主講人: Eugene Izotov (San Francisco Symphony雙簧管首席)
日期:2025年04月14日(一)
時間:13:30~15:10
地點:北藝大音樂二館馬水龍廳
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J. Fiala: Oboe Concerto in B-flat major, mov.l Allegro assai
Oboe:梁薫 Hsun Liang
E. Bozza : Fantaisie Pastorale, Op.37
Oboe:成真Esther
G.P.Telemann: Fantasia No.5
Oboe:李亮儀Liang Yi Lee
Eugene Izotov is one of today’s leading wind players, internationally renowned for his “fiery temperament” (The Boston Globe), “ravishing playing” (The Washington Post), and “luminous beauty of tone” (The San Francisco Chronicle). His meteoric career includes positions as Principal Oboe with the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Symphony, and currently the San Francisco Symphony. Izotov has also appeared as guest principal oboist with Boston Symphony and New York Philharmonic.
Eugene Izotov is the first Russian-born musician in history to hold a principal wind position in any major American symphony orchestra. His numerous awards include top prizes at solo competitions in Saint Petersburg (1991), Moscow (1990), New York (1995), and at the Fernand Gillet International Competition (2001).
Izotov has appeared over 70 times as soloist with Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Metropolitan Opera, Pacific Music Festival, and Mainly Mozart orchestras and has collaborated as soloist with Bernard Haitink, Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Nicholas McGegan, Riccardo Muti, Edo De Waart, Ludovic Morlot, Ton Koopman, and Michael Tilson Thomas. Eugene Izotov has recorded for Sony Classical, BMG, Boston Records, Elektra, CSOResound, SFSMedia, and was a featured soloist with the Chicago Symphony under the baton of John Williams on the Oscar-nominated recording for Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln. Eugene Izotov has collaborated regularly with the MET Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, as well as with Yefim Bronfman, Pinchas Zukerman, Jamie Laredo, Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Emanuel Ax, André Watts, and the Tokyo String Quartet.
One of today’s most prolific teachers, Mr. Izotov serves on the faculties of The Colburn School (Los Angeles), San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and at Music Academy (Santa Barbara) and has previously taught at The Juilliard School (New York). He presents masterclasses at conservatories across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia including Oberlin, Rice University, Cleveland Institute of Music, New World Symphony, Aspen, Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, Tanglewood Music Center, Lynn University, Interlochen Center for the Arts, University of Michigan, Conservatoire de Musique (Luxembourg), HuyndaI Center (Korea), Shanghai Orchestra Academy (China), Pacific Music Festival (Japan), Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Glenn Gould School, Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, McGill University, and Domaine Forget (Canada). In 2019 Eugene Izotov was invited by Valery Gergiev to serve on the first-ever woodwind jury of the Tchaikovsky International Competition and has served on the juries of the Muri Competition and Concours de Genève. Izotov’s former students are enjoying orchestral careers in Chicago, San Francisco, Saint Louis, Buffalo, Montreal, San Diego, Houston, Oregon, Sarasota, Louisiana, Rochester, Fort Worth, and Jerusalem.
Born in Moscow, Russia, Izotov studied at the Gnesin School of Music with Ivan Pushechnikov, Sergey Velikanov, and Alexander Izotov, his father. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University, where he studied with Ralph Gomberg after immigrating to the United States in 1991.