The following are brief biographies of the musicians scheduled to play with Omega in 2007/2008
| Doris Konig, Pianist and Founding Member: |
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Ms. Konig has been the Artistic Director of the Omega Ensemble since 1977. She received her Masters in Music with honors from Indiana University and was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship for study in Berlin. Ms Konig has given conerts in Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Merkin Hall, the New York Cultural Center, Metroplitan Museum of Art, and the Philips Collection in Washington DC. |
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| Jean Kopperud, Clarinet and Member: |
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Ms. Kopperud toured internationally as a concert soloist and chamber musician in the classical musical theatre genre.
A member of Omega since 1981, she also performs with the New York New Music Ensemble and the ISCM Ensemble. She is a faculty member at the Juillard School and an Associate Professor at the New York University in Buffalo, NY.
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| Kopperud is also a performer on the cutting edge of the Music-Theater genre. National acclaim for her presentation of Stockhausen’s “Harlekin” resulted in her Avery Fisher Hall debut, presented by the New York Philharmonic. |
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| Guests Artists this season: |
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Erin Keefe
Winner of the 2006 Avery Fisher Career grant, American Violinist Erin Keefe is a top prize winner of several international competitions; she recently took the Grand Prizes in the 2006 Schadt Competition and 2004 Corpus Christi International String Competition and was the Silver Medalist in the Carl Nielsen and Gyeongnam (Korea) International Violin Competitions. |
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| As a member of the Lincoln Center’s prestigious Chamber Music Society Two program for the 2006-09 seasons, Ms. Keefe will appear in numerous programs at Lincoln Center as well as tour throughout the United States. |
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Arnaud Sussmann
Twenty-two year old Arnaud Sussman is quickly becoming a rising star as he has won several international competitions and performed at major concert halls . Highlights of the 2006-07 season included a performance of the Brahms G Major sextet with Itzhak Perlman. |
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In 2003, the Tanglewood Center awarded him the David Gritz Violin Award for his extraordinary commitment of talent and energy. Most recently the New York Salon De Virtuosi concert series awarded him with their fellowship grant, resulting in a live concert broadcast on WQXR’s “Young Artists Showcase” radio show.
In addition to his solo career, Mr. Sussmann is also a dedicated chamber musician. He was recently accepted into the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two program for the 2006-2009 seasons. |
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Julie Albers
American cellist Julie Albers is already recognized for her superlative artistry, intense musicianship and her radiant performance style. Ms. Albers made her debut performance in 1998 with the Cleveland Orchestra and has continued to perform in recitals and orchestras in the U.S., Europe, Korea, Taiwan and New Zealand. |
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| In 2001 she won the second prize in the coveted Munich’s Internationaien Musikwettbewerbes der ARD. In November 2003, Julie Albers was named the first Gold Medal Laureate of South Korea’s Gyeongnam International Music Competition. |
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Mark Kosower
Mr. Kosower is the winner of a 2002 Avery Fisher Career Grant. He recently performed debut recitals at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., at the Frick Collection’s “Great Performances Series” and Lincoln Center’s “Mostly Mozart Festival”; both in New York City. Mr. Kosower is co-Principal Cellist of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany. |
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Earl Lee
Earl Lee was born in South Korea in 1983 and began to play the cello at age 10. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the The Curtis Institute of Music as a pupil of Orlando Cole and Peter Wiley and is now pursuing a master’s degree at the Julliard School.
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| A member of the Koryo String Quartet, he has participated in such festival as Musicians from Angel Fire, Yellow Barn and Marlboro, where he studied and collaborated with many world renowned artists. He has also appeared on the Caramoor Rising Star series. |
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Zhu Lin
Born in Shanghai in 1980, Zhu Lin attended the Shanghai Conservatory of Music for Cello studies. Ms. Zhu is recipient of various globally recognized prizes, including the International Artist Competition, Juilliard Cello Concerto Competition, and Third National Cello Competition of China.
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| As a soloist, Ms. Zhu has appeared with renowned orchestra including the Juilliard Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Budapest Symphony orchestra, Ulster Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. |
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Jose Franch-Ballester
Born in Spain, Jose Franch-Ballester has performed with the Musica de Vall de Uxo Orchestra and won First Prize in the competition of the Cultural Council of Valencia for three consecutive years (2001-2003). |
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Igor Begelman
Igor Begelman was the winner of the 2000 Avery Fisher Career Grant and has appeared as a soloist with the Houston Symphony, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Bienne Symphony Orchestra, Odense Simfoniker and New Haven, Savannah and Greenwich Symphonies. He has also performed recitals in Western and Eastern Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Israel. |
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