Members of Kalistos Chamber Orchestra
Sasha Callahan,
violin [founding member]
A
native of Portland, OR, Ms. Callahan received her Bachelors Degree in
Violin Performance from Rice University and her Masters of Music from
Boston University. Her principal teachers include Lucia Lin, Sergiu
Luca, Denes Zsigmondy, and Carol Sindell. As part of a west coast
concert tour as the Corbett Duo, Ms. Callahan was featured with cellist
Sara Stalnaker on Lewis and Clark College 2002 Emerging Artists series.
She has performed with the Corigliano Quartet in concerts and
broadcasts in Minneapolis, Chicago, Utah, Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa
and has been featured on recitals at the Mozarteum in Austria, the
Leopold Auer Academy in Hungary, the American Academy of Arts and
Letters in NYC and additional solo and duo recitals in NY, San Jose,
Portland, Houston and Seattle, as well as across New England. In
2002 Ms. Callahan attended the Tanglewood Music Center as the Edward G.
Shufro fellow, and was further recognized with the David Gritz
Award. She can also be heard as a member of the Portland, Indian
Hill and Hingham Symphonies and with New Music Ensemble Boston, the
Cantata Singers and the Hingham Symphony Chamber Players. In addition
to an active performing schedule, Ms. Callahan also teaches violin and
chamber music at the Brookline Music School.
Leo Eguchi,
cello [founding member]
A native of Michigan, Mr. Eguchi began
his
cello studies at the
age of twelve with Eva Ell and Louis Potter Jr. He recieved degrees
with
honors in Physics and Cello Performance at the University of Michigan
in
Ann Arbor, where he studied with Anthony Elliott. He recently completed
his Masters degree at Boston University's College of Fine Arts, where
he
studyed under George Neikrug. Leo has performed in masterclasses for
such
cellists as Janos Starker, David Soyer, Stephen Kates, Ron Leonard and
David
Gaber, and worked first hand with composers William Bolcom, Bright
Sheng,
George Crumb and Michael Daugherty. Mr. Eguchi is active in the Boston
area
as an orchestral and chamber musician, recitalist and teacher.
Andrew Eng, violin
[founding member]
Born
and raised in Canada, Andrew Eng has emerged as a multi-faceted concert
artist, performing with many orchestras including the Toronto Symphony.
Andrew's enthusiasm for chamber music reflects his natural
passion for collaboration, and he has worked with musicians such as
Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Jaime Loredo, Victor Rosenbaum,
Concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Emmanuel Borok, Regis Pasquier,
Peter Slowik, and members of the Penderecki, St. Lawrence, Mendelssohn,
Orion, Brentano, Emerson and Juilliard string quartets. In 1998
Andrew received the A.R.C.T. Performer's Diploma, achieving Honors with
Distinction from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. In
May 2003, Andrew completed his undergraduate diploma at the Longy
School of Music. He continues to attend Longy, working towards a
Master's degree in Modern American Music, studying Jazz violin and
viola with Peter Cassino. Mr. Eng has studied with many violin
teachers, including Zvi Zeitlin, Charles Castleman, and Laura Bossert,
whom he continues to study with at Longy. Andrew has spent time
studying and performing at festivals such as the Orford Arts Center, Le
Domaine Forget, Killington Music Festival, The Spoletto Festival,
Lyricafest, Quartetfest, and the Quartet Program to name a few.
In 2002, he was involved in the creation process of a music festival
where "culture meets agriculture". Symphony in the Barn situated
on a farm in Grey County Ontario had a second successful season this
past summer. Andrew, as a member of the York String Quartet, has given
many fine performances across Canada. In addition to Andrew's
work with chamber ensembles, he enjoys working with composers,
performing many works from the twentieth and twenty-first Century.
In his free time, Mr. Eng composes various works for many
combinations of ensembles. His other pursuits include playing
Baroque violin or viola, as well as improvising, and playing hockey.
Chris Younghoon Kim, conductor [founding member]
was born in Seoul, South Korea. He has studied
conducting with Kenneth Kiesler at the University of Michigan. He
has also been a student of Gerhard Markson at the Mozarteum in
Salzburg, Austria. He is currently studying with Joe Gifford, a
gifted conducting teacher in the Boston area. In the fall of 2004
he will start his new position of director of Orchestras at Cornell
University, where he will conduct the Cornell Symphony Orchestra,
Cornell Chamber Orchestra and guest conduct Ensemble X.
As a proponent of new music Chris founded Brave New Works,
a new music group based in Ann Arbor, MI. With BNW, he recently led a
10-day residency at Tufts University in May of 2004. Brave New
Works was a featured ensemble in resident at the New Music festival in
Bowling Green University during October 2003 along with the Takac
String Quartet. Chris has collaborated with numerous New music
ensemble such as the Boston based Firebird Ensemble and the BT Ensemble
at the St Magnus festsival in Scotland.
Adda Kridler, violin [founding member]
As
an active solo and chamber musician, Ms. Kridler has been performing
extensively since she began the violin at the age of three. She
received
her bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Harvard University, and
is currently pursuing a master's of music at the New England
Conservatory. Her principal teachers include James Buswell, Gregory
Fulkerson and Roland and Almita Vamos, and she has studied chamber
music
with many world?renowned musicians including Robert Levin, Daniel
Stepner, Robert MacDonald and members of the Takacs and Chicago string
quartets. She has played solo recitals in Boston, Oberlin and her
native Coshocton, Ohio, and also played on a recital with Laurence
Lesser in NEC's Jordan Hall. An avid performer of contemporary music,
Ms. Kridler is a member of theCallithumpian Consort at NEC and has also
performed with NEC's
Contemporary Ensemble.
Bradley Ottesen, viola [founding member]
began
his musical life at the Preucil School of Music in Iowa city, IA,
studying
for 11 years with William Preucil, Sr. He attended Northwestern
University
where he studied with Peter Slowik. He holds a Master's degree
from
New England Conservatory where he studied with James Dunham. He
was
a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for two seasons.
During
the summer he participated in Madeline Island Chamber Music, Musicorda
String
Program, and the International Music Arts Institute in Fryeburg, Maine.
In
2002, he received a fellowship from the Tanglewood Music Center.
He
currently lives, teaches and performs in the Boston area.
Brian Perry, bass [founding member]
Originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Brian Perry began playing
the double bass at age 12 through the Putnam City public school strings
program. After winning the grand prize in the Buttram String
Competition,
he went on to study with renowned bassist and pedagogue Jeff Bradetich
at
the University of North Texas. While at the University of North Texas,
Brian was a winner in the 2002 U.N.T. Concerto Competition and received
many awards including Best Undergraduate String Student 2001. Brian has
participated in the Eastern, Kent/Blossom, and Pacific Music Festivals
as well as the National Repertory Orchestra and National Orchestral
Institute. Most recently, Brian was
accepted as a fellow at
the 2002 Tanglewood Music Center. Before
coming
to Boston in August 2002, Brian was a member of the Dallas Opera
Orchestra
and perf! ormed with many other leading Dallas/Ft. Worth area
orchestras
including the Ft. Worth Symphony, Richardson Symphony and the Dallas
Chamber
Orchestra. In addition, he has performed
with
both the Cleveland and Boston Symphony Orchestras.
Brian
is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in double bass performance at
Boston
University as a student of Edwin Barker.
Dimitar Petkov, viola [founding member]
A
Bulgarian violist, Dimitar Petkov moved to Boston from Miami, Florida.
He has performed recital and chamber music in Bulgaria, Greece,
Germany, Italy, Turkey and the United States. Mr. Petkov has served as
principal viola with the Southwest Florida Philharmonic, the Spoleto
Festival Orchestra in Spoleto, Italy, and the Bulgarian State Academy
Orchestra. Mr. Petkov was first-prize winner in the Bulgarian National
Music Competition, and second-prize winner in both the Bulgarian
National Music Competition and the Longy School of Music Concerto
Competition. In 2002, he graduated from the Longy School of Music with
an artist’s diploma. Currently, Mr. Petkov performs with the Boston
Modern Orchestra Project and serves as principal viola of the Claflin
Hill Symphony Orchestra, Newton Symphony Orchestra and Plymouth
Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a faculty member of the Power Music
School and the Weston public school.
Nikola Takov, violin [founding member]
A Native of Sofia , Bulgaria, Mr. Takov began playing violin at the
age of five. He received his Bachelors Degree in Violin Performance
from
Louisiana State University and his Masters of Music from Boston
University.
His principle teachers include Yuri Mazurkevich, Kevork Mardrossian,
Dora
Ivanova, and Elmar Oliviera. Mr. Takov has performed extensively
throughout
the United States and Europe in solo, chamber and orchestral settings.
Nikola
Takov has won competitions and has appeared as a soloist with numerous
ensembles in Europe and the United States, as well as performing in
numerous master classes including those held by David Cerone, Joseph
Silverstein, Camila Wicks,
Sergiu Luca, and Charles Castleman. Mr. Takov currently performs with
the
Portland Symphony, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic
Orchestra, and the Indian Hill Symphony.
Viktoria Tchertchian, violin [founding member]
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Ms. Tchertchian began playing violin at the
age of five. She received her Bachelors Degree in Violin Performance
from Lousiana State University in 2001 and is currently completing a
Performance Diploma at the Longy School of Music. Her principle
teachers include Laura Bossert, Kevork Mardirossian, James Alexander
and Dora Ivanova. Ms. Tchertchian has participated in festivals
including the Round Top International Music Festival, the Lyrica
International Chamber Music Festival, and the Heber Springs Chamber
Music Festival. She was a featured soloist with the Plovdiv National
Catholic Choir in performances in France, Belgium, Germany, Norway, and
the Czech Republic. Ms. Tchertchian’s orchestral experience includes
positions in the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Louisiana State Symphony,
and the
Plovdiv Philharmonic, and she currently performs with the Indian Hill
Symphony,
the Cape Cod Symphony, and the Plymouth Symphony.
Kalistos
Alumni members
Yi Ching Fedkenheuer,
violin [founding member][on leave]
Ms. Fedkenheuer hails from sunny Southern
California, and holds a
Bachelor of Music degree from Rice University's Shepherd School of
Music and a
Master of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her
teachers
include Peter Salaff, David Russell, Kenneth Goldsmith, and Charles
Stegeman.
Ms. Fedkenheuer has worked with artists such as Martha Strongin-Katz,
Paul Katz, Anne Epperson, and members of the Cavani, Ying, and Miami
String
Quartets.Active in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, she has
appeared
in concert in New York City, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Houston,
Cleveland,
and throughout Taiwan and Italy. She also maintains a private teaching
studio and is currently on faculty at Powers Music School. Locally,
Ms.Fedkenheuer
performs with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Modern
Orchestra
Project, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Ballet Orchestra, and Pro
Arte
Chamber Orchestra.
Lelia Iancovici, violin [founding member] [on
leave for 2003-2004]
A native of Bucharest, Romania, Ms. Iancovici began playing the violin
at the age of seven under the tutelage of D.Ionescu and M. Tomescu. She
has received numerous awards including first prizes at the “Concorso
Internazionale di Musica 'Isola di Capri'” (Italy), the “'W. A. Mozart'
Interpretation Festival” (Romania), and the “Contest for 'W.A.Mozart
Violin and Piano Sonata Interpretation'” (Romania). Ms. Iancovici has
performed in masterclasses
for Sergiu Luca, Ana Chumanchenco, Emilian Piedicuta, Adelina Oprean,
Chaba
Erdely, and Claude Hobson. In 2001, she was a participant in the
Kent/Blossom
Festival where she received the Joseph Gingold Award and studied with
William
Preucil and Anton Nel. Ms. Iancovici received her Bachelor of Music
degree
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she studied
with.Sherban Lupu, and her Master of Music degree from Boston
University studying with. Peter Zazofsky. She was a fellow at the
Tanglewood Music Center for the 2002 season.
Annette Klein, viola [founding member][on leave]
Ms.
Klein has concertized as a chamber and orchestral musician
internationally. She lived in Germany for over 10 years as a member of
Ensemble Oriol,
a Berlin-based chamber orchestra, and played with the Deutsche
Kammerphilharmonie and Freiburger Barockorchester. Locally, she is a
member of the Radius Ensemble and is principal violist with the Indian
Hill Symphony. She was a fellow
at the Tanglewood Music Center and has studied chamber music with
György Kurtág, Franco Rossi (Quartetto Italiano), Eugene
Lehner, Louis Krasner and the Muir String Quartet. She received her BA
from Columbia College and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in
Freiburg, Germany and is finishing up her MM at Boston University. Her
teachers include Steven Ansell, Kim
Kashkashian, Mary Ruth Ray and Leonard Davis. Annette is on the faculty
of the Longy School of Music and the Indian Hill Music School.
Matt Reeder, bass [founding
member][on leave]
Originally
from Atlanta, Georgia, Matthew
Reeder moved to the Boston area in the fall of 2001 after completing
his Bachelor of Music degree
at Indiana University, where he studied with Lawrence Hurst. Currently,
Mr. Reeder is completeing a Master of Music degree at Boston
University,
studying with Boston Symphony member John Stovall. As a student at
Boston
University, he recently received the Dean’s Award for the 2002-2003
school
year. Mr. Reeder won first prize in the International Society of
Bassists'
1999 orchestral competition. He was a fellow at Tanglewood Music Center
in 2000 where he was invited to participate as the only bass player in
the
Bach Cantata Project. Since moving to Boston, Mr. Reeder has performed
with the Indian Hills Symphony Orchestra, UMASS Boston Chamber Players,
the Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, the Portland Symphony
Orchestra,
the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra, the Harvard Women’s Chorus, and
Emmanuel
Music. Currently, he is serving as Principal Bass of the Hingam
Symphony
Orchestra. Mr. Reeder has also performed with the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra
and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Wendy Richman, viola [founding member][on leave]
has received international praise for her creative and committed
performances. A 2001 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, she
has been a three-time prizewinner in her native Milwaukee's Civic Music
Association competition and has also been recognized in the American
String Teachers Association and Primrose Memorial Scholarship
Competitions. Ms. Richman's affinity
for contemporary music has led her to premiere numerous works for solo
viola and for ensembles; she maintains a close collaboration with
composer
Jeffrey Mumford and has also worked closely with such distinguished
composers
as George Crumb, Thea Musgrave, Huang Ruo, and Joan Tower. She has
recorded
for Bloodshot Records, Between the Lines, and AURec, and will record
music
of Jeffrey Mumford for Albany Records in 2003. Summer activities have
included
Madeline Island Music Camp, the Quartet Program at Bucknell, Killington
Music
Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
This
summer, she will attend Yellow Barn Music Festival and School in
Putney,
VT. Recent engagements include solo recitals at the Phillips Collection
(Washington,
DC) and Schwan Hall (Milwaukee, WI) as well as chamber music
performances
on the Cleveland Museum of Art's Aki Festival of New Music, Chicago's
Music
in the Loft Series, and the Cutting Edge Concert Series in New York
City.
She is a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble
(ICE),
with whom she will premiere several works in Chicago this June and on
next
season's Bargemusik series. In the fall, she will appear twice at New
York's
Miller Theater in concerts of Huang Ruo's and Jeffrey Mumford's works.
Ms.
Richman has studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and at the
Cleveland
Institute of Music, where her teachers have included Peter Slowik and
Jeffrey
Irvine (viola), Marlene Rosen (voice), and the St. Petersburg Quartet,
Gregory
Fulkerson, and Peter Salaff (chamber music). She recently moved to the
Boston
area and will pursue graduate studies at the NEC in the fall, where she
will
work with Carol Rodland and Kim Kashkashian.
Sara Stalnaker, cello [founding member] [on leave]
A native of Portland, OR, Ms. Stalnaker recieved her bachelor's degree
from Oberlin Conservatory and her master's of music from Rice
University. She is a member of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and
subs regularly with the Rhode Island Philharmonic and Ocean State
Orchestra. Ms. Stalnaker makes her home in Providence, RI, where she
plays in Circle, a quartet comprising of faculty at Community
MusicWorks , a non-profit music program based in low-income
neighborhoods. Ms. Stalnaker has participated in festivals including
Sarasota Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Music Academy of the
West, and Round Top Music Festival. Major performances include solo
appearances with the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Festival Symphony,
and Rogue Valley Symphony. Her principal teachers include Norman
Fischer, Peter Rejto, and Hamilton Cheifetz.
Shieh-Jian Tsai, violin
[founding member][on leave for 2003-2004]
Mr. Tsai was born in Taipei, Taiwan, where he
began playing the violin
at the age of seven. After coming to the United States, Mr. Tsai
studied privately with Prof. Gerardo Ribeiro at the Northwestern
University for several years. Mr. Tsai received his Bachelors of Music
in Violin Performance from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and his Masters of Music from the New England Conservatory. Principle
teachers include Sherban Lupu and Masuko Ushioda. Mr. Tsai has
participated in summer festivals such as the International School for
Musical Arts and Musicorda, and he was invited to be a fellow at the
Tanglewood Music Center during the 2002 summer season.
Guest Artists
Antoaneta Anguelova, violin [Guest artist
for
10/03 concert]
Ellen
Barnum, bassoon [Vento Chiaro, guest artist for 10/03 concert]
Heidi
Broschinsky, viola [guest artist for 3/03, 5/03 & 10/03
concerts]
Ana-Sofia
Campesino, oboe [Vento Chiaro, guest artist for 5/03, 10/03 concerts]
Nicole
Cariglia, cello [guest artist for 3/03 concert]
Gillian
Clements, violin[Guest Artist for 10/03 concert]
Michelle
Doyle, [Vento Chiaro, guest artist for 10/03 concert]
Nick Finch, cello [guest
artist for 11/02 concert]
Cynthia Forbes, cello [guest artist for 9/02
& 5/03 concert]
Ira Gold, bass
[guest artist for 5/03 concert]
Joanna
Goldstein [Vento Chiaro, guest artist for 10/03 concert]
Jeb Kulevich
[Percussion, Guest Artist for 10/03 concert]
Fabrizio Mazzetta, cello [guest artist for 11/02
concert]
Joanna
Morrison, cello [guest artist for 5/03 & 10/03 concerts]
Laura Motley,
oboe [guest artist for 5/03 concert]
Pedro Persone, harpsichord/conductor [guest artist for 5/02, 9/03,
11/03 concerts]
Ben Schawarz, cello [guest artist for 9/03
concert]
Barbara
Shephard, horn [guest artist for 5/03 concert]
Gabe Solomon, viola [guest artist for 3/03 and 5/03 concerts]
Valentina Takova, Cello [Guest Artist for 10/03
concert]
Nick Upton,
cello [guest artist for 3/03 concert]
Angel
Valchinov, violin [Guest artist for 10/03 concert]
Jason White, horn [Vento Chiaro, guest artist for
5/03, 10/03 concerts]
Russell
Wilson, viola [guest artist for 9/02 & 11/02 concerts]
Miwako
Yamanaka, violin [guest artist for 5/03 concert]
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