Concerts

[Dan Kazez <KAZEZ...>]

I am preparing to hit the road for back-to-back concert tours.  
Great Britain first:  In May, I will perform concerts of Jewish-
inspired classical music in England, Scotland, and Wales...

    5 May (Mon)  CARDIFF:  Penylan House

    7 May (Wed)  NOTTINGHAM:  Hebrew Congregation

   11 May (Sun)  BIRMINGHAM:  Progressive Synagogue

   14 May (Wed)  NORWICH:  The Assembly House

   18 May (Sun)  HARROGATE:  Hebrew Congregation 

   25 May (Sun)  EDINBURGH: Scottish Friends of Alyn/Community Hall

Israel next:  In June, I'll perform in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and 
in several other cities.  Concert venues will include the U.S. 
Embassy/American Cultural Center and the Rubin Academy.  My 
Israeli concert tour is sponsored by the U.S. State Department 
and the Israeli Stutschewsky Foundation.

In Great Britain and Israel, my concerts will feature some new 
and very wonderful music by Vancouver composer MOSHE DENBURG and 
by two composers affiliated with the Center for Jewish Culture and 
Creativity:  SIMON SARGON and LUCAS RICHMAN.

I am actively seeking concert venues in the U.S. for 1997-98.  Let
me know if you have any suggestions.

If you are interested in some "extra reading," I have included my 
professional bio below.

Dan

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     Daniel Kazez, Associate Professor of Music
     Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio 45501 USA
     tel: 937-327-7354  fax: 937-327-6340  kazez (at) wittenberg(dot)edu
     http://www.voyageronline.net/~drcello/kazez.htm
     http://www.cello.org/cnc/jewish.htm
     http://www.oac.ohio.gov/artstour/solo/kazez.htm
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1995 - 96 \/ CONCERTS: Prague, Berlin, Rome, Florence \/ Paris, Salzburg, 
Brussels, London, DeKalb, Toronto, Dayton, Akron, Columbus, Indianapolis

1997 INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS: India, Britain (England, Scotland, Wales), Israel


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          D A N I E L   K A Z E Z   /   B I O G R A P H Y

Daniel Kazez began playing the cello at the age of five, under the tutelage 
of Leonard Feldman, cellist of the Alard String Quartet.  He went on to 
earn music degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory, the Peabody Institute of 
the Johns Hopkins University, and a doctorate from the University of 
Michigan (Ann Arbor), where he was awarded three consecutive Rackham 
Fellowships.  Kazez has performed recitals in many of the musical capitals 
of Europe, including Berlin, Salzburg, Brussels, and London.  His Paris and 
Florence debuts (in 1995) earned him standing ovations; and he recently 
performed to a standing-room-only audience at Rome's Il Pitigliani.  His 
first performance in eastern Europe was at the 1995 Prague International 
Festival of Jewish Culture.  Kazez has also appeared in most of the major 
metropolitan areas of the United States, including Baltimore, Boston, 
Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Pittsburgh, 
and Washington, D.C.  He performed as founding member of the Castalia 
String Quartet, and is currently a member of the Corinthian Chamber 
Players.  Kazez's performances and research have been supported by grants 
from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lilly Foundation, the Wray 
Foundation, and the Ohio Arts Council.  He is the recipient of the 1996 
Matthies Award and a 1996-97 University of Chicago/Andrew W. Mellon 
Foundation Research Fellowship.

   Kazez has been heard by radio and television audiences in Europe, Asia, 
and North America.  In 1993, his performance of J.S. Bach's first Cello 
Suite was broadcast on the ABC television program 20/20, to an audience of 
over 20 million.  According to a recent reviewer, "Kazez brings an 
outstanding discipline and remarkable musicality to his work.  His sound is 
pure and strong.  He knows the literature and shows real joy in playing it."

   Kazez is the author of two books (both dealing with the rhythmic aspect 
of music), a dozen scholarly articles (dealing with music theory and music 
performance pedagogy), and a dozen editions and arrangements of music 
(mostly from the English and Italian Baroque).  His book "Rhythm Reading: 
Elementary Through Advanced Training" (W.W. Norton), now in its second 
edition, is the most widely used rhythm textbook in the U.S.  As editor and 
principal contributor, he recently published "Imprints of India:  A Brief 
Guide to Indian Music, Dance, and the Visual Arts" (Aronoff Center), 
commissioned by the Cincinnati Arts Association in conjunction with the 
1996 Cincinnati Performing Arts Festival of India, at which Kazez was 
keynote speaker.

   Kazez has given talks on his research at twenty-five of the leading U.S. 
schools of music and conservatories, including the New England 
Conservatory, the University of Texas, and the Manhattan School of Music.  
An enduring student of world music, Dr. Kazez recently traveled to India, 
where he gave a series of 14 lectures/performances, including appearances 
in Bombay at the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indira Gandhi 
Institute of Development Research, and at the School of the Krishnamurti 
Foundation/Madras (for a one-week residency), the Canadian School of 
India/Bangalore, and at the 1997 Kala Chhaya Festival/Pune ("Hemant Utsav" 
Festival).  Kazez has also traveled to Java and Bali (to study gamelan 
music, dance, and shadow puppet theater) and to Turkey and Greece (to study 
urban folk music).

   In the May 1997, Kazez will present a concert tour of Great Britain, 
with performances in England, Scotland, and Wales.  In June, he will perform 
in Israel (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Beersheba, and other cities).  Concert venues 
include the U.S. Embassy/American Cultural Center and the Rubin Academy.  
Kazez is currently Associate Professor of Music at Wittenberg University.

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