Every year the EAMA invites guest artists, lecturers, and performers to participate in our summer programs. These are some of the premier experts in their fields and provide our students with a rare opportunity.
The European American Musical Alliance is proud to announce its 2010 Guest Artists:
Simone Dinnerstein
Pianist, Simone Dinnerstein noted for her masterful interpretation of Bach's Goldberg Variations will be giving a concert and master class focused on Bach.
Emile Naoumoff
Composer and Pianist, Emile Naoumoff was awarded the Paris Academy prize for composition and first prize at the Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris. He was the last student of Nadia Boulanger and studied with Pierre Sancan, Nikita Magaloff, Igor Markevitch, and Henri Dutilleux.
Professor Naoumoff's concert tours have taken him throughout the United States, Japan, and South America, and he has participated in international chamber music festivals and numerous concerts. Naoumoff has recorded for EMI, Sony, Phillips, Naxos, Wergo, and Orfeo.
Roy Howat
Pianist and scholar, Roy Howat, concertizes, broadcasts and lectures regularly worldwide. A graduate of King's College, Cambridge, he made a special study of French music in Paris with Vlado Perlemuter, and is one of the few British artists repeatedly invited to teach and play French music at such places as the Paris and Geneva Conservatoires and on French radio.
The following individuals have participated in our programs.
Sofia Gubaidulina
Composer Sofia Gubaidulina joined the Program for a week of concerts, discussions and student mentoring.
Henry Gronnier
Violinist Henry Gronnier is a founding member of the Rossetti String Quartet. In addition to his work with the Quartet, Mr. Gronnier is a member of the faculty at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles.
Régis Pasquier
Guest Artist 2004-2005
Violinist Régis Pasquier's phenomenal talent was recognized when he won first prize in both violin and chamber music at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 12. Recipient of numerous awards, including the Prize of the Academy of French Recording, the Georges Enesco Prize, the Charles Cros Prize, 1991's "best soloist" award from the Sixièmes Victoires de la Musique, and the Special Prize of the Nouvelle Academie du Disque. Named an Officier des Artes et Lettres by the French government in 1991.
Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Paris Conservatory, he performs annually with major orchestras and in recital around the world. His extensive discography includes the complete Mozart violin concertos on the Auvidis label.
