David Tanenbaum
David Frederick Tanenbaum (born September 10, 1956 in New York City ) is an American classical guitarist.
Life
The son of the composer Elias Tanenbaum had his first guitar lessons with Rolando Valdez-Blain at the age of 11 . From 1973 he studied with Aaron Shearer , later at the San Francisco Conservatory with Michael Lorimer . He also took lessons from the pianist Jeanne Stark-Iochmans and the harpsichordist Laurette Goldberg, and in 1981 attended a master class from Andrés Segovia .
In 1977 he won the Carmel Classic Guitar Competition and the following year he received second prize at the Toronto International Guitar Competition . In the following years Tanenbaum toured the USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia and the Soviet Union and in 1988 was the first American guitarist to be invited to concerts by the Chinese government. He kicked u. a. with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra , the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , the Minnesota Orchestra , the London Sinfonietta , the Oakland Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna ORF Orchestra and under conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen , Kent Nagano and John Adams .
As President of the Second American Classical Guitar Congress in 1989, he commissioned five compositions, including one for Henry Brants Rosewood for large guitar orchestra, which he has conducted in numerous performances worldwide since then. He is the director of the guitar department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music , where he received the Outstanding Professor Award in 1995 , was composer in residence at the Manhattan School of Music and gives master classes worldwide.
Tanenbaum's repertoire includes baroque literature as well as works by contemporary composers. He played the world premieres of Hans Werner Henze's guitar concerto An Aeolian Harp , which he also recorded under the direction of the composer, Terry Riley's guitar piece Ascención , four works by the Pulitzer Prize winner (1988) Aaron Jay Kernis , pieces by Roberto Sierras and a suite by Lou Harrison .
He has recorded more than two dozen albums, including arrangements of baroque compositions for guitar and Henze's El Cimarrón recital with Ensemble Modern . As a chamber musician, he often worked with Steve Reich and Musicians , the Chronos and Shanghai Quartet, the dancer Tandy Beal and the guitarist Manuel Barrueco . As a member of the World Guitar Ensemble , he made several European tours.
Discography
- Estudios , 1990
- Lute Masterworks , 1987
- Acoustic Counterpoint , 1991
- Ensemble Modern , Henze: "To an Aeolian Harp", 1992
- Great American Guitar Solo , 1993
- The Perilous Chapel , music for guitar and drums by Lou Harrison with Willie Winant , 1993
- Beaming Contrasts by Peter Lewis , 1993
- El Porteño, The music of Astor Piazzolla , 1994
- 100 Greatest Dance Hits by Aron Jay Kernis, 1996
- The Book of Abbeyozzud , 1999
- David Tanenbaum , 1997
- Pavane , 2000
- Classic / Steel , duos with Peppino D'Agostino , 2000
- David Tanenbaum Plays Weiss , 2001
- Y Bolanzero , 2001
- Naive and Sentimental Music by John Adams , 2002
- Serenado-Lou Harrison , all of Lou Harrison's guitar works , with Willie Winant , Gyan Riley , Joel Davel and Scott Evans , 2003
- World Guitar Ensemble-Crossing Borders , 2004
- Waking Dances Guitar Music of Jorge Liderman , 2004
- Royal Winter Music , cycle by Hans-Werner Henze, 2005
Web links
- Works by and about David Frederick Tanenbaum in the catalog of the German National Library
- David Tanenbaum's homepage
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tanenbaum, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tanenbaum, David Frederick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |