Kavafian-Schub-Shifrin Clarinet Trio

After 25 years of friendship and music-making, Ani Kavafian, Andre-Michel Schub and David Shifrin - each a true virtuoso and a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - come together as a trio with undeniable chemistry. "The spontaneity, the excitement and the fun we have playing together is beyond what we ever anticipated," they said. Combined they have performed with nearly every major orchestra around the world and in recital at the major concert halls. Violinist Ani Kavafian is one of the most sought after chamber musicians in the country as well as a frequent soloist and professor of violin at Yale University. Clarinetist David Shifrin has appeared in critically acclaimed recitals across the country and is a frequent orchestra soloist with major orchestras. As a piano recitalist, orchestra soloist and chamber musician, Andre-Michel Schub has been praised by critics and audiences since his career began over three decades ago.

Ani Kavafian has performed with virtually all of America's leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Los Angeles Chamber, St. Louis, Delaware, Detroit, San Francisco, Atlanta, Seattle, Minneapolis, Utah, and Rochester orchestras. Among the many premieres she has given are: Henri Lazarof's Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra, and Tod Machover's Concerto for Hyper Violin and Orchestra, both of which she has recorded, as well as premieres of Aaron Kernis' Double Concerto for Violin and Guitar, and Michelle Ekizian's Red Harvest Concerto. Her numerous recital engagements include performances at New York's Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully as well as in venues across the country. Ms. Kavafian resides in Northern Westchester, New York with her husband, artist Bernard Mindich, and their son, Matthew. She plays a 1736 Muir McKenzie Stadavarius violin.

As a recitalist, orchestral soloist and chamber musician, André-Michel Schub has been praised by critics and audiences around the world since his career began. He has performed with many of the world's most prestigious orchestras, among them the Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The list of conductors with whom he has collaborated is equally impressive, including James Levine, Edo de Waart, JoAnn Falletta, Seiji Ozawa, Sergiu Comissiona, Eugene Ormandy and Mstislav Rostropovich, who invited him to join the National Symphony Orchestra for a nationally televised Fourth of July concert. His annual schedule includes recitals in major concert halls as well as appearances at the foremost music festivals, among them Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Ravinia, the Mann Music Center, the Blossom Festival, Wolf Trap, and the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico.

David Shifrin's playing has been described by the The San Francisco Chronicle "a revelation in just how beautifully the clarinet can be played." One of only two wind players to have been awarded the Avery Fisher Prize since the award's inception in 1974, Mr. Shifrin is in constant demand as an orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber music collaborator. Orchestras with whom he has performed include the Dallas, Seattle, Houston, Milwaukee, Denver, and Memphis symphonies, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the Philadelphia and Minnesota orchestras. Internationally, he has performed with orchestras in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Korea and Taiwan. In addition, he has served as principal clarinetist with the Cleveland Orchestra and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, as well as the American (under Stokowski), Honolulu, New York Chamber and Dallas symphonies. Shifrin has received critical acclaim as a recitalist, appearing at such a venues as Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and the 92nd Street Y in New York City, the Library of Congress in Washington D.C, and throughout Germany. As a chamber musician, he as collaborated with artists such as the Guarneri, Tokyo, and Emerson String Quartets, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, and pianists Emanuel Ax and André Watts.

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