Festival Faculty (A-D)
Federico Agostini, violin
Agostini is a renowned soloist, chamber musician and teacher. The former concertmaster of the Italian ensemble I Musici, also founded the D'Amici String Quartet. He has collaborated with Bruno Giuranna, Jaime Laredo, Joseph Silverstein, Janos Starker and the American, Emerson, Fine Arts and Guarneri quartets. Agostini has made appearances at chamber music festivals in the United States, Europe and Japan. His recordings include: Philips Bach and Vivaldi's violin concertos, Claves Faure's piano quartets and a selection of favorite virtuoso violin pieces published by Live Notes in Japan. Agostini is a faculty member at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.
Dante Anzolini, conductor
Anzolini is the orchestra music director at the Teatro Argentino Opera Theater in La Plata, Argentina. As conductor of operatic, symphonic and contemporary works in Europe, North and South America, he has led many world premieres. He is an accomplished composer of orchestra, chamber music and piano solos, and has extensively collaborated with Phillip Glass. Anzolini was selected by the American Symphony Orchestra League for the National Conductors Preview in 2005. He has received academic appointments with MIT, the New England Conservatory and the Itu Festival in São Paulo, Brazil. As a pianist and harpsichordist, Anzolini has played in more than 200 solo and chamber-music concerts in Europe, South and North America. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in 2008.
Theodore Arm, violin
Arm has been a featured soloist, recitalist and guest artist in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan. He makes regular appearances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Group for Contemporary Music and New York's Bargemusic, and has been a member of the chamber group TASHE since 1976. Arm has performed with Lukas Foss, Chick Corea and Gary Burton, among other distinguished artists. Compositions written for him include a violin concerto by Allan Leichtling and a violin and piano suite by David Schiff.
Neil Black, oboe
Black is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music in London. He was the former principal oboist for the English Chamber and London Philharmonic Orchestras, and has made recent appearances as a concert soloist in the United States, England and Japan. Black's numerous recordings include collaborations with the: English Chamber Orchestra (Barenboim), Academy of St. Martin-in-the- Fields (Marriner) and Warsaw Sinfonia (Menuhin). He was the featured guest artist at the Marlboro Music Festival in 1998.
Fred Bretschger, bass
Bretschger has been the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's assistant principal bass since 1980. He was formerly principal bass at the Houston and Indianapolis Symphonies. Bretschger has been a guest artist at various events including the: Summer Arts Program at Humboldt College; Sandpoint, Steamboat Springs, Grand Teton, Tanglewood, Aspen and the Santa Fe Opera Festivals. He is an accomplished composer, conductor and arranger.
James Buswell, violin
Buswell is a versatile orchestra recitalist and soloist, chamber musician, conductor, educator and recording artist. He has made appearances with major American and Canadian orchestras including the: New York Philharmonic, Cleveland, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and National Symphony Orchestras. Buswell is a former artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He also served as a faculty member at Indiana University and the New England Conservatory.
Leone Buyse, flute
Buyse is a flute professor at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. She is the former acting principal flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the former principal flute for the Boston Pops. Buyse also was former assistant principal flutist for the San Francisco Symphony. She has been a soloist with l'Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Utah Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and at the New Hampshire Music Festival. Buyse also was the featured artist and pedagogue at the Aspen, Norfolk, Orcas Island, Sitka, Maui, Strings in the Mountains, Domaine Forget, and Park City Festivals, the Lake Placid and Ithaca Flute Institutes, and the Aria International Summer Academy Institute. She has held recitals and master classes in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Europe.
Martin Chalifour, violin
Chalifour is the principal concertmaster for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and teaches at the University of Southern California. He is the former associate concertmaster of the Cleveland and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras, and has previously served as a faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Both a solo and recording artist, Chalifour is the founding member of the Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio and "Myriad" Chamber Ensemble.
Tim Cobb, bass
Cobb is the principal bass for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Mostly Mozart Festival. He serves as a faculty member in the Manhattan School of Music at the State University of New York at Purchase. He also performs as a solo bassist in the Harmonie Ensemble. A former participant of the Marlboro Music Festival, Cobb also has collaborated with the Emerson and Guarneri Quartets.
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
Cohen is the chairman of the clarinet department at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Blossom Festival School. The principal clarinet (since 1976) in the Cleveland Orchestra, Cohen also holds the distinguished honor of being the only clarinetist to win first prize at the Munich Competition. He has done solo recordings and more than 100 solo performances with Cleveland Orchestra. He has played and recorded with pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, a 1995 Grammy Award winner, as well as with the Emerson and Guarneri Quartets. Cohen also has been featured as a guest artist at the Marlboro, Aspen and Santa Fe Festivals.
Steve Doane, cello
Doane is a cello professor at the Eastman School of Music. He has made orchestral appearances in Scotland, Ireland and Sweden, and has performed as a recitalist in London, Boston, Chicago and Washington D.C. In addition, he has played in concertos with the Rochester and Buffalo Philharmonics, the Omaha and Victoria Symphonies. He has recorded for Bridge, Pantheon, Caedmon, Gasparo and Sony labels. Doane's musical achievements include the: Eisenhardt Award for Excellence in Teaching, Eastman and the Piatigorsky Commendation from the New England Conservatory.
James Dunham, viola
Dunham is a viola professor at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. He formerly served on the faculty of the New England Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Aspen, Amelia Island, le Domaine Forget (Quebec). Dunham is an international recitalist and guest artist, and has been the guest principal viola with the Boston and Dallas Symphonies. He is a former member the Grammy Award–winning Cleveland Quartet and Naumburg Award–winning Sequoia Quartet. Dunham's long list of collaborations includes work with the Guarneri, Juilliard and Tokyo Quartets. He recorded and premiered Libby Larsen's Viola Sonata (2001) and "Sifting through the Ruins" (2005) for viola, mezzo soprano and piano. He also was the guest violist on the Ying Quartet's 2008 Grammy-nominated cd of Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence. He recorded Glyph (for solo viola and piano quintet) by Judith Shatin and Bach's Gamba Sonatas with harpsichordist John Gibbons.
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