Charles Neidich
| Charles Neidich | |
|---|---|
| job | Solo clarinetist and professor of clarinet |
| Genres | Classical and modern music |
| Instruments | Clarinet and basset clarinet, modern and historical instruments |
| Year of birth | 1953 (age 67) |
| place of birth | New York City United States
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| education | Moscow State Conservatory with Boris Dikov |
| Annual_appearances | about 60 |
| Years active | since 1978 |
| Awards, honors | various awards 1979–1985 |
| Associated with | Wind ensemble Mozzafiato |
| Recordings | Numerous CDs, video and audio recordings on YouTube, audio recordings also on Spotify and Deezer |
| CD labels | Chandoe, Sony Classical, Sony Vivarte, Deutsche Grammophon, Musicmasters, Pantheon and Bridge |
| Known students | Sharon Kam |
| Agency | Maksim Shtrykov / Artist Representative |
| Website | https://www.charlesneidich.net/ |
| Personal / | Private |
| family | Married to Ayoko Oshima, |
| residence | New York City |
Charles Neidich (* 1953 in New York City ) is an American clarinetist and conductor with Russian and Greek roots.
education
Charles Neidich started playing the piano at the age of 5 and the clarinet at the age of 7. His first teachers were his mother and father. After the clarinet became his favorite instrument, he continued to take lessons from the then well-known clarinet teacher Leon Russionoff. After high school he initially did not attend a music college , but decided to study anthropology at Yale University , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts . In 1975 he was the first recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to go to the Moscow State Conservatory for three years, where he was taught clarinet by Boris Dikov and piano by Kirill Vinogradov.
Prices
In 1974 Charles Neidich made his debut as a clarinetist in New York. In 1979 he won the silver medal in an international music competition, in 1982 second prize in the ARD International Music Competition in Munich and in 1984 one of three main prizes at the International Accanthes Competition in Paris. In 1985 he won the first major clarinet competition in the USA, the Walter W. Naumburg Competition, which significantly promoted his career as a solo clarinetist.
Further career
From 1985 to 1989 Neidich was professor of clarinet at the Eastman School of Music in New York City and is currently active in this capacity at the Juilliard School of Music and several other conservatoires. He is one of the few clarinetists who practice their profession solely as solo clarinetist and lecturer, i.e. not also involved in an orchestra. For many years, however, he has been a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet and the Orpheus chamber ensemble, and also participates in other ensembles.
The artist has performed with a large number of well-known orchestras in the US, Europe and Asia, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra . He has appeared at numerous renowned festivals such as the Marlboro and Sarasota Festival, the BBC Proms , the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and at festivals in France, Italy, Japan and China. He has performed several times at the Moritzburg Festival .
Charles Neidich has a repertoire of over 200 solo works, including pieces commissioned or inspired by him, as well as his own transcriptions of vocal and instrumental works. A well-known exponent of 20th century music, he has premiered works by Milton Babbit, Elliott Carter , Edison Denisov , William Schumann, Ralph Shapey , Joan Tower, and other leading contemporary composers. With a growing discography, Mr. Neidich can be heard on the Chandos, Sony Classical, Sony Vivarte, Deutsche Grammophon, Musicmasters, Pantheon and Bridge labels. His recorded repertoire ranges from well-known works by Mozart, Beethoven, Weber and Brahms to lesser-known compositions by Danzi, Reicha, Rossini and Hummel to music by Elliott Carter, György Kurtág and other contemporary masters.
In addition to his work as a clarinetist, Neidich has also worked as a conductor since around 2010. He conducted the Cobb Symphony Orchestra and the Georgia Symphony Orchestra in performances of the Franck Symphony in D minor and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (also as solo clarinetist). Neidich continues to conduct the Queens College Chamber Orchestra in Queens, New York City, with which he has performed the works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven in historically sound interpretations. Neidich is a very active educator and faculty member at the Juilliard School, Queens College, City University in New York, Manhattan School, and the Mannes College of Music . He was visiting scholar at Sibelius Academy in Finland, the Yale School of Music and Michigan State University . He is in demand worldwide for master classes and for innovative lecture concerts that he has come up with, such as "Old is new: How to play old music on historical instruments, how to play new music on modern instruments" and "Handwerk und Drama: Zum Understanding how Brahms composed. "
With his wife Ayako Oshima he has published a book on the basics of clarinet technique for the Japanese publisher TOA Ongaku Inc. In spring 2018, Charles Neidich from the Juilliard School received the William Schuman Award for outstanding achievements and scholarships.
Recordings
There are numerous CD recordings with Charles Neidich. The most important are shown on his website. The artist is also represented with image and / or sound recordings on YouTube and other streaming services.
Instruments
Like Shirley Brill , the artist plays clarinets that the German manufacturer Schwenk & Seggelke made for him according to his wishes. These include Bb and A clarinets made of grenadilla and Mopane , a replica of a Stadler basset clarinet in A made of boxwood, built stretched, with a kinked pear and a backward-turned love foot as a bell , a modern basset clarinet with a French fingering system of the type the historical model (see the photo in the info box) and the replica of the 19th century clarinet made by Georg Ottensteiner in French boxwood and played by the famous Brahms clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld .
Web links
- Video : Charles Neidich plays the 1st movement of the sonata for clarinet and piano by Aaron Copland
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Charles Neidich, Performing Artist in Residence
- ↑ a b archive Klassix-Kempten, Charles Neidich, clarinet
- ^ A b c Manhattan School of Music, Faculty, Mr. Charles Neidich
- ↑ a b website
- ^ A b New York Classical Players, 26./27. September 2015, Charles Neidich
- ↑ Media
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Envious, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clarinetist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |