Sam Pilafian
James Samuel "Sam" Pilafian (born October 25, 1949 in Miami , † April 5, 2019 in Tempe , Arizona ) was an American tuba player.
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As a youth, Pilafian attended the National Music Camp in Interlochen and became only the second tuba player to win the concert competition there. This earned him scholarships at Dartmouth College and Tanglewood Music Center. By Leonard Bernstein , he was in Tanglewood selected, in the world premiere of Bernstein's Mass at the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to play in Washington.
Since then, Pilafian has appeared as a classical musician in numerous international concerts and recordings. He founded the Empire Brass Quartet and played in the orchestra for the Broadway - musicals Doctor Jazz and Much Ado About Nothing
At the same time, he was also active in jazz , played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and since 1991 has appeared in the Duo Travelin 'Light with guitarist Frank Vignola . With the saxophonist Scott Zimmer he recorded music by Maurice Ravel , Béla Bartók , Thelonious Monk , Ornette Coleman and Captain Beefheart . He was also involved in recordings of Pink Floyd .
From 1994 Pilafian taught at Arizona State University ; later (2017) at North Dakota State University .
Discography
- Traveling Light , Telarc, 1991
- Making Whoopee , 1993
- Meltdown , 1998
- Perception , 1998 with Eugene Anderson , Timothy Russell , Timothy Morrison and the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra
Web links
- Sam Pilafian on the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB)
- Obituary of the Musicians' Union Local 802
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sam Pilafian, Tuba Maestro of Multiple Genres, Dies at 69 , The New York Times , accessed April 15, 2019
- ↑ List of classic recordings by Sam Pilafian at Archivmusic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pilafian, Sam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pilafian, James Samuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tuba player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th April 2019 |
| Place of death | Tempe |