Los Angeles, California, USA
August 3-7, 2011
The International Clarinet
Association warmly welcomes you to ClarinetFest® 2011 being held
in Los Angeles, the “Creative Capitol of the World,” on August
3–7, 2011. Events will be at the new Valley Performing Arts
Center on the campus of California State University, Northridge,
located in the picturesque San Fernando Valley approximately 25
minutes northwest of downtown Los Angeles. This new
state-of-the-art facility, which is scheduled to have its grand
opening in January 2011, features a 1,700 seat, three-tiered
opera-style main hall and an attached wing with a 178-seat
theater. This new venue represents a long-standing dream of
having a major performing arts center in the heart of the San
Fernando Valley.
The campus features more
than 3,000 air-conditioned dorm rooms which have many amenities,
including two beautiful swimming pools for your enjoyment. The
Warner Center Marriott is the designated conference hotel and is
the most luxurious hotel in the Valley. Guests here will be
treated to some of the finest restaurants in the area at both
the hotel and across the street at the Topanga Canyon Promenade
Mall.
Los Angeles is home to
many fascinating tourist destinations, including the Walt Disney
Concert Hall, movie and television studios, Disneyland, Knott’s
Berry Farm, Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, and, of course,
the beautiful Pacific ocean with something to delight any and
all ClarinetFest® participants and their families.
Thanks to the generosity
of Buffet Crampon, USA, Vandoren, Backun Musical Instruments and
the Rico Corporation, our roster of outstanding artists will
make ClarinetFest® 2011 an unforgettable experience.
Featured artists to date
include Stanley Drucker, former principal clarinet of the New
York Philharmonic; Ricardo Morales of the Philadelphia
Orchestra; Philippe Berroud, first solo clarinetist of the Paris
Orchestra; Ivan Stolbov of the Mariinsky Orchestra of Kirov;
Richie Hawlie & Ixi Chen of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra;
Joaquin Valdepeñas of the Toronto Symphony; fabulous jazz
legends Eddie Daniels and Andrew Firth; the Edmond Wells
Quartet; Richard Haynes, clarinetist with the ELISION Ensemble;
and Michele Zukovsky and members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras.
ClarinetFest® 2011 will
also highlight clarinetists of the Pacific rim, including
outstanding musicians from China, Japan and Korea. From Latin
America will be José Luis Ramos of the National Symphony
Orchestra of Mexico and Jorge Montilla of Venezuela. In
addition, there wil be India’s Mount Everest of Clarinet, A.K.C.
Natarajan, and Hindustani clarinetist Narasimhalu Vadavati will
be making his first appearance at an I.C.A. event premiering a
new work for Hindustani clarinet and Balinese gamelan.
A very special and
exciting event at ClarinetFest® 2011 will be an evening of
clarinet concertos at the Hollywood Bowl with the world famous
Los Angeles Philharmonic. While we can’t yet give the details
about this once-in-a-lifetime extravaganza, we do know that it
will be one of the most distinctive highlights at one of the
signature landmarks of Southern California.
We look forward to
welcoming you to ClarinetFest® 2011!!
Julia Heinen,
professor of clarinet at California State University, Northridge
William Powell, professor of clarinet at
California Institute of the Arts
Co-Artistic Directors, ClarinetFest® 2011
ClarinetFest® 2011 is
co-sponsored by California State University-Northridge, Mike
Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication.
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Blossom Music Festival with
The Cleveland
Orchestra
Carl Maria von Weber - 2nd Clarinet Concerto, Op 74 -
Franklin Cohen, Soloist