{"id":150,"date":"2006-09-23T10:37:08","date_gmt":"2006-09-23T10:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2006\/09\/23\/upcoming-concert-bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales-october-3rd-2006\/"},"modified":"2006-09-23T21:35:35","modified_gmt":"2006-09-23T21:35:35","slug":"upcoming-concert-bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales-october-3rd-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2006\/09\/23\/upcoming-concert-bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales-october-3rd-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales October 3rd, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upcoming Concert
\n<\/strong><\/font><\/font>Tuesday, October 3rd<\/sup>, 2006
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\n<\/font><\/font>Studio One, Broadcasting House, Llandaff
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BBC National Orchestra of Wales
\n<\/strong><\/a><\/font><\/font>Kenneth Woods<\/strong><\/a> Conductor
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Nielsen Flute Concerto
\n<\/font><\/font>Sharon Bezaly<\/strong><\/a>, flute
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This concert is presented by the BBC as part of the\u00a0Listen Up! Festival of Orchestras<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

About Sharon Bezaly-<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>
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Sharon Bezaly started to play the flute at the age of 11 and gave her d\u00e9but concert as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta when she was 14. On the advice of Jean-Pierre Rampal she continued her studies at the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique in <\/span>Paris<\/span> under Alain Marion, Raymond Guiot and Maurice Bourge, winning the Academy\u2019s first prizes for flute and chamber music. She was subsequently invited by S\u00e1ndor V\u00e9gh to play as principal flautist in his Camerata Academica Salzburg, a position she held until his death in 1997.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/font>Since leaving the Camerata Academica, Sharon Bezaly has concentrated on expanding her solo career and has performed in the leading concert halls worldwide with orchestras such as the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestras of Wales and Scotland, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, SWR Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Academica Salzburg and both the Munich and Vienna Chamber Orchestras. As a chamber musician she has also participated in festivals alongside such musicians as Gidon Kremer and the Bart\u00f3k Quartet.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span>She has recently expanded her repertoire with a disc of newly commissioned concertos by three Scandinavian composers (Kalevi Aho, Haukur T\u00f3masson and Christian Lindberg) entitled ‘Nordic Spell\u201d. The recording has received the highest international critical acclaim and been singled out both as an Editor\u2019s Choice in Gramophone and as a Choc de la Musique by Le Monde de la Musique.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/span>In the December 2005 Gramophone (celebrating the magazine\u2019s 1000th issue) the reviewing journalists were asked to choose the artists they would most like to hear in a dedicated concert. Sharon Bezaly was honoured with inclusion in the dream team list which comprised such legendary names as Sergei Rachmaninov, Jascha Heifetz, Vladimir Horowitz and Pablo Casals. Amongst the 33 musicians chosen Sharon Bezaly was one of only 7 living artists and had the added honour of being by far the youngest and the only wind player.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Some of the highlights for the 2005 \/ 06 season<\/a> included concerts with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Alan Gilbert, The Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo V\u00e4nsk\u00e4, a tour to <\/span>Japan<\/span> which comprises both a <\/span>Tokyo<\/span> recital and concerts with The Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, additionally performances at the prestigious Verbier Festival & Academy and a tour of <\/span>Germany<\/span> with the Salzburg Camerata. Sharon Bezaly started the season by giving the world premi\u00e8re of a new flute concerto by Sally Beamish which she performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra together with Martyn Brabbins.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sharon Bezaly was chosen as \u2018Instrumentalist of the Year\u2019 by the prestigious Klassik Echo in <\/span>Germany<\/span> in 2002, and in 2003 received the Cannes Classical Award as \u2018Young Artist of the Year\u2019. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Her playing has inspired renowned composers, among others Sofia Gubaidulina, Kalevi Aho, Sally Beamish and Zhou Long to write for her. As of 2005, seven concertos have been completed and dedicated to her. <\/span>Sharon<\/span> has already premi\u00e8red five of them. Six more are being composed.\u00a0 <\/span>She has an exclusive contract with the Swedish label BIS<\/a>. Up to 2005 she has recorded 17 albums, which have won her awards such as the Diapason d\u2019or (Diapason), Editor\u2019s Choice (Gramophone) Stern des Monats (FonoForum), Recommand\u00e9 (R\u00e9pertoire), Choc de la Musique (Monde de la Musique), Recomendado (CD Compact), a five-star rating from the BBC Music Magazine and Musica, Italy and a special recommendation (Record Geijutsu, Tokyo).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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