Musical America announces 2009 award recipients
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Musical America announces 2009 award recipients
The Pacifica Quartet, 2008's Musical America Ensemble of the Year
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A master of the traditional repertoire, the Chinese-American
musician has also explored jazz and folk, and has released over 75
albums, including 15 that have won Grammy Awards.
This year's Ensemble of the Year is the Pacifica Quartet, a
group committed to performing both modern and overlooked
repertoire. A champion of the Elliot Carter's string quartets,
the Illinois-based quartet will finish recording the complete cycle
for Naxos this season.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Marin Alsop was named Conductor
of the Year to honour her success as the first female music
director of a large-budget, full-season American orchestra.
Musical America also named mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe as
Vocalist of the Year and Christopher Rouse as Composer of the Year.
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