Ancestral Voices: Folk and Klezmer

Founded in New York City in 2006 and shaped at the Paris Conservatory, the Zodiac Trio is one of today’s foremost clarinet-violin-piano ensembles. They tour internationally, performing masterworks, hidden gems, and over three dozen new commissions written for their distinctive instrumentation.

 

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Praised for his “easy facility, a vibrant tone” and “expressiveness and exuberance” by the New York Concert Review, “masterful playing” by L’Orfeo (Mexico), “simply fabulous clarinetist” by Journal des Citoyens (Canada) and proclaimed as “an artist whose profound musicality is only matched by his sparkling technique” (Nice-Matin, France), Russian/American clarinetist Kliment Krylovskiy has been enjoying an international concert career as member of the esteemed Zodiac Trio. Professor of Clarinet at the Conservatoire du Cagnes sur Mer and Conservatoire du Vence in France. Mr. Krylovskiy is the Artistic of the Zodiac Music Academy & Festival.

Mr. Krylovskiy has appeared as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, the University of Central Florida Percussion ensemble in a premiere of “Night Wanderings” written for him, the University of Nebraska Woodwind Ensemble, has been featured multiple times in the role of “Channan” (played by a clarinetist onstage) in Ofer ben Amots chamber opera “the Dubbyk.”

As an orchestral player, he often performs with the Cannes National Orchestra, the Monte Carlo Philharmonic, and the Toulon Opera, amongst others.
 

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Final student of Franco Gulli, Vanessa Mollard has appeared as soloist with the Gent Symphony Orchestra, Geneva Philharmonic, Marseille Symphony Orchestra and the Monte-Carlo Symphony, and has worked with Pierre Boulez, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kurt Mazur and Jean-Claude Casadesus. As a pioneer of new music, Ms. Mollard has collaborated with renowned composers Nicolas Bacri and Laurent Petigirard, whose compositions she premiered. A recipient of the Princess Grace of Monaco Foundation sponsorship, she has studied with Olivier Charlier, Patrice Fontanarosa, Gerard Jarry, Roland Daugareil and Ivry Gitlis.
 

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A versatile musician, Riko Higuma is a highly sought-after piano collaborator and a sensitive chamber musician, performing with the world’s leading artists throughout the United States, Europe, Russia and Japan. As a soloist, she was a top-prize winner at the Jacob Flier International Piano Competition and the Santa Fe International Piano Competition.​

Ms.Higuma’s collaborations on the recital and concert stage have included such distinguished artists as Aaron Rosand, Albert Markov, Neil Rosenshein, Cho-Liang Lin, Alan Gilbert, Steven Tanenbom, Dora Schwarzberg, Timothy Eddy, Jeffrey Solow, Dmitri Sitkovetsky and Ray Chen, among others. Appearances in music festivals include Lidal North at the Norwegian Opera House, La Jolla Chamberfest, New DOCTA festival in Argentina, New Music On the Point in Vermont as a member of the American Modern Ensemble and the Summit Music Festival in New York, where she performed a gala recital with the legendary violinist Aaron Rosand. Since her engagement as the rehearsal pianist for the New York Philharmonic premier of Lera Auerbach’s violin concerto working with violinist Leonidas Kavakos in 2017, she has continuously been engaged by them working with top soloists and conductors of today.

Ms.Higuma studied with Phillip Kawin at the Manhattan School of Music, where she is currently engaged as a staff pianist and vocal coach.