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Cello Plus... Volume I Performers VIOLINS Ruggero Allifranchini: Associate Principal Violin of the St. Paul Chamber orchestra. Founding member of NOBILIS. Dmitri Berlinsky: Winner of the Paganini and Montreal competitions; prize winner of the Tchaikovsky and Queen Elizabeth competitions. Professor at Michigan State University. Steven Copes : Concertmaster of the St. Paul Chamber orchestra. Lei Hou: Violinist of the Chicago Symphony orchestra. Ilya Kaler: Gold Medal winner of the Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, and Paganini competitions. Professor at DePaul University. I-Fu Wang: Professor at Michigan State University. VIOLAS Randolph Kelly : Principal violist of the Pittsburgh Symphony orchestra. Professor at Duquesne University. Daniel Panner: Principal violist of the New York City Opera; violist of the Mendelssohn quartet. Faculty member of the Juilliard School of Music and the Mannes College of Music. Dov Scheindlin: Violist of the Chester String Quartet and former member of the Arditti and Penderecki quartets. CELLOS Suren Bagratuni: Silver Medal winner of the Tchaikovsky competition. Recipient of a Gold Medal in the Vittorio Gui competition. Winner of the USSR cello competition. Professor at Michigan State University. Natalia Khoma: Winner of the Belgrade cello competition. Prize winner of the Tchaikovsky and Markneukirchen competitions. Professor at Michigan State University. DOUBLE BASS Christopher Hoyt Butler: Michigan State University alumnus and a graduate student at Indiana University. FLUTES James Scott: Dean, the University of North Texas School of Music. Richard Sherman: Professor at Michigan State University. PIANO Deborah Moriarty: Professor at Michigan State University. Stephen Prutsman: Winner of the Queen Elizabeth competition and a prize winner of the Tchaikovsky competition. Founding member of NOBILIS. Ralph Votapek: Gold Medal winner of the Van Cliburn competition. Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University.
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