The Festival 2009

Since then, he has performed in numerous concerts throughout Europe, Asia, and North America, giving recitals, playing chamber music, or performing as a soloist with orchestra in prestigious concert halls, such as the Salle Pleyel and the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, the Vigado in Budapest, the Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Taïpei Arts Center, the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, the Hamarikiu Hall in Tokyo, the Wigmore Hall in London, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, La Fenice in Venezia, under the direction of conductors such as Leonard Bernstein, Tibor Varga, Laurent Petitgirard, or Yoram David. He is also invited to participate in numerous festivals, among which the "Lanaudière" in Canada, the "Sion" festival, the Budapest Spring Festival, the "Midem" in Cannes, and the Berlioz Festival. Jean Ferrandis plays chamber music with outstanding artists, such as Jean-Philippe Collard, Henri Demarquette, Ivry Gitlis, Jean-Marc Luisada, Emile Naoumoff, Marielle Nordmann, Gérard Poulet, Caroline Sageman, Dominique de Williencourt.

In parallel to his engagements as a concert artist, he is professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. He regularly teaches Master Classes in Japan, the United States and Korea. In 1998, he was elected "Artist in residence" by the Lotos Club, in New York. He also leads a career as orchestra conductor, with ensembles such as the Saint Petersburg Camerata, or the Saint Christopher Chamber Orchestra of Vilnius. His recordings include pieces by Honneger and D’Indy, as well as Mozart’s Complete Flute Concertos, with Marie-Pierre Langlamet (Harp Solo from the Berliner Philarmonik). He recorded a CD of Schubert’s "Sonatinas" and "Arpeggione" with the pianist Emile Naoumoff for the label La Follia Madrigal and a CD of C.Ph.E Bach’s concertos with the Saint Christopher Chamber Orchestra of Vilnius.

In 2006, Jean Ferrandis was invited to the NFA (american flute convention) in Pittsburgh, giving there masterclass and concerts. He notably performed for a gala concert in the Heinze Hall with an audience of more than 3000 flutists.

NZ Listener “…Attractive works and performances. Playing of deft sensitivity, full of proportion, equilibrium, expressive contouring and lyrical affection. ...” MusicWeb International This period also marks the halfway point on the journey towards the complete recordings of the works for piano and orchestra by Beethoven's longstanding friend and student, Ferdinand Ries. 
Uwe conducted volume three with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and volume four with the Bournemouth Symphony in June 2008.

Grodd, a Naxos Recording Artist, won First Prize, in 2000, at the Cannes Classical Awards, for the 'Best 18th Century Orchestral Recording' with his CD of Symphonies by J B Vanhal conducting the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia from Hungary. Further distinctions followed such as 'Editor's Choice' by British Gramophone Magazine in May 04 and February 08 for works by Hummel.
From 1998 until 2002, Uwe was Artistic Director of the INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL NEW ZEALAND and in 1998, before an audience of 250,000, he appeared as flute soloist in ‘Symphony Under the Stars’ with the Auckland Philharmonia.

An avid supporter of contemporary music of all genres, Uwe has given many first performances including, in 2002, conducting the premier season of the multi-media opera GALILEO, with music by John Rimmer and libretto by Witi Ihimaera. Uwe Grodd is Associate Professor of Flute and Conducting at the University of Auckland. His reputation as an inspiring teacher is well documented by his students' international performances and prizes.

A graduate of Mainz University, Germany, Uwe Grodd studied with teachers of international repute, including Manfred Schreier, Andre Jaunet and Werner Peschke. He attributes his major musical growth to the guidance of two of Europe's finest musicians: Robert Aitken and Maestro Sergio Celibidache.
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As Guest Principal, she has performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Norddeutscherundfunk Radio Philharmonie Hannover, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Australian Opera and Ballet, Adelaide Symphony and Queensland Orchestras; and has played with Early Music ensembles such as: Das Neue Orchester Koln, the Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, Neues Bachisches Collegium Leipzig and the Heidelberger Symphoniker, working with conductors such as Christopher Hogwood, Phillipe Herriweghe and Christoph Spering.

Sally has performed as soloist on modern flute, baroque flute and piccolo with orchestras including the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, Neues Rheinisches Kammerorchester and the L'Accademia Filarmonica Verona. She was finalist in the Leonardo de Lorenzo International Flute Competition in Italy, won 2nd Prize in the Friedrich Kuhlau International Flute Competition in Germany and was the recipient of the Ian Potter Foundation Cultural Award, the German Government Scholarship and the Queen's Trust Prize.

She gained her Bachelor of Music Degree as a student of Geoffrey Collins at the University of Sydney and completed her Postgraduate Study in Germany, studying with Prof. Andrea at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover and Prof. András Adorjan at the Hochschule für Music und Theater München; gaining both her Artist’s and Soloists’s Diplomas with excellence. She began her position of Lecturer of Flute at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music in 2007 and has been a Guest Lecturer for the Royal Irish Academy of Music Dublin, the Australian National Academy of Music and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Her great love of chamber music has led to performances with guitarist Anthony Field, pianists Clemens Leske and Gabriella Pusner, early music ensembles and eclectic combinations involving dancers and visual artists.

She is a founding member of the Naumburg Award-winning New Millennium Ensemble, a member of the virtuoso woodwind ensemble Windscape, the chamber ensemble Andalucian Dogs and is the flute soloist of the Bach Aria Group. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, she was the first wind player chosen to participate in the Chamber Music Society Two program. She performs regularly at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, the Spoleto Festial USA, Music from Angel Fire, and the Brandenburg Ensemble. She received two Grammy nominations in 2003 for her recording of Osvaldo Golijov's Yiddishbbuk. Her recent performances include collaborations with Jaime Laredo, Peter Serkin, Dawn Upshaw, David Shifrin, Ransom Wilson, the Tokyo String Quartet, and the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. She has appeared on Live from Lincoln Center and A&E's Breakfast with the Arts. Ms. O'Connor is professor of flute and head of the wind department at Purchase College Conservatory of Music and is on faculty at Manhattan School of Music and at the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

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