Charles Neidich
Charles Neidich mesmerizes audiences and critics the world over with performances which "surpass the limitations of the instrument." He is one of a rare breed of clarinetists who maintain a solo career, dividing his time among recitals, orchestra engagements, and chamber music concerts. He has recently also undertaken the role of conductor.
During the 2001–02 season, Charles Neidich performs at the Kennedy Center in a Joan Tower program, plays the Schubert Octet with the Brentano Quartet at the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, and performs with the Pasadena Symphony. He will play the Corigliano concerto with the Jacksonville Symphony, Fabio Mechetti conducting; the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Century Players in San Francisco; Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time with the Peabody Trio in San Antonio; and the Bartok Contrasts and the Brahms A Minor Trio in Tucson with the Peabody Trio. He also plays recitals at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and in other cities in The Netherlands and the Nielsen Concerto with Matthias Bamert conducting in Leipzig. Additionally, he performs in Taiwan, Finland, and Monte Carlo.
Mr. Neidich's 2000–2001 season began with performances at the Orford Festival in Canada and in Finland at the Turku Music Festival. He also performed that season in France and in Germany at the Konzerthaus Berlin and with the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester in Halle. In China he played at the Beijing Music Festival. In the United States, Mr. Neidich appeared in recital and in chamber music concerts from coast to coast at venues in New York, San Francisco, Indianapolis, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Georgia, among others. Programs included works by Brahms, Mozart, Bach, Reich, Debussy, Zemlinsky, Poulenc, Villa-Lobos, Beethoven, Hindemith, and Copland. Mr. Neidich's performances of recent seasons were highlighted by his critically acclaimed performance of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A Major—for which he also received audience raves—at the London Proms with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Gatti conducting. Other engagements included the Mozart Clarinet Quintet and the Brahms Quintet (with the Juilliard String Quartet) in Washington, D.C., and Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time with the Peabody Trio in San Francisco, New York, and Indiana. He performed and conducted Mozart K. 622 and his own work for clarinet and strings, Scherzissimo, with the San Diego Symphony; the Brahms Clarinet Quintet with the Mendelssohn String Quartet in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the Knoxville Symphony and McAllister's "X" Concerto with I Musici de Montreal.
Additional highlights of recent seasons include concerts with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Handel & Haydn Society of Boston, the St. Louis Symphony, the National Arts Orchestra in Ottawa, the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He played Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time in New York at the Frick Collection with the Peabody Trio, the Brahms Quintet with the Mendelssohn String Quartet at Harvard and the New York premiere of Elliott Carter's Clarinet Concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. On a tour of Asia he performed the Françaix and Mozart Clarinet Concertos with the Yomiuri Orchestra of Tokyo. Mr. Neidich played the Brahms Clarinet Quintet at Columbia University's Miller Theater in New York and at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. with the Juilliard String Quartet. At the Wigmore Hall in London he appeared with the American String Quartet. He played the world premiere of Joan Tower's Clarinet Concerto with the American Symphony, toured extensively with recital programs in the former Soviet Union, and performed together with Heinz Holliger at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr
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