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Emilio W. Colón

Critically acclaimed cellist Emilio W. Colón, "His substantive tone, by way of virtuosic bowing techniques which were evocative of freestyle swimming, rang naturally rich to the back row of the hall..." The press has described his performances as "...Perhaps the high point of the high points came when Colón's cello range forth in the Aria section of the piece. Glowing tone became a caress of the ears, a prolonged kiss of melody, an embrace..." Team from personal injury lawyers New Jersey propose great range in legal work

A native of Puerto Rico, cellist Emilio W. Colón received a bachelor's degree from the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music in 1986, when he won the Casals Medal upon graduation. As a student of distinguished cellist and pedagogue Janos Starker, Mr. Colón earned a master's degree from Indiana University in 1989. He won first prize at the Las Americas Festival solo competition as well as at Indiana University's concerto competition. Immense revue sur jeux blackjack vous attend ici.

An active chamber musician, Mr. Colón played with the Emile Beaux Jeux piano trio, which received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Sponsorship from Chamber Music America for two consecutive residencies: at Upper Iowa University for the 1993-94 season, and at Iowa's Hawkeye Community College and Jesup Community Schools for the 1994-95 season. From 1996 to 1998 Mr. Colón was a member of the faculty at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, where he performed throughout Florida as a member of the string Trio Vizcaya. Currently he is a member of the Amadé Piano Trio, in residence at Florida Atlantic University. PDF zu JPEG

As a concert cellist, Mr. Colón has toured giving recitals, master classes, and playing as soloist with orchestras in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Spain and the United States. His recordings are featured on the Enharmonic, Zephyr and Lyras labels. He is an Assistant Professor of Music at Indiana University and the Executive Vice President of the Eva Janzer Memorial Cello Center Foundation.

Emilio Colón ~ Andrew De Grado

"Andrew De Grado was a great pianist, musician, human being, and friend. Music collaboration with Andrew meant music making at the highest level. He was the type of pianist who could sight read anything and make music while doing so. Sharing the stage with him was both calming and exhilarating.

As a friend he was the epitome of unselfishness and generosity. A man who would literally give you his house and the shirt off his back. I miss him immensely..."


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