Instrumentalist - Piano
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Biography
Pianist Jeffrey Biegel has a multi-faceted career as concert artist, recording artist, composer, arranger, and teacher. The following are examples of Mr. Biegel’s current and recent activities.
Current Concert Activities
- World premiere of Ellen Taafe Zwilich new work honoring Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; featuring performance with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Recent Concert Activities
- Springfield Symphony Orchestra - world premiere of Kenneth Fuchs's Piano Concerto 'The Spiritualist'
- Colorado Symphony Orchestra - world premiere of P.D.Q. Bach's Concerto for VERY Grand Piano and Orchestra
- Orchestra Kentucky - world premiere of Jimmy Webb's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (working title)
- Orchestra Kentucky - world premiere of Dick Tunney's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: The Monkees
- Moravian College Orchestra - world premiere of Jeremy Lubbock's Moods for piano and strings
- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - world premiere live recording of Lucas Richman's Piano Concerto: In Truth (Albany Records)
- Knoxville Symphony Orchestra - world premiere of Lucas Richman’s Piano Concerto No 1
- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony Chorus of New Orleans– world premiere of Jake Runestad’s Dreams of the Fallen for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus (National WWII Museum)
- Orchestra Kentucky – adaptation for piano and orchestra of Neil Sedaka’s Manhattan Intermezzo
- Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra – world premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Shadows
- Pacific Symphony Orchestra– world premiere of Richard Danielpour’s Mirrors for Piano and Orchestra
- Pacific Symphony Orchestra– world premiere of William Bolcom’s Prometheus for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus
Recent Recording Activities
- Kenneth Fuchs: Piano Concerto Spiritualist with JoAnn Faletta and London Symphony Orchestra: GRAMMY in Best Classical Compendium category
- Brown University Orchestra: Neil Sedaka's Manhattan Intermezzo; Keith Emerson's Concerto no. 1; George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; Duke Ellington's New World A-Comin' (Naxos)
- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: Lucas Richman's Piano Concerto: In Truth (Albany Records)
- Steve Barta: symphonic arrangement of Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano with flutist Hubert Laws (Steve Barta Music)
- Pacific Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Chorale: William Bolcom’s Prometheus for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus (Naxos)
- Mozart: The Complete Sonatas for Piano, Volume 2 (eOne)
- Kenneth Fuchs: all-Fuchs chamber music project (Naxos)
- Grand Romance (Steinway)
- Bolcom: Prometheus for Piano, Orchestra and Chorus (Naxos)
- A Steinway Christmas Album (Steinway) – the “top-of-the-charts” Christmas album of the 2011 Christmas Season
- Bach on a Steinway (Steinway)
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Naxos) – Naxos Critic’s Choice Award
- Zwilich: Millennium Fantasy and Peanuts Gallery (Naxos)
- Leroy Anderson: Concerto in C with BBC Concert Orchestra/Conductor Leonard Slatkin (Naxos)
- Mozart: The Complete Sonatas for Piano - Volume one (EOne)
Composer/Arranger Activities
- Peanuts projectwith arranger Dick Tunney to create a concerto for piano and orchestra from Vince Guaraldi’s music for the animated Peanuts specials
- Hanukah Fantasy for SATB/piano (Hal Leonard Corporation)
- Hanukah Fantasy for orchestra with choir (arranged by Lucas Richman - LeDor Group)
- Christmas in a Minute for SATB/piano (Hal Leonard Corporation)
- Christmas in a Minute for orchestra and choir (arranged by Kermit Poling - Lauren Keiser Music, distributed by the Hal Leonard Corporation)
Teaching Activities
- Brooklyn Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College - piano faculty
Website: www.jeffreybiegel.com
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