Duo46
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Saturday, April 5, 2008 |
DUO46 Dr. Matt Gould, guitar Beth Ilana Schneider, violin
Since 1994, guitarist Dr. Matt Gould and violinist Beth Ilana Schneider, have established themselves as an important advocate of contemporary art music, actively commissioning, recording and performing new music for violin and guitar. Matt and Beth have conducted ensemble residencies at the University of Nebraska Kearny, University of Florida Gainesville, Harvard University, Wellesley College, University of Minnesota Duluth, California State University Fresno, University of California Berkeley, Uludag Conservatory Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean University, adding Florida State University Tallahassee, University of Akron, University of Arizona, and Birmingham - Southern-College with the Birmingham Art Music Alliance next season. Performances have taken this ensemble to England, Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Austria and the United States, appearing at the Guitar Foundation of America Festival, Kennedy Center and the Styrian Chamber Music Festival.
On faculty at Eastern Mediterranean University on the island of Cyprus from 2000-2005, Duo46 organized bi-annual composition residencies on campus with composers Daniel Asia, Brian Hulse, Jorge Liderman, David Lidov, Paul Richards, Russell Sarre and Allan Segall, cellists Erich Oskar Huetter, Ozgur Elgun, violist Peter Sulski and pianist Nathanael May. After the group's debut recording "FMI: Homage to the 50s," their performance of new music has been described as "cutting edge" by the Cincinnati Enquirer and "deftly balanced and articulated" by the Detroit Free Press. Their second recording "Untaming the Fury" on Summit Records features new American works commissioned by Duo46 in commemoration of 9/11. Strad Magazine noted: "{the works} are performed with such commitment and flair." A track from this CD was recently included on a compilation recording "Communing with Music: Practicing the Art of Conscious Listening." Their latest recording, "Aires de Sefarad" features 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar by Jorge Liderman on Albany Records, and a recent project featuring the chamber music of University of Florida Gainesville professor Paul Richards is scheduled for release with Meyer-Media, Fall 2006. This CD contains many works for guitar including two new trios for Violin, Guitar and Piano and a work for Guitar and Tape. Beth Ilana, a native of Cincinnati, is a graduate of Indiana University and the University of Arizona. Her teachers have included Linda Cerone, Victor Danchenko, Eugene Gratovich, Mark Rush, Nelli Shkolnikova and Andreas Reiner. Matt Gould is a native of Baltimore, is a graduate of Peabody, University of Arizona and Arizona State. His teachers have been Manuel Barrueco, Ray Chester, Tom Patterson and Frank Koonce.