CHARLES CASTLEMAN – VIOLIN
A BRIEF CAREER BIOGRAPHY
Charles Castleman, perhaps the world’s most active performer/pedagogue on the violin, has been soloist with the orchestras of Philadelphia, Boston, Brisbane, Chicago, Hong Kong, Moscow, Mexico City, New York, San Francisco, Seoul and Shanghai. Medalist at Tchaikovsky and Brussels, his Jongen Concerto is included in a Cypres CD set of the 17 best prize-winning performances of the Brussels Concours’ 50-year history.
Mr. Castleman was 2nd to record the Ysaye Solo Sonatas complete (for Nonesuch), in a CD made at the time of his unique performance of the set at Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, His other solo CDs include eight HubayCsardases for Violin and Orchestra, and ten Sarasate virtuoso cameos on Music and Arts, Gershwin and Antheil on MusicMasters, and contemporary violin and harpsichord music for Albany. Selected by the
Ford Foundation as one of the sixteen most important Concert Artists under the age of 35, he commissioned the David Amram Concerto, premiering it with Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony, recording it for Newport Classic. He is dedicatee of “Lares Hercii” by Pulitzer winner Christopher Rouse.
Charles Castleman has performed at such international festivals as Marlboro, AFCM (Australia), Budapest, Fuefukigawa, Montreux, Shanghai, Sheffield, and the Vienna Festwoche. His recitals have been broadcast on NPR, BBC, in Berlin and in Paris.
Professor at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, Mr Castleman has conducted master-classes in London, Vienna, Helsinki, Kiev, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, and all majr cities in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. His students have been winners at Brussels, Munich, Naumburg and Szeryng, are in 30 professionally active chamber groups and are 1st desk players in 11 major orchestras. He is founder/director of THE CASTLEMAN QUARTET PROGRAM, in its 50th season, now at S.U.N.Y Fredonia, and Linfield College in McMinnville Oregon an intensive workshop in solo and chamber performance. Yo-Yo Ma has praised it as “the best program of its kind..a training ground in lifemanship.”
Charles Castleman’s long-term chamber music associations have included THE NEW STRING TRIO OF N.Y. with BASF recordings of Reger and Frank Martin and THE RAPHAEL TRIO with CDs of Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Wolf-Ferrari for NONESUCH, SONY CLASSICAL, DISCOVER, UNICORN, and ASV, and with premieres by Rainer Bischof and Frederic Rzewski for the Vienna Festival and Kennedy Center.
Mr. Castleman earned degrees from Harvard, Curtis, and University of Pennsylvania. His teachers were Emanuel Ondricek (teaching assistant of Sevcik, Ysaye student) and Ivan Galamian, his most influential coaches David Oistrakh, Szeryng, and Gingold. He plays the “Marquis de Champeaux” Stradivarius and “Sammons” Goffriller from 1708, and chooses from over 80 bows.
www.charlescastleman.com CURRICULUM VITAE
CAREER HONORS
International Competition Prizes:
Queen Elisabeth (Belgium)..Silver Medal
Tchaikovsky (Russia)..Bronze Medal
Recognition:
International Who’s Who in Music; Who’s Who in Twenty-First Century; Who’s Who in Entertainment
Life Achievement Award and dedication of Charles Castleman Music Library–Thayer Academy (Braintree, Massachusetts)
Biographical Mention:
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Wikipedia
Bakers Biographical Dictionary
The New International Dictionary of Music (ed. Philip Morehead., Meridian Press)
“Arthur Fiedler, Music for the Millions”, Carol Green Wilson (Evans)
“Musical Prodigies: Masters at an early age”, Renee Fisher (Association)
PERFORMANCE
SOLO
Debuts:
[age 5] Public: McDowell Artists Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
[age 7] Orchestral: Boston Pops (Arthur Fiedler)
[age 9] New York Recital: Town Hall
[age 10] Television: Frank Sinatra Show also featuring Jack Benny(currently available on Youtube)
[age 22] Adult Orchestral: Philadelphia Orchestra (Eugene Ormandy)..
David & Igor Oistrakh and Henryk Szeryng there in support
Other prodigy highlights:
[age 12] N.Y. Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic
[age 14] “Life Begins at 80.. only live performer on national TV broadcast honoring Fritz Kreisler on 80th birthday.
[age 12-16] Other TV: Arthur Godfrey (twice Talent Scouts & once AM show), Philip Morris Playhouse (violin & acting-“The Little Stone House”), Jackie Gleason, Stage Show (with Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey), Chance of a Lifetime, Lawrence Welk..
Important Orchestral Appearances:
Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis, San Francisco.
Brisbane, Brussels, Hong Kong, Kiev, Mexico City, Montreal, Moscow, Seoul, Shanghai, Toronto.
Noteworthy Tours and Recitals
for Jeunesses Musicales in Quebec province (1964), Unaccompanied Recitals in European Capitols (1968), 6 Solo Sonatas of Ysaye in Tully Hall, New York City (1981); 3 weeks in Shanghai(1992); a month in Australia & New Zealand(1995, 2003-6)
CDs
1: Ysaye Sonatas for Solo Violin (NONESUCH 71408 ‘83), (MUSIC&ARTS 854 ‘95 )
2: Sarasate Malaguena, Zigeunerweisen, Carmen & Faust Fantasies, other favorites( MUSIC&ARTS 855 ‘95)
3: David Amram 3 Concertos (ViolinConcerto) (NEWPORTCLASSIC NPD85601 ‘95)
4: Music for Violin with Harpsichord: Milhaud, Piston, Adler, Martinu, Rubbra, Dvorak (ALBANY TROY 041 ‘90)
5: Digital George (Gershwin: Short Story) (MUSICMASTERS 1612-67082-2 ‘92)
6: Antheil’s Ballet Mecanique (Violin Sonata #2) (MUSICMASTERS 1612-67094-2 ‘92)
7: 1951-2001, 50 years of emotion (outstanding performances from the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Concours) (CYPRES CYP9612-1 ‘01)
8: Jeno Hubay Scenes de la Csarda (MUSICANDARTS 1164 ‘05 )
9: Benjamin Boretz Violin Concerto (OPEN SPACE CD27 ’10)
DVDs
1: Prokofiev f Sonata Op 80 & Faure c Piano Quartet (HARRY LLAMA VIDEO @YAHOO.COM)
On youtube:
1 Dvorak-Kreisler Slavonic Fantasy.mp4 Claudia Hoca– piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkh9b5Ho2fQ
2 Dvorak-E Ondricek Waltzes.mp4 Claudia Hoca–piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTW6662Hzvw
3 Franz Ondricek Barcarole.mp4 Claudia Hoca–piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmkocQIqeNU
4 Mozart Violin and Viola Bb Duo.mp4 Jesse Levine viola http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGAvVJEWP8
5 Gershwin It Aint Necessarily So.mp4 Barry Snyder piano Kilbourn Hall Eastman School of Music February 2010.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruDanL53fY0
6 Dvorak Violin Sonatina Scherzo + Finale.mp4 Claudia Hoca piano Kilbourn Hall Eastman School February 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=970FmVMGumI
7 Dvorak Violin Sonata Allegro ma non troppo.mp4 Claudia Hoca piano Kilbourn Hall Eastman School February 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGB-gN-ra4
8 Dvorak Violin Sonata Poco moderato + Allegro molto.mp4 Claudia Hoca piano Kilbourn Hall Eastman School February 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfsbSoGSEVA
9 Janacek Violin Sonata_1st half_.mp4 Barry Snyder piano 2/13/11 Kilbourn Hall Eastman School of Music February 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6dSIuwBc78
10 Janacek Violin Sonata_2nd half_.mp4 Barry Snyder piano 2/13/11 Kilbourn Hall Eastman School of Music February 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UH8i51JSmY
11 Poème Élègaique in D minor by E. Ysaye/Su Jung Jang, piano
recital at the Castleman Quartet Program, Rosch Recital Hall, SUNY Fredonia, 8:00 p.m., 23 July 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf7YgNGHI6k&feature=related
12 Schumann_a_Violin_Sonata_2_movements.mov Barry Snyder-piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0OoGGe3AM
13 Schumann_a_violin_ Sonata_3rd_movement February 18, 2011 06:33 AM | Barry Snyder pianohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcwIsZ2tkPw
14 Charles Castleman Master class (a moment) UofM Faculty of Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oMOMNrhT-c&feature=related
15 World-renowned violinist Charles Castleman and Weber State University music professor Shi-Hwa Wang perform Duo Concertante for Two Violins in D, Op. 67 by Louis Spohr (1784-1859) in Weber State University’s Browning Center. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSBpFYVe_48&feature=related
16 Debussy Violin Sonata mp4
Claudia Hoca– piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg7XiQl_T6s&feature=related
17 Franz Ondricek Barcarole
Claudia Hoca–piano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmkocQIqeNU&feature=related
18 Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major (1886) by Cesar Franck (1822-1890) part 1 HD Claudia Hoca, piano 1. Allegretto ben moderato 2. Allegro
“A MUSICAL FEAST” concert April 10, 2011 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium Buffalo, NY www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAitJffMnkg
19 Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major (1886) by Cesar Franck (1822-1890) part 2 Claudia Hoca, piano 3. Ben moderato
“A MUSICAL FEAST” concert April 10, 2011 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium Buffalo, NYhttp://www.amusicalfeast.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-Wpw5_fArE
“A MUSICAL FEAST” concert April 10, 2011 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium Buffalo, NY
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=2beCs5LejEQ
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Long-term Associations
New String Trio of N. Y. (Paul Doktor/Jennifer Langham) 1971-4
Raphael Trio (Susan Salm/Daniel Epstein) 1975-2000
Recordings:
1: Reger String Trios (LP only) (BASF KBB21642 ‘73)
2: Frank Martin Trios(LP only) (BASF 2521638-1 ‘74)
3: Dvorak Piano Trio in f(LP/cassette only) (NONESUCH NS71397 ‘81)
4: Prince Louis Ferdinand Piano Quartet(LP only) (Robert Spillman/Francis Tursi/Robert Sylvester) (DESMAR DSM10256 ‘80)
5: Mendelssohn Piano Trios (DISCOVERY ‘94)
6: Dvorak Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 (NEWPORTCLASSIC NCC60074 ‘89)..(SONY CLASSICAL SBK63057 ‘97)
7: Beethoven “Kakadu” Variations, Allegretto, Trio in Eb [Sextet] (UNICORN- KANCHANA DKP9118 ‘92)
8: Wolf-Ferrari Piano Trios (ASV CDDCA935 ‘95)
- Ravel String Quartet (EINSTEIN ’97)
10, Schumann Piano Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (OURAY PERF ARTS GUILD ’99)
FESTIVALS:
International: Australia Festival of Chamber Music (1991-8) (performances in Australia, Ukraine, U.S.); Fuefukigawa(Japan) (1996,1998,1999;2005) Akaroa Festival (New Zealand) (2007, 2014-)
Shanghai, Sheffields(England), Budapest Mozart (Hungary), Wiener Festwochen (Vienna).
Domestic: Marlboro (VT); Grant Park(IL); Barge Concerts (NY); Saratoga (NY); Juneau Jazz & Classics(AK); Sitka (AK) (2000-11), Ouray(CO) (1993-99),Musicians West(ID), Great Woods (MA), Bowdoin(ME), Great Gorge(NJ), Las Vegas(NV) (2001-7), Skaneateles(NY), Newport (RI), Round Top (TX) (1983, 2008-09), Park City(UT) (1988-2010), Hampden-Sydney(VA).
TEACHING/ ADMINISTRATION
Current Long-Term Positions:
The Castleman Quartet Program (1970-): Founder-Director .. now at SUNY Fredonia (2008-) and Linfield College, McMinnville OR (2014-)
Frost School of Music (2015-): Professor of Violin and Chamber Music
Previous Positions:
Philadelphia Musical Academy (1967-77): Professor;
SUNY Purchase (1970-77): Founding Advisor, Adjunct Associate;
Curtis Institute of Music (1973-76): Founding V.P. Alumni Association, member Board of Director
Eastman School of Music (1975-2015) Professor of Violin and Chamber Music/ String Department Chair/ Faculty Senator
The Castleman Quartet Program at Beaver Creek,CO (1993): Director
Music from Ouray,CO (1993-1999): Co-Artistic Director
Hartt School of Music (1996-9): Visiting Artist
The Castleman Quartet Program at Oberwart, Austria (2003) Director
The Castleman Quartet Program at Boulder. Colorado (2008-13)
Townsville, Australia (James Cook) ‘95
London(Guildhall) ‘97
Durango, CO (Ft Lewis) ‘98
Dallas (SMU) ‘98
Las Vegas (UNLV) ‘99, ‘00, ’05
Seoul (National University)‘99,’02
Austin (UTX)‘00
Australian National Academy of Music (Melbourne) ’04
Sydney Conservatory ’06
Sibelius Academy (Helsinki) ’08
Masterclasses:
International:
Australia: ANAM ’04, Queensland Conservatory (Brisbane)’95,’03, ’14, James Cook University ‘95, MelbourneU’03,’05,’14, UQueensland ’03, ’14, Monash ‘03, UWA (Perth) ’04,’05. VCA ’05, Sydney Conservatory ’04,’05, ’07,’14, Hobart ’04
Austria: Vienna Hochschule ‘01, Salzburg Mozarteum ’02, ’04, Oberwart ’03
Canada: Royal Conservatory (Toronto) ‘96,’10, Victoria ‘01,’03,’06,’10,’13 UBC(Vancouver) ’03,’06,’10,’13 U Alberta(Edmonton) ’06,’10 UManitoba(Winnipeg) ’07,’10, Brandon ’07,’10
China: Shanghai Conservatory ‘92. HPAKA Hong Kong ’04,’05, ’12, Beijing Concert Hall ’11 , Bedaihe,Guiyang ’13
England: Guildhall ‘86,’89,’93, ‘97, ‘02. ’04, ’06, ’08; Royal Academy ‘86, ’04, ’08;
Finland: Sibelius Academy ’08
Japan: Toho Gauken ‘92,’02
Korea: Seoul National University’99,’02,’04,’11; Yonsei ’99, ’09,’11
New Zealand: Otago University(Dunedin) ‘95,’06,’07; Canterbury Univ ’95,’07,’10, ’12 Auckland Univ ‘95,’07,’08 Victoria Univ ’05, ’06, Akaroa Festival ’09,’10
Switzerland: IHEM (Montreux,Switzerland)’73-5;
Ukraine: Kiev Conservatory ‘95; Lviv Conservatory ‘95
Domestic:
Conservatories: Boston Conservatory, Cleveland Institute, Eastman, Lynn (Harid), Longy, Manhattan, North Carolina School of the Arts, NEC Preparatory, Peabody, Shenandoah
Universities (private): Andrews, Bard, Boston University, Colgate, Converse, Denver, Duke, Florida, Hope, Houston, Ithaca, George Mason, James Madison, Memphis, Miami, Northwestern, Oberlin, Oregon, Queens, Rice, Syracuse, S.M.U., U.S.C.,William and Mary
Universities (state): Alaska(Juneau), Arizona State, Boise State, Central Michigan, Central Washington, Florida State, Illinois, Kansas State, Louisiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nevada (Las Vegas), North Carolina (Chapel Hill & Greensboro), North Florida, North Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Portland (Oregon) State, South Carolina, SUNY (Fredonia, Purchase & Stony Brook), Texas (Arlington & Austin & San Antonio), Texas Tech, Virginia Commonwealth, Washington
Arts Academies: Austin, Boulder, Interlochen, Levine (DC), MacPhail (Minneapolis), North Carolina School of the Arts, Walnut Hill (Natick,MA)
GENERAL MUSICAL ACTIVITY
Commissioned Compositions:
1: David Amram: Violin Concerto ‘74–Commission: Ford Foundation Concert Artists Grant; Premiere: St Louis Symphony (Leonard Slatkin) ‘81
2: Thomas Read: Variations for Piano Trio ‘82–Premiere: Lane Series, Burlington,VT
3: Christopher Rouse: Lares Hercii for violin and harpsichord ‘83–Premieres: Kilbourn Hall, Rochester, NY ; Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, N .Y. C. ‘85(Arthur Haas)
4: Rainer Bischof: Trio 89 ‘89–Commission for Wiener Festwochen; Premieres: Vienna (Wiener Festwochen), Paris (Chatelets), New York (Town Hall), D.C. (Kennedy Center)
5: Christian Woehr: Alaska Passages for Violin and Viola ‘90–Premiere: Park City, Utah, International Chamber Music Festival (Christian Woehr)
6: David Liptak: Piano Trio ‘91–Premiere: Columbia University ‘92
7: Edward Cohen: Piano Trio ‘92–Premiere: M.I.T. ‘93
8: Thomas Oboe Lee: Piano Trio ‘94–Premieres: DC (Phillips Gallery);Rockefeller University(N.Y.C.) ‘95
9: Frederic Rzewski: Piano Trio ‘98–Premiere: DC (Kennedy Center)
Juries:
International: Washington ‘75, Indianapolis ‘82, Szeryng (Toluca,MX) ‘92, Ives (Composition) ‘91,’92, Fullbrightadjudication ‘98,’01Domestic: Music Festival of Arkansas ‘86, Hudson Valley ‘87, WAMSO (Minnesota Orchestra) ‘92,’93,’94, Fischoff ‘93, Greater Spokane Festival ‘95, Schubert Club (Minnesota) ‘98, Greater Seattle Festival ‘99.Schadt Competition (Allentown Symphony) ’12, Crescendo Club (Tulsa) ’12, Juanita Miller Competition (Dallas) ’13
Advisory Boards:
Indianapolis Competition, Lyrica (chamber music series in NJ), Market Square Concerts (chamber music series in PA), Walnut Hill School, Charles Ives Foundation, Las Vegas Music Festival, Park City(UT) Chamber Festival.
Professional Associations:
Century Association; American Federation of Musicians
PUBLICATIONS
“Bocca della Verita” of George Rochberg edited Charles Castleman 1965 Presser Music Company
“Tre Dame di Ferrara” 1969 (l’Anuario Musicale)..an edition and treatise on the 16th century madrigals of LuzzascoLuzzaschi
“The Romantic Violinist-Composer: Pro-active Artist before a Susceptible Public” — Liber Amicorum Isabelle CazeauxFestschrift
2003 Pendragon Press
“Superior Finger Exercises” of Emanuel Ondricek edited Charles Castleman 2005 Southern Music Company
“Violin Masters: Their Bow Techniques” 2007 Self-Published
EDUCATION
A.B.-HARVARD UNIVERSITY —–B.M.-CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC—– M.A-UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Major teachers:
EMANUEL ONDRICEK (Sevcik assistant/ Ysaye student), IVAN GALAMIAN
Major coaches:
JOSEF GINGOLD, DAVID OISTRAKH, HENRYK SZERYNG
INSTRUMENT AND BOWS
Stradivarius “Marquis de Champeaux” 1708
D & F Peccatte, Persois, Pageot, Fonclause, Simon, Eury, Ouchard
REVIEWS
— -“Stylish playing by an artist with taste as well as technique.” THE NEW YORK TIMES“
— “A first-rate musical intelligence – fire, brilliance and spirit which makes for lasting effect.” THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE“
— ” Quite simply one of the masters of our time.” SVENSKA DAGBLADET (Stockholm)
— ” a stirring rendition of Amram’s “Violin Concerto” by the internationally renowned Charles Castleman (for whom Amram wrote it in 1973)(recorded by him for Newport Classic)
MOMENT MAGAZINE-June 2001-Carole Ashkinaze”
—“A (Park City, Utah) Festival favorite, violinist Charles Castleman, dazzled the crowd by playing Bartok’s 2ndRhapsody for Violin and Piano. Performing sans score, Castleman took this showpiece and infused it with high octane energy, overflowing style and elegance“
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE….7/13/01 Jeff Manookian
—“Soloist Charles Castleman dazzled the audience with his ability to master such incredibly fast and complex rhythms, while keeping individual notes audible … Castleman’s delicate touch was so subtle, the notes became a whisper.. overallbrilliance and flourish”
ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS.9/22/02 .S.L.Guthrie
—“Thursday’s soloist, violinist Charles Castleman, proved his virtuosity in two hugely contrasting pieces for violin and orchestra, Chausson’s “Poeme” and Ravel’s “Tzigane”.The elongated, sustained melody of the Chausson piece showcased Castleman’s intensely lyrical playing and a pure,full tone. Mostly melancholy and sometimes tragic though “Poeme” is, the piece occasionally revealed the violinist’s incisive dexterity, plus his ability to sail in the stratosphere of his instrument’s upper register.While the Chausson piece is a contemplative poem in music, Ravel’s effects-filled “Tzigane” is all flash and fire. The piece isn’t coy about its inspiration – gypsy music. Befitting gypsy fiddling tradition, Castleman’s extroverted playing was often without even a whisper of orchestral accompaniment. He attacked his violin with his bow, raced through scales, plucked cascading eruptions of pizzicato. Judging by the thick applause that followed the violinist’s performance, the audience was noticeably impressed. Castleman may well be the season’s finest guest artist.”
BATON ROUGE, LA ADVOCATE . 4/12/03 .John Wirt
—“One major figure of the violin who has been conspicuously missing from the recorded repertoire is Jenö Hubay..Since the collapse of the Soviet bloc,
interest in Hubay is slowly coming back, and Music and Arts’ set Jenö Hubay: Scènes de la Csarda goes a long way to restoring his primacy. Jenö Hubay: Scènes de la Csarda is a two-disc survey which features digital recordings of Hubay’smusic on the first disc, played with brilliance and
gusto by violinist Charles Castleman. In these .. recordings, made with the Eastman Chamber Orchestra led by MendiRohan, Castleman is superb, playing these Hubay pieces with authority, sensitivity and fire. .. Violinists who are looking to expand their repertoire into the realm of Hubay will find a lot of stimulation with Jenö Hubay: Scènes de la Csarda..
ALL MUSIC GUIDE 2005 David N. Lewis
Here is a unique anthology for those interested in violin playing of a bygone era, specifically the Hubay or Hungarian school. It is presented here for the first time by wizard of the violin Charles Castleman –well known to Australian audiences through his many tours and master classes. . Our modern day hero Charles Castleman is a worthy successor to this great tradition of violin playing. He immediately sets the mood in “So they say….” Opus 60, #8, lushly romantic in tone and breadth of phrasing. He speaks every note intuitively, drawing the ear with the richest of G string sounds and the sweetest of E’s.The stratosphere holds no terrors as he zips around the fingerboard with nonchalance, at the same time spinning gorgeous tunes with an ineffably sweet tone, grace and freedom. Castleman is equally at ease in the long spun melodies as in the highly virtuosic cadenzas and exuberantly rhythmic fast passages.The Eastman Orchestra under Mendi Rodan accompanies idiomatically, with segments nicely paced and special effects such as the cimbalom adding to the colour and evocation of the Hungarian and gypsy feel..Interesting liner notes by Hungarian musicologist Dr. LászlóGombos and by Charles himself contribute to this fascinating, important and lovingly recorded document.
STRINGENDO (Australia) /STRINGS (U.S.) 10/05 -Mary Nemet
—Music and Arts’ collection of eight of (Jeno Hubay’s) Scenes, produced jointly with the Eastman School of Music, where violinist Charles Castleman serves as Chair of the String Department, includes orchestral accompaniments by the Eastman Chamber Orchestra, and one of the Scenes has been orchestrated .. by Eastman graduate David Wish……Charles Castleman fans the smoldering embers that glow in these rhapodic pieces…the tonal beauty of Castleman’s 1708 Stradivarius……URGENTLY RECOMMENDED
FANFARE 9/05 -Robert Maxham
Charles Castleman, who won some notice from me a few years ago for his performances of the Ysaye Op. 27 Solo Sonatas on the Nonesuch label, plays the 14 nationalistic pieces (of Jeno Hubay) …called Scenes from the Csarda (Tavern) composed 1880-1920…suave execution by Castleman and Mendi Rodan in the Csardas pieces…Warm expressive music played by masters of the idiom, a most unusual and satisfying couple of discs.
AUDIOPHILE AUDITION 9/05 –Gary Lemco
This unusual pair of CDs will have violin fanciers drooling. If you want to know about the Hungarian soul and its extremes, you need look no further than the Scènes de la Csárda. They sob and they wail, but after they get a little red wine into them, as it were, they are transformed into dancing whirlwinds of unstoppable kinetic excitement.Castleman, like Hubay, has divided his time between pedagogy and performing. His relatively infrequent recordings – often of underplayed and terribly difficult music – are always noteworthy. This one is no exception. I suspect the only way Castleman could exceed his achievement here would be if he were born a Hungarian! Although capable of facing Hubay’s challenges head-on, he is a musician before he is a virtuoso. That distinction is what makes this music sound as good as it does. Castleman treats it with respect – and with affection too – rather than as an opportunity to show off, and its stature is increased accordingly. The complete set of Scènes has been recorded by Hyperion, and Hungaroton also has a complete Hubay edition, but Castleman’s collection probably is the best way for interested listeners to dive into Hubay’s collection in all its varied glory without breaking the bank. Bravo to Music and Arts Programs of America for putting this two-disc collection together!
CLASSICAL NET 11/05 -Raymond Tuttle
(Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall George Rochberg Tribute Concert)
..One of Rochberg’s last serial works , La Bocca Della Verita, for violin and piano (from an original for oboe and piano), received a thrillingly hair-raising exorcism by Charles Castleman and Jerry Lowenthal — how could an oboe contain this music? This is jagged, explosive late-1950s serial music taken to a new level of refinement, beside which contemporaneous Stockhausen seems clumsy and Boulez esoteric…The later music is supremely human; La Bocca Della Verita is superhuman.
SEQUENZA 21/THE CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MUSIC PORTAL 1/06 -Eric Bruskin
Our Selections Classical
Brisbane Symphony Orchestra: Ferry Road Orchestral Studios..today 3pm . Concert #2, Gala, features American violinist Charles Castleman who has made a big impact on the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville.
THE SUNDAY MAIL (Brisbane, Australia) May 21, 2006
Gypsies’ path provides a magical journey for Philharmonic
.. On Bartok’s “Rhapsody No.2”for violin and orchestra, soloist Charles Castleman was a wonder to watch and hear. He played notes so fast, in keeping with the more playful passages, that they bordered on glissando. Hubay’s “Scenes de la Csarda No. 12, Op. 83,” sounded more like what comes to mind when one thinks of Gypsy music, and Castleman once again was running the gamut of technique – at one point he had to alternate bowing with pizzicato very quickly, and many of the melodic passages are punctuated with super-high notes..
BINGHAMTON (NY) PRESS& SUN-BULLETIN October 15,2006 Sarah D ’Esti Miller
“..a seamlessly flowing, cogent, cohesive and utterly shimmering account of (Rachmaninov Piano Trio Op 9)..
“..an exquisite reading of Haydn’s String Quartet in G major, op. 76, no. 3, “Emperor.”
DESERET MORNING NEWS Sep 26, 2006 Edward Reichel
“.. a wonderful reading(of the Rachmaninov Trio) that captured the intensely colored romanticism, the restless energy and the drama of the work compellingly…Castleman’s playing was heartfelt and expressive..
a luminous reading of the(Mendelssohn Piano)quartet. Their playing captured the electrifying energy and impassioned expressiveness of the music forcefully, but with nuance and subtlety. It was an insightful and intelligent interpretation that was dynamic and vivid.”
DESERET MORNING NEWS Sep 27, 2006 Edward Reichel
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT OF STUDENTS WITH AT LEAST 20 LESSONS WITH CHARLES CASTLEMAN— 98 TOP ALUMNI
Key: SO=Symphony Orchestra; QT=String Quartet; Uni=University Blackened= Leadership or unusual accomplishments
Clarisse Atcherson Gerton..Oregon SO
Monica Bauchwitz..Founder& Artistic Director String Orchestra of NYC
Kelsey Blumenthal..Pittsburgh SO
Laura Bossert.. Silver Medalist Szeryng Competition, soloist Mexican National Orchestra, Andre Previn/ CaramoorFestival Rising Star Virtuoso, solo CD #Sombra y Sol#, faculty Longy & Wellesley
Jeanne Bourgeois..Associate Ctmstr Spokane SO
David Brickman..Principal 2nd Rochester SO
Lisa Brooke..many Boston original instrument groups
Ludwig Carrasco.. Conductor&Violinist: 2013 Performing Artist of the National
Endowment for the Arts (Mexico) Winner 2013 Markowitz Award for Orchestral
Conductors (New York-Philadelphia)
Keum Hwa Cha..Prof Idaho State Uni
Karen Chapple..Prof Urban Planning UCAL Berkeley
Kitty Cheung..Associate Concertmaster Hong Kong Sinfonia
Angela Choong..Hausmann Qt in residence San Diego State University
Amy Christian..Principal 2nd Binghamton SO/ Instructor Cornell
Cora Cooper..Prof Kansas State Uni
Mary Corbett..Florida SO
Susanna Cortesio Ogata..Principal 2nd Handel & Haydn SO; many Boston original instrument groups/ Instructor Longy
Martha Curtis.. Glaxo Performing Artist &spokesperson, Admire Entertainment management
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Agah Yarbo Davenport..Prof Bogota, Colombia/ Ritz Chamber Players
Allyson Dawkins..Principal Viola San Antonio SO/Prof Uni TX San Antonio
Andrea Dawson..Prof MiddleTenn State University
Kerry Duwors..Prof Brandon Uni
Olivia dePrato..Founder Mivos Qt
Jonathan Dubay..Oregon SO
Judith Eissenberg..Lydian Qt/ Prof Brandeis & Boston Conservatory/ Naumburg Prizewinner
John Fadial.. Prof Uni Wyoming
Karen Fagerburg..Hartford SO
Jennifer Farquhar..Indianapolis SO
Susan Federman..Film Editor won 3 Prime Time Emmys of 5 nominations
Robert Firdman..Columbus SO
Scott Flavin..Prof Uni Miami/ Bergonzi Qt
Andrew Fouts..violinist Chatham Baroque (the only early instrument ensemble with guaranteed salary)
Jane Fulcher..Prof Uni Michigan Debussy expert
Samantha George..Prof Lawrence Uni
Julie Gigante.. leading Hollywood musician: background soloist on TV( in China Beach#),
subject of 70-foot mural facing L.A. Ocean Freeway, on-camera features as actress/violinist on #Star Trek#, and #Samantha#, Concertmaster Opus Chamber Orchestra, soloist National Symphony & NY String Orchestra( Alexander Schneider), winner Coleman Chamber Music Competition
John Gilbert..Prof Texas Tech Uni
Rochelle Gnagey Skolnick.. attorney union-side labor and employment/ Counsel to the
Symphonic Services Division of the American Federation of Musicians
Laura Goldberg..Founding member Cassatt Qt/Arts Ahimsa Foundation/ Juilliard faculty
Rachel Goldstein..Chicago SO
Paloma Griffin..Pink Martini/ Fearnomusic
Lisa Grodin..Director Crowden Music Center
Janet Hall Darnall..Nashville back-up artist, Principal 2nd Violin Nashville Chamber Orch, String
Machine
Kelly Hall Tompkins..founder Music Kitchen/ Mark O’Connor Qt/ NJ SO/ prizewinner Naumburg Contest/ Ritz Chamber Players
Nari Hong..lawyer in Seoul/ winner Miss Korea Talent Contest
Judy Hyman..Founder Horseflies
Jeff Irvine..Prof Viola Cleveland Institute of Music
Philip Johnson..San Antonio SO
Michael Jorgensen..Iris Chamber Orchestra/Prof Lehigh
Boram Kang..Titled position Colorado SO
Erin Kaste..Memphis SO
Erica Kiesewetter..Prof Bard College/Concertmaster many orchestras NYC area/ Concert Artists Guild prizewinner in Leonardo Trio, Omega Ensemble, Orpheus Orchestra
Na Jeung Kim..Principal 2nd Bucheon Philharmonic
Miriam Kramer.. protege Szeryng & Menuhin, winner NFMC contests, solo CD of Jewish music for ASV (rave in Stradmagazine), soloist BBC Orchestra
Allan Krizan..New Portugal Philharmonic
Erika Lawson..viola Houston Opera and Ballet SO
Timothy Lees..Concertmaster Cincinnati SO/ faculty Sarasota Festival/ CD Nielsen Concerto with his orchestra/ winner Si Ma Hon International Competition
Natalia Lopez..Santiago, Chile SO
Leslie Ludena..San Francisco Opera and Ballet SO
James Lyon..Prof Penn State Uni
Karen Marx..Metropolitan Opera SO
Peter Matzka..Ctmstr Vienna Radio SO/ Coord Chamber Music Wien Hochschule/3 category
winner Munich Competition, prizewinner Brussels Competition, Vienna String Sextet, founding 1st violin Chester Quartet, Prussia Cove
Laura Millman..Concertmaster Army Strings
Diane Monroe.. jazz violinist String Trio NY & Uptown Quartet, Pro Musicis Contest winner, Grammy nominee, Prof Temple, Music from Marlboro, Orpheus Orchestra, releases on Polygram and Philips; as an important Roberta Guaspariangel plays self in movie “Music from the Heart”.
Jacob Murphy..Euclid Qt/ Uni Indiana S Bend
Gary Ngan..Associate Concertmaster Hong Kong City SO
Charles Nichols..Prof Composition..Montana State University
Margaret Nichols Baldridge..Prof Montana State University
Rebecca Nichols..Baltimore SO
Eun Sang Park..Detroit SO
Jin Hee Park..Principal 2nd Korean SO
Terra Peach..Asst to IL Attorney General
Marisa Polesky..Asst Concertmaster Memphis SO/ Iris Chamber Orchestra
David Porter..UT SO
Craig Purdy..Prof Boise State SO
Keith Redpath..Harrington Qt/Prof West Texas A&M
Shannon Renard..Max Graham Band
Brad Richards..Psychiatrist/ NM SO
Richard Rood..Leader Santa Fe Opera/ Mostly Mozart SO/Orpheus SO
Alisa Rose..Qt SanFrancisco
Alan Ross..Buffalo SO
Leslie Ryang..Associate Principal 2nd Hong Kong Philharmonic SO
Liba Seka..Rochester SO
Simon Shiao..Prof Uni North Florida
Elizabeth Reed Smith..Prof Marshall Uni
Margaret Soper Gutierrez..Prof Uni Northern Colorado
Solomia Soroka..Prof Goshen College
Tom Stone..Pacifica Qt
Joan Sturman Zelickman..San Diego SO
Kathleen Tesar..Admissions Director Colborn School
Markand Thakar..Conductor Baltimore Chamber Orchestra/Peabody
Shawna Trost..FL West Coast SO/ Sarasota Opera
Debby Tyler..Hartford SO
Philip Wharton..Composer
Lisa Wiedman..Atlanta SO
Elizabeth Wilcox..Mozarteum SO (Salzburg AT)/ Concertmaster Salzburg Capella Musica Sacra
Laura Wilcox..Director Deering Estate Concert series
Katherine Winterstein..Prof Middlebury/ Concertmaster VT SO/ RI SO
Mary Ellen Woodside.. Merel Qt, prizewinner Washington International and Bryan
Competitions, CDs of Derungs Concerto with Tonhalle for Grammont & of folk music “Taraf” Transilvania for MDS
PERFORMANCES: LAST 5 SEASONS
2009
JANUARY 20- FEB 2 (ca 30hrs) Akaroa Summer Festival
25 Recital Artas Balakauskas
FEBRUARY 1 Schubert Rondo
MARCH 1 Eastman (Hoca)
(Sonata/2Waltzes/2SlavDanc //Sonatina/Bacc/ GypsySong)
20- 21 Penn State residency
22 Penn State (ProkDuo/YsEleg/Franck)
23 ManhattanSchoolMusic judge Duos Contest
MAY 4-10 (25hrs) Yonsei Unversity residency (Seoul Korea)
7 Yonsei recital
11 (6hrs) Sun Hwa Arts School
12 (3hrs) Sookmyung University
13 (2hrs) Sungshin Master Class
15 Bucheon Philharmonic (Carmen Fantasy)
16 (4hrs) Dankook Uni
17-19 (17 hrs) Phone Classic
MAY 31-JUNE 13 Round Top Festival
JUNE 6 Chamber Music (Ibert, Francaix)
10 Master Class
13 Chamber Music (Lucas, Tchaikovsky)
JUNE 14-AUG 2 QPFredonia
JULY 3 Alexandrine presentation
22 Recital (Brd/Lucas/Faure/Carmen)
JULY 5- AUG 2 QPBoulder
11 Recital
(DvSonatina/Faure/Brd/Carmen)
AUG 4-11 Park City UT Festival
4 House Concert
6 Rose Wagner UUT (Finzi,Franck)
8 Luxury Tour (C3)
9 Temple Har Shalom (Schumann 5t)
10 Community Church (Finzi,Franck)
OCT 5-12 Park City Festival
7 Community Church
(Slavonics/ RachPag/Haydn 2o/Chausson Concerto)
17 NYMENC Brahms (Headlam)
22 James Madison Uni (Master Class)
23-4 Uni Delaware
NOV 13 UMO recital (Brg/Schum)
14 Franck presentation
DEC 5 Canad Sinfonietta(Bernstein Serenade
10 judge RochesterPhilYouthOrchestra
20 Lantana FL recital(Lin)
2010
JANUARY 12-26 Akaroa Summer Festival
21 Janacek Sonata/ Dvorak 5t
23 Tchaikovsky 3o
29 Glenn Gould Acad-Toronto master class
FEBRUARY 28 Eastman
MARCH 2 UVA
3 Master Class
20 Boretz Concerto recording
21 Nazareth Schumann 3o
25-27 Weber State Stringfest 26 Recital & Master Class
27 Adjudication
Recital Salt Lake Concert Hall (Priers)
(DvSonatina/Spohr2o/Franck)
29 University Wyoming Master Class
30 Colorado University Master Class
31 University Denver Master Class
MAY Australia/NewZealand
12-15 Bendigo College
18-20 Wesley College (2 performances)
21 AustraliaBroadcastCo recording Adelaide
25 Christchurch Master Class
26 Christchurch Chamber Music
Castleman Quartet Program
19 Tartini presentation
JULY 10 CQP West recital
23 CQP East recital
Park City
31 Grieg, Brahms
AUGUST 1 Haydn, Grieg, Schumann
2 Brahms, Schumann, Grieg
16 Belvoir Terrace
(Grieg/Janac/Mend8t)
SEPTEMBER 12 Rochester Celentano Memorial Concert
OCTOBER 10 Rochester Medical Assn
17 Nazareth College
NOVEMBER 21 Uni Alberta (Canada)
23 Uni British Columbia (Canada)_
25 Uni Victoria Master Class
DECEMBER 18 Rochester Asbury Church (Cantata 61)
29 Lantana FL recital
2011
FEBRUARY 12 Eastman Raymond Memorial Concert
13 Eastman Recital (Snyder)
23 Eastman Theory 202 Brahms Presentation
MARCH 8 York Uni (Canada) Master Class
28 Winnipeg (Canada) (Franck Presentation))
29 Master class
30 Brandon Uni Master Class
APRIL 3 IaState (Franck/Foote)
10 Musical Feast (Buffalo) (Franck)
MAY Korea
7/8/11/14/15/16 PHONE
9 Hanyang Uni
10 Seokyeong Uni
10 Yonsei Uni
11/12 Seoul National Uni
11 Songwoo-Beare Presentation
12 Dongduk Uni
13 Dankook Uni recital
23-27 Lyricafest (Boston)
25 Harvard Reunion Cambridge (Ysaye)
JUNE 1-11 Sitka (Alaska) Festival
3 Brahms Bb 6t, K493Eb4t
4 K593D5t, Faure g 4t
7 Gliere 6t
10 Ravel 3o
11 Brahms G 6t, g 4t
12-7/31 CQP
17 Tartini presentation
JULY 9 Boulder recital
22 Fredonia recital
AUGUST 15-23 Beijing
21-22 Huton Concert Hall
OCTOBER 14 NYC- Walter Hall
22 Chez Richards (Grieg,Clargo) (EunmiKim)
NOVEMBER 20 Musical Feast Buffalo (Shulman,Previn)
2012
JANUARY 6 Lantana FL recital
14 NECPrepMaster Class
17 BU
18 YouthSymphonyNY Master Class
22 1:30 RPO Tchaik/Perlman pre-concert talk
FEBRUARY 5 Eastman Recital(Snyder/Ciesinski)
20 Eastman Mozart Bb Duo (Taylor)
MARCH 2-4 judge Schadt Competition
5 Uni W Ontario (Canada) Master Class
22-24 judge Tulsa Crescendo Competition
25-27 Lubbock TX recital
29 NTX Uni
31 Saslav scholarship concert(DeBeriot,Viv4)
APRIL 13 Bufalo Musical Feast
18 Hong Kong Master Class
21-22 Hong Kong (Tchaikovsky Concerto)
MAY 16-26 Christchurch (New Zealand) residency
JUNE 23 Fredonia recital
JULY 7 Boulder recital
20 Kodaly Duo(Landschoot)
OCTOBER 7 GMU VASTA class
8 VA Commonwealth Uni
8 Williamsburg master class
9 James Madison Uni
20 Rochester Debussy Minstrels (twice)
21 Nazareth College
26 Pelleas Redux solos/orchestra
NOVEMBER 2 ArizonaStateUni Master Class
4 ArizonaState Uni Chamber Music
14-16 Boise residency
17 Portland Youth Orchestra
18 Portland ASTA class
2013
JANUARY 11 Sloman class
12 judge Juanita Miller Competition
18 University Miami Master Class
19 Deering Estate CM
19 Lakeside recital (Lantana FL)
20 Deering Estate FL (Prokf,White,Dohn5t)
FEBRUARY 10 Eastman Recital (Elisi)
MARCH 10 Buffalo Musical Feast
22 Ithaca College recital (Hoca)
23 Ithaca College Master Class
JUNE 19 Fredonia Chamber Music (Br “Horn” 3o)
22 Fredonia recital(526/Chac/FaureA)
JULY 6 Boulder recital
19 Fredonia Chamber Music
31 IDEAS (China)
(Gehua Camp,Qinhuangdao,Beidaihe)
(C Largo)(2 lectures)
AUGUST 3 Guiyang(Prel,Brd2.Danny)
8IDEAS(P&ADanHubay4Corelli 2vnSon ¼)
SEPTEMBER 27 Hoca Benefit Burchfield (Ysaye 3)
OCTOBER 13 Zeitlin Memorial Concert
18 Erie ChambOrch (Vivaldi D,Ys3)
NOVEMBER 1 Uni Denver Master Class
2 OR St,Master Class Eugene
4 UBC Master Class
5 Victoria BC (2 classes)
8 Central Washington Uni
DECEMBER 7 MATI (Ukrainians in NYC)