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THE PEABODY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

About the Artist

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Established in 1857 as America’s first conservatory of music, the Peabody Institute is internationally famous. The Peabody Conservatory draws students and faculty from around the globe. Its alumni occupy the top echelons of the music profession as soloists, orchestra players, opera singers, composers, conductors and teachers. While the Institute transmits the great European classical traditions, it also encourages the composition and performance of classical and jazz contemporary music in the most diverse styles. A division of Johns Hopkins University, Peabody draws on the University’s broad resources to offer innovative programs for the interaction of music and technology. Peabody faculty, students and alumni have taken top prizes in the world’s most prestigious music competitions from the Tchaikovsky in Moscow to the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Peabody-trained composers and performers have won Pulitzer Prizes, Grammys, Emmys, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and Marshall Fellowships, ASCAP and BMI Awards, the Prix du Monde, Prix du Disque, and Rome Prizes, and are featured in hundreds of recordings on all major labels. The faculty boasts such world-renowned artists as guitarist Manuel Barrueco, soprano Phyllis Bryn- Julson, violinist Victor Danchenko, pianist Leon Fleisher, violinist Pamela Frank, cellist David Hardy, composer Nicholas Maw, flutist Marina Piccinini, baritone John Shirley-Quirk, organist Donald Sutherland, and french hornist Barry Tuckwell. Famous musicians who studied at Peabody range from Metropolitan Opera star James Morris to composers Dominick Argento and Philip Glass. The public can hear Peabody Conservatory artists perform in the Peabody Concert Season, which presents over 80 major events each year, including operas, orchestra/choral concerts, and solo and chamber music recitals in styles from Early Music to Computer Music. The Peabody Institute is located on Mount Vernon Place, in the historical and cultural heart of downtown Baltimore. The 2002-2004 its campus saw a $26.8 million construction project that integrated renovated and newly created spaces in its historic buildings into a harmonious whole.

 

Past Performances

Photo of February 21, 2009 Performance

February 21, 2009

Students perform classical works. Part of the Kennedy Center Conservatory Project. IN THE TERRACE THEATER

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Photo of February 22, 2008 Performance

February 22, 2008

Students from the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University perform works by Dvorák, Liszt, Herbie Hancock, and Fred Spielman, and Kermit Goell. Part of the Conservatory Project. IN THE FAMILY THEATER

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Photo of February 13, 2007 Performance

February 13, 2007

Students perform works by Schubert, Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Sarasate. IN THE TERRACE THEATER. PART OF THE KENNEDY CENTER CONSERVATORY PROJECT.

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Photo of May 3, 2006 Performance

May 3, 2006

Duo Transatlantique—guitarists Maud Laforest and Benjamin Beirs—join cellist Go Eun Park and pianist Eun Jung Shon for a program of classical works by Petit, Albéniz, Martinu, and more. THE CONSERVATORY PROJECT IN THE TERRACE THEATER

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Photo of May 29, 2005 Performance

May 29, 2005

Conservatory Project: Peabody Conservatory of Music transmits the great European classical music traditions, but also encourages the composition and performance of contemporary music in the most diverse styles.

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Photo of May 26, 2004 Performance

May 26, 2004

Conservatory Project - The Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University presents a duo program with percussionist Svetoslav Stoyanov and pianist Jill Lawson. This performance will be in the Terrace Theater

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