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BRAHMS Two Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano; Mitchell Lurie, Clarinet; Leona Lurie, Piano. DANIEL KESSNER, Dances for Clarinet and Guitar; Richard Lesser, Clarinet; Jordan Charnofsky, Guitar. UPC 009414730121
The Los
Angeles Timeshas described
Jordan Charnofsky as playing the classical guitar with
“lucid grace,” “a sure hand,”
“expressive range,” and
“bravura.”Classical
Guitarmagazine has
said, “Jordan Charnofsky may well take his place
among the California guitar stars...a wonder to see and
hear.”Guitar
Playermagazine has
called him “an amazing classical guitarist and
composer.”Listen.comsaid,“Superior
technique takes this nylon string guitarist's playing into
the stratosphere...filled with fiery, emotional
playing.”
Charnofsky holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in
Classical Guitar Performance from the University of
Southern California Thornton School of Music. He holds
minors in Early (Ancient) Music and Music Education. He was
honored by the faculty as The Outstanding Doctoral Degree
Graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music. He
also holds the Master of Music degree from USC and the
Bachelor of Music degree from CSUN. Jordan is the winner of
the USC Guitar Concerto Competition. From 1995 to 2004, he
maintained the position of Musical Artist-in-Residence at
the Brandeis-Bardin Institute in Simi Valley.
As a featured soloist with symphony orchestras, to solo
performances on television shows, to performances in Japan
and Russia, Charnofsky excels as a solo performer and
ensemble musician. He is a founder and the producer of the
world music groupHollywood Klezmer. He is also
a founder (with vocalist Vanessa Paloma) and producer of
the Sephardic (Judeo-Spanish) music group,Flor de Serena. He
frequently performs in a duet with flutistDr. Martin
Glicklich. Jordan has
taught for The USC Thornton School of Music, The Los
Angeles Jewish Symphony, The University of Judaism,
Cerritos College and Moorpark College.
The Columbia Music Company has published Jordan's original
guitar compositions, including Divertimento & Sonho do
Mar.Theodore Presser Co.is the
distributor of these works. Jordan was commissioned by
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet to specially arrange
three traditionalKlezmer
Dancesfor them.
The L.A. Guitar Quartet has recorded theKlezmer Dances(Tracks 6-8)on their top
selling albumLAGQ(1998) on
the Sony Classical label.
Dr. Daniel Kessnercomposed the
workDances:
For Clarinet and Guitarfor the duo
of guitarist Jordan Charnofsky and clarinetist Richard
Lesser (principal clarinet emeritus of the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra, 1968-2002. Since 1968, head of
the Clarinet Department of the Rubin Academy of Music at
Tel Aviv University). The USA performance premiere was
given by Jordan Charnofsky and clarinetistDr. Julia Heinen. The World
Premiere CD recording by Jordan Charnofsky and
clarinetist Richard Lesser has been commercially released by Crystal Records. The published edition of Daniel
Kessner'sDances: For Clarinet and
Guitarhas guitar
fingerings by Jordan Charnofsky. Available from:Theodore Front Musical Literature,
Inc.
With six years of live entertaining at the Academy Awards
in Los Angeles (at the Shrine Auditorium, the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion and the Kodak Theater),on-stage
accompanyingLuciano Pavarottiin Staples
Center, being featured with his group in the Playboy
Jazz Festival, to being featured in the World Festival
of Sacred Music, Jordan leads a very diverse and unique
musical performing career. Since 2003 he has served as
guitarist for the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra.
Jordan has served as a guitar competition adjudicator for
the American String Teachers Association Guitar
Competition, and for the USC Guitar Concerto Competition.
Professional affiliations include: Professional Musicians
Local 47 (American Federation of Musicians, AFM), The
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
(ASCAP), The American String Teachers Association (ASTA),
and The Guitar Foundation of America (GFA). Jordan
currently sits on the Board of Directors ofThe Guitar Foundation of
America.
Jordan was instrumental in compiling Volume I of the Vahdah
Olcott Bickford Guitar Music Library Catalogue, under the
direction of Dr. Ronald C. Purcell. He spent fourteen
months computer cataloguing, researching, and helping to
organize this important collection of early 19th- through
20th- century first editions and rare manuscripts. The
collection is now known asThe International Guitar Research
Archive.
Jordan has performed in many master classes and performance
classes of top international concert
guitarists and teachers, including: Carlos Barbosa-Lima,
Michael Chapdelaine, Olivier Chassain, Ricardo Cobo, The
Falla Trio, Eduardo Fernandez, Eliot Fisk, Alexandre
Frauchi (in Russia), Oscar Ghiglia, Brian Head, Adam
Holzman, Sharon Isbin, William Kanengiser, Norbert Kraft, David Leisner,
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Vladimir Mikulka, The
Newman-Oltman Duo, Frederick Noad, David Parsons, Dr.
Ronald C. Purcell, Stepan Rak, David Russell, Jack Sanders,
James F. Smith, Neil Smith, David Tanenbaum, Scott Tennant,
James Tyler, Jeffrey Van, Benjamin Verdery. Private guitar instructors have included: Brian
Head, Dr. Ronald C. Purcell, James F. Smith, Scott Tennant,
James Tyler (Baroque guitar & Renaissance lute).
A refined classical crossover artist, Jordan bridges the
styles of classical, folk, world music, pop, rock,
klezmer and Sephardic music. Jordan has absorbed music from
many of the world's traditional cultures, with his guitar
as the unifying, universal link. From the purity of playing
the Renaissance lute and Baroque guitar, to utilizing
software synthesizers and computer audio sampling, Jordan
openly embraces music from ancient times to the 21st
century.
Instruments played: Classical Concert Guitar, Electric
Nylon String Classical Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer
Controller; Electric Guitar, Steel String Acoustic Guitar,
12 String Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Renaissance
Lute, Baroque Guitar, Electric Bass Guitar, Banjo,
Keyboards, Piano, Software and Hardware Synthesizers, Audio
and MIDI Sample Programming and Editing.
Bonjour Tout d'abord merci pour l'ajout . Votre doigté est simplement génial .Le son qui en est produit est magique et sublime . Merci pour ces instants d'intense émotion .
