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With an all-encompassing technique, deft interpretive sense, and broad repertory, Sharon Kam has generated herself among the foremost clarinetists of her generation. Like many wunderkind instrumentalists, she produced her main orchestral debut in her teenagers (at 16, with Zubin Mehta as well as the Israel Philharmonic), gained a significant competition …

Following a heady burst of international celebrity, Russian-born violinist/violist/conductor Shlomo Mintz has settled into his mature years, producing solo appearances mainly like a violinist and conducting orchestras, both chamber-sized and the ones of full symphonic proportions. Even more romantic chamber music also engages his interest with some rate of recurrence. …

Of the many toy musical instruments his parents gave him, Daishin Kashimoto preferred the violin, and he began taking lessons at age group three in Tokyo. In 1986, at age seven, he was the youngest pupil recognized to Juilliard’s pre-college department in those days. While there, he provided his first …

Violinist Ilya Gringolts created a feeling along with his 2002 saving of J.S. Bach’s functions for single violin (Partitas No. 1 no. 3 and Sonata No. 2). Explaining Gringolts’ performance of the works as amazing and effective, critics were especially impressed by his capability to transcend the solely technical hurdles …