Victoria Bond

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Victoria Bond (born May 6, 1945 in Los Angeles ) is an American conductor , composer and university teacher .

Family relationships

Victoria Bond comes from a family of musicians. She is the only daughter of Jane Courtland and Philip Bond. Her mother was a piano prodigy, one of the youngest to ever enroll in the Juilliard School of Music . Jane Courtland won the Liszt Competition in Budapest , studied abroad and performed there. Before she got married, she had her own radio show in New York City for a while . Victoria Bond's father was a doctor, but also sang bass roles with the New York City Opera , as far as his time allowed.

Victoria Bond's grandmother was a member of a choir. There she met her future husband, the composer and conductor Samuel Epstein.

While studying at the Juilliard School of Music , Victoria Bond met Stephan Peskin, who later became a lawyer. The two married in 1974.

childhood

Victoria Bond also showed her musical talent very early on. Without having had piano lessons, she could already play when she started school. At the age of nine or ten, she and her mother accompanied her father four-handed on the piano. She first attended a Waldorf School , then the Mannes School of Music .

Professional background

education

In 1968 Victoria Bond began her composition studies with Ingolf Dahl at the University of Southern California , from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Musical Arts . In 1975 she continued her studies in composition with Roger Sessions and Vincent Persichetti and devoted herself to conducting with Jean Morel and Sixten Ehrling at the Juilliard School of Music . At the end of this phase was the acquisition of the master's degree ( Master of Musical Arts ). In 1977 she was the first woman on the same conservatory for Doctor of Musical Arts doctorate .

Professional activities

Victoria Bond has conducted numerous orchestras.

From 1978 to 1980 she was Exxon / Arts Endowment Conductor with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and musical director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony and the New Amsterdam Symphony . Between 1984 and 1995 she was musical director of the Bel Canto Opera Company in New York City , the Southeastern Music Center , the Empire State Youth Orchestra , the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra , Virginia and assistant conductor at the New York City Opera .

Victoria Bond was also active in higher education: she taught at the Juilliard School of Music , the University of California and New York University , among others .

Guest conductors (selection)

Victoria Bond has conducted in the United States, including Houston , Texas , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania and the Buffalo Symphonies . Performances and recordings with Ray Charles , Billy Taylor and Marian McPartland are also part of her life's work. She also took on guest conductors in China and Brazil , but recently has increasingly focused on Europe, particularly Germany.

Repertoire focus

Victoria Bond has mastered both the symphonic and operatic repertoire in its entirety. In addition to the standard repertoire, she is also familiar with the interpretation of contemporary music. She has a broad knowledge of the works of composers and has numerous First - and premieres headed.

Awards (selection)

Victoria Bond has received numerous awards: In 1977 she received the Victor Herbert Award from the Juilliard School of Music . She has also received the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Walter Hinrichsen Award , the Perry F. Kendig Award and the Miriam Gideon Prize .

Several universities awarded her honorary doctorates in 1994/1995 ( Hollins College , Roanoke College , Washington University , Lee University ).

In 1990 and 1991 she was voted Woman of the Year in Virginia .

Memberships

From 1987 to 1996 Victoria Bond was a committee member at the American Music Center .

Compositions (selection)

Victoria Bond has composed eight operas, six ballets, and two piano concertos. She has also composed numerous compositions for orchestra, chamber music ensembles, choir and piano.

This includes the opera Mrs. President about Victoria Woodhull , who in 1872 became the first woman to run for the presidency of the USA . The work premiered at the Opera in Anchorage , Alaska in 2012 : Victoria Bond also composed the children's opera Everyone Is Good For Something (1986).

Discography (selection)

  • 1994 Thinking Like A Mountain on: Live from Shanghai, Shanghai Symphony An American Collage (Protone) Dreams of Flying (Qualiton)
  • 1998 Sandburg Suite on Character Sketches (as a composer) (Leonarda Records 334)
  • 1999 Black Light on American Piano Concertos (as a composer) (Koch Schwann 3133)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h BOND MAKES HER MARK IN MAN'S WORLD OF MUSIC. In: deseretnews.com. December 29, 1988, accessed July 27, 2017 .
  2. ^ A b Dan Smith: People to Watch, 1986, Are Still Worth Watching. In: theroanoker.com. July 10, 2015, accessed July 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k female conductors. In: dirigentinnen.de. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .
  4. ^ Fifteen-Day Institute for Fellows and Associates - School of Music - University of South Carolina. (No longer available online.) In: sc.edu. April 30, 2017, archived from the original on July 11, 2017 ; accessed on July 26, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sc.edu
  5. ^ Music Faculty (New York City). In: nyack.edu. September 11, 2002, accessed July 26, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Victoria Bond biography - Victoria Bond - Classical Music Communications. In: classicalmusiccommunications.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
  7. ^ Works - Victoria Bond. In: victoriabond.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .
  8. ^ Everyone is Good for Something - Victoria Bond. In: victoriabond.com. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Bond, Victoria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bond, Ellen Victoria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American conductor and composer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , United States