Brett Deubner Explained

Brett Deubner
Birth Date:31 March 1968
Birth Place:Berkeley, California, United States
Occupation:violist
Instrument:viola

Brett Deubner (born March 31, 1968, Berkeley, California) is an American violist. He has performed as concerto soloist with over 70 orchestras on four continents.

Early life

Growing up his primary teachers were violinists Melvin Ritter and Fredell Lack, both star pupils of Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School in New York City. Deubner studied both violin and viola at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where his primary teachers were Zvi Zeitlin, Martha Katz, the Cleveland Quartet and John Graham.

Career and performances

Deubner has performed as a soloist with orchestras all over the world.

Grammy winning composers such as Lalo Schifrin, Carlos Franzetti, and Richard Danielpour have written viola concerti for Brett Deubner.

, Deubner has had over 80 works for viola including 37 viola concerti and numerous solo and chamber works for viola written for him. He has recorded 15 CDs including concertos of Trent Johnson, Frank Lewin, and Andrew Rudin, and made chamber music recordings for string quartet, harp trio, clarinet/viola/piano trio, viola/guitar duo and 5 viola/piano CDs.[11] [12] [13]

Collaborations

He has collaborated with leading conductors as Perry So,[14] Anne Manson, Lucas Richman, Patricio Aizaga, David Lockington, Oliver Weder[15] and Rossen Milanov.[16]

As a chamber music collaborator, Deubner has performed with violinists Pinchas Zukerman,[17] Timothy Fain, Gregory Fulkerson,[18] Stefan Milenkovich[19] and Dimitry Sitkovetsky, the Tokyo Quartet, Claremont Trio, the Vermeer Quartet; pianists Joseph Kalichstein,[20] Jeffrey Swann[21] and Robert Koenig; cellists Wendy Warner and Sarah Sant’Ambrogio;[22] clarinetists Guy Deplus and Alexander Fiterstein; flutists Carol Wincenc[23] and Ransom Wilson;[24] New York Philharmonic former principal oboist Joseph Robinson and Dallas Symphony principal oboist Erin Hannigan.[25]

During 2017, Deubner will record and premiere Grammy-award-winning composer Richard Danielpour’s viola concerto being specifically written for him.[26]

Social accomplishments

Deubner instructs young violists on the faculty at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York.[27]

Besides, he is the Artistic Director of the concert series Music and More serving the NYC metropolitan area; he also serves as the faculty of the Round Top Festival Institute in Texas[28] and the Gramado in Concert International Music Festival in Brazil.[29]

Deubner provides master clinics in the USA and abroad.[30] [31] [32]

Private life

Deubner lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his four children.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grand Rapids Symphony brings new generation of classical artists and composers to town for Rising Stars Series . Kaczmarczyk . Jeffrey . February 26, 2012 . Mlive.com .
  2. Web site: Peninsula Symphony agenda. October 11, 2014 . Peninsula Symphony webpage.
  3. Web site: Musicians: Brett Deubner. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
  4. Web site: Missoula Symphony Orchestra's "Italian Fire" . November 1, 2013 . Montana Public Radio.
  5. Web site: N. Marin, con solista invitado, dirigirá "Viaje musical por Italia" con la OSNE . March 30, 2012 . sinfonicanacional.gob.ec. spanish.
  6. Web site: Orquestra Sinfônica do RN faz show gratuito em Natal . September 26, 2015 . Globo.com .
  7. Web site: Deubner-Fauchet Duo interview in France . March 29, 2012. Brett Deubner official YouTube channel.
  8. Web site: "Purple Rhapsody" concerto by Joan Tower with Brett Deubner and Thuringer Sym... . March 28, 2013. Brett Deubner official YouTube channel .
  9. Web site: Trent Johnson Concerto for Viola and Orchestra . August 17, 2009 . Brett Deubner official YouTube channel.
  10. Web site: Houston Dunleavy, Concerto for Viola and Symphonic Winds, part 1 . December 12, 2011 . Houston Dunleavy official YouTube channel .
  11. Web site: Brett Deubner – Recordings. Brett Deubner official website .
  12. Web site: LÉVY, F.E.: Viola Music (Deubner, G. Kirkpatrick). .
  13. Web site: The sixth in our series of music by Frank Lewin showcases his orchestral works . Albany Records.
  14. Web site: Round Top Music Festival: Conductor Perry So. Lu . Catherine . June 11, 2014. Houston Public Media . Guest conductor, Perry So, will lead a program of Sir William Walton’s Viola Concerto (with Brett Deubner as soloist).
  15. Web site: In rehearsal with Thuringer Symphoniker Harberg concerto, 1st movt . November 25, 2012 . Brett Deubner official YouTube channel.
  16. Web site: Orchestral Music of Frank Lewin. 2007. Amazon.
  17. Web site: Chamber Music Benefit Concert with Pinchas Zukerman and the NJSO Chamber Players . January 27, 2017. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra website .
  18. Web site: Hayden's Ferry Chamber Music Series present Trio Combray with violist Brett Deubner. Downtown Tempe Authority. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075852/http://www.downtowntempe.com/do/haydens-ferry-chamber-music-series-present-trio-combray-with-violist-brett-deubner. 2017-02-11. dead.
  19. Web site: Round Top Music Festival. 11 June 2016. Stefan Milenkovich website.
  20. Fernandes . Raquel. January 28, 2009. Kean Concert Artists Head for the Big Apple. The Tower- Kean University Students Newspaper .
  21. Web site: 2015-16 Horizons Concert Series closes with Jeffrey Swann and friends . April 13, 2016 . Northern Arizona University website.
  22. Web site: Hershey Violins. February 23, 2010 . Hershey Violins.
  23. Web site: Just Down The Road: Destinations, Festivals & Fun. May 15, 2012 . Insite Brazos Valley . Round Top Music Festival – June 23 at 1:30 Claude Debussy (1862–1918) Syrinx for Flute Solo Sonata for Violin and Piano in g, Sonata for Cello and Piano in d, Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp in F, Stefan Milenkovich, violin; Brett Deubner, viola; Emilio Colon, cello; Carol Wincenc, flute; James Dick, piano; Paula Page, harp..
  24. Web site: Durufle Prelude Recitatif et Variations: Ransom Wilson, Brett Deubner, Juana Zayas . May 11, 2014. Brett Deubner official YouTube channel.
  25. Web site: A tone poem by Strauss . Child . Fred. 10 January 2017. Your Classical . Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2 Erin Hannigan, oboe; Nancy Wu, violin; Brett Deubner, viola(...).
  26. Web site: Noted violist to perform with La Sierra chamber orchestra. March 11, 2016 . La Sierra University webpage . In the fall of 2017, Deubner will record and premiere Grammy-award winning composer Richard Danielpour’s viola concerto.
  27. Web site: Bett Deubner . Aaron Copland School of Music webpage.
  28. Web site: Brett Deubner – Viola Master Class – Round Top Music Festival – 2016 . Round Top Festival Institute .
  29. Web site: Terceira edição do Gramado in Concert com programação gratuita na Serra Gaúcha . January 30, 2017. Brasilturis Jornal. Portuguese. O violista norte-americano Brett Deubner vem novamente à Serra como solista e professor, além de realizar uma nova master class aberta ao público no hotel Master Premium..
  30. Web site: Violist Brett Deubner Masterclass at Round Top . July 4, 2012. Round Top Festival Institute official YouTube channel .
  31. Web site: Bach 6th suite: viola master class with Brett Deubner in France . September 29, 2014 . Brett Deubner official YouTube channel.
  32. Web site: Deubner viola master class in Brazil . April 13, 2016. Brett Deubner official YouTube channel.

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