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Teddie Hwang, baroque flute
Since 1999 TEDDIE HWANG has dedicated herself to historical performance, being fascinated by the timbre and vocal qualities of
the traverso.
She studied with Wilbert Hazelzet and received her Master's degree in Historical Flute Performance from the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, Netherlands. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Music and Germanic Studies from Indiana University, where she studied modern flute with Kathryn Lukas and graduated with high distinction. First-prize winner of the 2004 Baroque Flute Artist Competition held by the National Flute Association of America, she has also adjudicated its Baroque Flute Masterclass Competitions
Currently living in Germany, Teddie collaborates with a wide spectrum of chamber ensembles and orchestras, playing repertoire ranging from 17th century airs de cour to Beethoven symphonies. Local and international collaborations have included the Main Barockorchester Frankfurt, Le Concert Lorraine, Ensemble 1800, Collegium Musicum Stuttgart, Les Bostonades, Cambridge Concentus, Handel and Haydn Society, and The Arcadia Players. Projects have taken her to prestigious locations such as the Rheingau Musikfestival, Tag der Altemusik Osnabrück, Die Alte Oper Frankfurt, Ekhof Festival Gotha, the Izumi Hall in Osaka, Japan and the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. As a featured soloist, Teddie can be heard on the commercial CD "Beautiful Baroque: Music for Weddings and Special Moments", as well as the latest CD from the American ensemble Les Bostonades entitled Amours contrariées, featuring internationally renowned tenor Zachary Wilder.
In addition to performing, her pedagogical activities extend to coaching professionals and conservatory-level students. Most recently, she was guest lecturer and performing artist at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick, where she was inspired by the people and landscape of Ireland. In November 2014 she performed as a guest artist at the International San Francisco Flute Festival and also led the traverso masterclass at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, USA. Other past masterclass locations include the Escuela Superior in Mexico City, Tunghai University in Taiwan, as well as coaching sessions at Moments Musicaux, a professional orchestra based in her hometown Taipei. Her unique perspective as an overseas Taiwanese musician dedicated to western early music has brought much attention to her work.
the traverso.
She studied with Wilbert Hazelzet and received her Master's degree in Historical Flute Performance from the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, Netherlands. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Music and Germanic Studies from Indiana University, where she studied modern flute with Kathryn Lukas and graduated with high distinction. First-prize winner of the 2004 Baroque Flute Artist Competition held by the National Flute Association of America, she has also adjudicated its Baroque Flute Masterclass Competitions
Currently living in Germany, Teddie collaborates with a wide spectrum of chamber ensembles and orchestras, playing repertoire ranging from 17th century airs de cour to Beethoven symphonies. Local and international collaborations have included the Main Barockorchester Frankfurt, Le Concert Lorraine, Ensemble 1800, Collegium Musicum Stuttgart, Les Bostonades, Cambridge Concentus, Handel and Haydn Society, and The Arcadia Players. Projects have taken her to prestigious locations such as the Rheingau Musikfestival, Tag der Altemusik Osnabrück, Die Alte Oper Frankfurt, Ekhof Festival Gotha, the Izumi Hall in Osaka, Japan and the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. As a featured soloist, Teddie can be heard on the commercial CD "Beautiful Baroque: Music for Weddings and Special Moments", as well as the latest CD from the American ensemble Les Bostonades entitled Amours contrariées, featuring internationally renowned tenor Zachary Wilder.
In addition to performing, her pedagogical activities extend to coaching professionals and conservatory-level students. Most recently, she was guest lecturer and performing artist at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in Limerick, where she was inspired by the people and landscape of Ireland. In November 2014 she performed as a guest artist at the International San Francisco Flute Festival and also led the traverso masterclass at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, USA. Other past masterclass locations include the Escuela Superior in Mexico City, Tunghai University in Taiwan, as well as coaching sessions at Moments Musicaux, a professional orchestra based in her hometown Taipei. Her unique perspective as an overseas Taiwanese musician dedicated to western early music has brought much attention to her work.
Besides performing with other ensembles, Teddie is the founding member of the chamber music ensemble Le Mercure, consisting of traverso, violin, viola da gamba, and harpsichord. Projects have included multiple recording productions with the Bayerischer Rundfunk of Germany, as well as concerts in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Mexico.
Teddie takes inspirations from songs of turtledoves and blackbirds. She believes in the power of music to heal, to inspire creativity and endless vitality.
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~Collaborators~
August Denhard, theorbo
As a performer on lute, theorbo and Baroque guitar, AUGUST DENHARD has appeared Baroque Northwest, Seattle Baroque, the Concord Ensemble, Chicago Music of the Baroque, the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Camarata Pacifica Baroque, and many other ensembles specializing in early music. He is an accompanist/coach for 16th and 17th century song at Ars Vocalis Mexico in Morelia, Michoacan.
As a performer on lute, theorbo and Baroque guitar, AUGUST DENHARD has appeared Baroque Northwest, Seattle Baroque, the Concord Ensemble, Chicago Music of the Baroque, the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Camarata Pacifica Baroque, and many other ensembles specializing in early music. He is an accompanist/coach for 16th and 17th century song at Ars Vocalis Mexico in Morelia, Michoacan.
Mr. Denhard has given numerous solo recitals and is in demand as an accompanist of 17th century vocal music. He performs regularly in a lute song duo with tenor Eric Mentzel, with the Turkish udist/composer, Münir Nurettin Beken, and with the Japanese kugo harpist Tomoko Sugawara.
Mr. Denhard is a three-time recipient of the Artist Support Grant from Jack Straw Productions in Seattle and has released two CDs, Cusp of the Baroque for solo lute, and A Meeting Place: Medieval and Renaissance Music for Lute and Ud on the Sono Luminus label. A third CD with tenor Eric Mentzel is in progress.
In addition to his activities as a performer, August Denhard is the Executive Director of the Early Music Guild of Seattle, the Pacific Northwest's oldest and largest presenter of early music. He has held the position for 13 years.
Yonit Lea Kosovske, harpsichord
YONIT KOSOVSKE performs on both modern and historical keyboard instruments, including harpsichord, fortepiano, modern piano and chamber organ. She is at home with solo and collaborative repertoire from the Renaissance period to New Music, spanning large and small-scale genres, sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental. She has a particular passion for 17th-century repertoire on period instruments, alongside 18th-century Lieder and Contemporary Art Song for solo voice and piano. In 2011 she was appointed Lecturer in Classical Piano Chamber Music in the MA Classical String Performance Programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, where she is active as both a Lecturer and Accompanist. Yonit has performed for Irish President Michael D. Higgins, and has collaborated nationally and internationally with numerous musicians and ensembles, including the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Resurgam, Sestina, Lipzodes, ¡Sacabuche!, Canto Romántico, and many others. She holds various degrees in modern and historical keyboard performance, including a Doctor of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, a Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Bachelor of Music from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts. She has also studied at New England Conservatory in Boston and the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Israel. Her book “Historical Harpsichord Technique, Developing La douceur du toucher” was published by Indiana University Press in 2011.
Corey Jamason, harpsichord
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YONIT KOSOVSKE performs on both modern and historical keyboard instruments, including harpsichord, fortepiano, modern piano and chamber organ. She is at home with solo and collaborative repertoire from the Renaissance period to New Music, spanning large and small-scale genres, sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental. She has a particular passion for 17th-century repertoire on period instruments, alongside 18th-century Lieder and Contemporary Art Song for solo voice and piano. In 2011 she was appointed Lecturer in Classical Piano Chamber Music in the MA Classical String Performance Programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, where she is active as both a Lecturer and Accompanist. Yonit has performed for Irish President Michael D. Higgins, and has collaborated nationally and internationally with numerous musicians and ensembles, including the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Resurgam, Sestina, Lipzodes, ¡Sacabuche!, Canto Romántico, and many others. She holds various degrees in modern and historical keyboard performance, including a Doctor of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, a Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Bachelor of Music from Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of the Arts. She has also studied at New England Conservatory in Boston and the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Israel. Her book “Historical Harpsichord Technique, Developing La douceur du toucher” was published by Indiana University Press in 2011.
Corey Jamason, harpsichord
COREY JAMASON is a GRAMMY nominated harpsichordist and is principal keyboardist with the American Bach Soloists. He is on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he is professor of harpsichord and director of the Historical Performance Program. To learn more about him, please visit the San Francisco Conservatory's website here.
