists Agency, Hollywood * playing live electric processed violin for cool British architecture designers Hayes Davidson * short-listed by the Beijing Olympic Committee for the official Olympic Games song * recording a new album with seminal Los Angeles band The Seeds and Sky Saxon * electronica producers FreQ Nasty and David Starfire * guitar-based bands Traverso, Jason Heath Composing full original soundtracks for television projects: * internationally acclaimed ‘Lonely Planet’ TV series * arranging and playing acoustic strings for a Mauboussin commercial * arranging and playing acoustic strings for a song for Fox TV * prime time UK Channel 4 series, ‘Crime Team’ * BBC2’s award-winning ‘Trouble at the Top’ program * BBC2’s ‘Correspondent’ programs * string arrangements for BBC1’s ‘Fame Academy’ She collaborates with film and television composers, arranging and recording strings for their soundtracks

Mads Tolling

Born: July 5, 1980

"There is a generation of young string players who have come up with equal regard for the Bach Cello Suites and Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced, for Beethoven’s String Quartets and the Mahavishnu Orchestra’s Inner Mounting Flame. They dig Dvorak, Debussy and Ravel but also have committed to memory John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and Led Zeppelin IV. "Violinist-composer-arranger Mads Tolling is definitely in that number. As a longstanding member for the last six years of both the fearless, genre-hopping Turtle Island Quartet and also bassist extraordinaire Stanley Clarke’s band, he is quite accustomed to shattering boundaries and pushing the envelope while dealing in the longstanding tradition of musical cross-fertilization (aka ‘fusion’)

Bill Stewart - Violin

Born: October 1, 1957

Find more videos on YouTube, username "billfiddle" Visit the Bill Stewart Quintet www.myspace.com/thebillstewartquintet Started classical violin at the age of ten. —First prize in the Scottish Central Counties Music Festival in 1970, 1971, 1972 First prize in the Glasgow Music Festival in 1973 Won the McFarlane scholarship to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow at the age of fourteen. While at the Academy he won the first prize in the Robert Highgate Scholarship for violin in 1975. Played with: —Scottish Chamber Orchestra —BBC Scotland —Scottish Opera Scottish Baroque Ensemble Virtuosi Scotland and at 19 toured Britain as the youngest leader of the Scottish Ballet Orchestra. At the age of 21 Bill left Scotland to take a position as leader of the Passau State Opera Orchestra in Germany before joining the world famous Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Herr

Alfredo De La Fé

Born: February 6, 1954

Grammy Nominated, Cuban born, New York based, Superstar violinist Alfredo De La Fé is a living musical legend. Born in Cuba on February 6, 1954, Alfredo De La Fé began his musical studies at the fresh young age of six, and by the age of eight, was given a scholarship to study at the world-renowned Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (Warsaw Conservatory) in Poland. He then later continued his education at the Julliard School of Music in New York City. After attending the finest music schools and conservatories, De La Fé made his mark on the music scene, as a premier solo violinist, composer, and arranger, and eventually would become one the greatest musical icons of our time, performing with many greats such as; Celia Cruz, Carlos Santana, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, The Fania All Stars, Tipico 73, Papo Luca Y La Sonora Poncena, Ruben Blades, Hector Lavoe, Dave Valentin, and Dizzy Gillespie, to name a few… De La Fé is a true virtuoso, his musical style draws on many genres including; Cuban, Jazz, Classical, Rock, Caribbean, Funk, Latin and Pop

Carlos Alves "Zingaro"

Born: December 15, 1948

Carlos Z. has performed with a wide variety of improvising musicians and composers, including: Barre Phillips, Daunik Lazro, Derek Bailey, Joëlle Léandre, Jon Rose, Peter Kowald, John Butcher, Mark Dresser, John Zorn, Roger Turner, Hans Reichel, Dominique Regef, Evan Parker, Günter Müller, Mats Gustafsson, Agusti Fernandez, Paul Lovens, etc.. In 1979, thanks to a Fulbright Grant was invited by the Creative Music Foundation in Woodstock, New York to participate in meetings, classes and performances with such composers as Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis, Leo Smith, Tom Cora and Richard Teitelbaum (a regular collaborator)