Thomas Labadorf


Andre Anweiler

 

This will be the third composition commissioned by the Virtuosi for Andrzej Anweiler. It promises to be another great performance, with clarinetist Tom Labadorf debuting with the Virtuosi in this world premiere for clarinet and chamber orchestra.

Musical Experiments • April 23, 8 PM

Torp Theatre, Central Connecticut  State University,  New Britain
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Thomas A. Labadorf, Clarinet

Concert Program:
- J. C. Bach: Symphony op. 3 no. 4,  
- Brahms: Waltzes (selection)
- Anweiler: Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra (world Premiere)

Tickets: $15 (regular), $10 (seniors), $5 (students)
(tickets on sale before the concert of by calling (860) 612-4371

Artists:

Thomas Labadorf's professional career began as clarinetist and bass clarinetist in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of David Zinman where he also performed under the batons of Aaron Copland and Karel Husa. He taught in West Hartford and later Hebron public schools while continuing to perform as clarinetist in local orchestras in Connecticut. He performed as principal clarinetist with the Manchester Symphony, the Manchester Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Eastern Connecticut Symphony and presently performs as principal clarinetist with the New Britain and Waterbury Symphonies.

Mr. Labadorf appeared as soloist with the Meriden Symphony Orchestra, the New Britain Symphony, the Hamden Wind Symphony, Waterbury Symphony Band and the United States Coast Guard Band. Solo performances with Orchestra and Band include works of Debussy, Britten, Rossini, Mozart, Weber, Bassi, and Aaron Copland, and he performed his own transcription of Jorge Calandrelli's Concerto for Jazz Clarinet in New London, CT, Los Angeles, CA, and at the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago with the United States Coast Guard Band. This transcription was later taken to Japan in a tour by the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger director, and performed by clarinetist Kenneth Grant.

Mr. Labadorf is equally comfortable with the classical clarinet repertoire and contemporary works and actively performs music of the world's avant garde composers involving the latest applications of electronic processing devices. Recent performances include a premiere of Noel Zahler's Clarinet Concerto for Chamber Orchestra and interactive electronics, solo and chamber concerts with the Society of American Composers under the direction of Pierre Boulez, and other new works at the Arts in Technology Symposium held at Connecticut College in New London, CT.

Mr. Labadorf is a founding member and former artistic director of Hop River Chamber Music Series. He teaches as adjunct instructor of clarinet at Central Connecticut State University and Connecticut College in New London where he also performs as a member of the Connecticut College Chamber Players. Mr. Labadorf holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Certificate of Performance on Clarinet from the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music in orchestral conducting from the University of Connecticut. more>>

Andrzej Anweiler has been internationally acclaimed as a pianist having unique style, elegance and technical brilliance. He has appeared as soloist with orchestras and in recital to enthusiastic reviews and has made numerous recordings for radio and television both in Europe and the United States.

Mr. Anweiler is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he received his Masters Degree. His teachers have included the well-known pianists Daniel Pollack and Robert Goldsand. A winner of many prizes and awards, he was the sole American recipient of the Zelosky Grant , awarded jointly by the Kosciuszko Foundation and the Polish Government, for post-graduate study at theWarsaw Conservatory with Regina Smendzianka. He later continued his studies with Prof. George Rogers of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Among his many concert appearances are performances inWigmore Hall and the Commonwealth Institute in London, theMusikverein, Vienna, Beethovenssaal, Berlin, Ostrogski Palace (Chopin Society) and Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Carnegie Recital Hall, the Kosciuszko Foundation Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art. He has also been active in chamber music, playing with such artists as Ruggiero Ricci, and in contemporary music concerts, including two invitations to participate in the Contemporary American Composers Festival, with the composers Aaron Copland and Elie Siegmeister. He performed at the Yale summer music series at Norfolk during their Gershwin centennial celebrations and with New World Chamber Ensemble. He collaborates regularly with cellist Jennifer Combs as part of the Anweiler-Combs Duo, performing extensively throughout the U.S.

A composer as well as pianist, Andrzej Anweiler has written music for radio and the theater, chamber music and two ballets, including the score for Heritage, a ballet for television based on the immigrant experience on Ellis Island, and the multimedia historical musical, Grudka Ziemi: Song of the Beloved Country, describing Poland’s two-hundred year struggle for independence. He created the music for Gogol’s “The Overcoat”, a dramatic pantomime by Rajmund Klechot, which was premiered in Dayton, Ohio, and performed to critical success in New York and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. after winning top honors at the national American College Theater Festival. He also received a “Meritorious Achievement Award” from the Kennedy Center for his music to Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”. His most recent works include the Concertino for Piano & Small Orchestra, the Symphony # 1, premiered by the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra in Connecticut and New York, and a Piano Quartet first performed at Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT.

Mr. Anweiler is listed in the prestigious American Keyboard Artists and was included in the recently published Polish-American Who’s Who. more>>