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Edith Orloff

piano

Biography

Known for her versatility as a performer, pianist Edith Orloff has earned acclaim in the United States and Europe. She has concertized with equal success as recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra. Her solo German debut in 1998 was received as “elegant, a pleasure to hear”, and her music-making has won praise at home and abroad for its interpretive vitality and perceptive musicianship.

She is a founding member of the Los Angeles-based Pacific Trio. The ensemble, with violinist Roger Wilkie and cellist John Walz, makes annual tours of the U.S. and Europe. For many years the group has served as ensemble-in-residence of the Idyllwild Arts summer festival, where Ms. Orloff has taught piano and chamber music since 1976. In February of 2009, the Pacific Trio traveled to Europe to perform and record trios by American composers. The CD, “American Composers”, featuring works of Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland and Muczynski, for the Marsyas label, was released in September of 2009 in conjunction with a European tour.

Ms. Orloff has appeared as guest artist with many notable ensembles, including the Houston Symphony Chamber Players, the Ensemble Con Brio of Bruchsal, Germany, and the Czech String Trio. In keeping with her interest in promoting new music, she has helped to launch several series devoted to the works of contemporary composers. She performs frequently on several prominent series in the Los Angeles area. Ms. Orloff also enjoys a long-standing musical collaboration with her husband, Houston Symphony principal clarinetist David Peck; their CD of modern works for clarinet and piano was released in 2004. She has also recorded for the Brio Classics, Resort Classics, and Yarlung labels.

Summer concert appearances have included La Jolla SummerFest, Grand Tetons Festival, Ventura Chamber Music Festival, and ongoing performances at Idyllwild Arts and Festival Mozaic (formerly San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival).

A master’s degree graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, where she studied piano with Earle Voorhies and chamber music with Cesare Pascarella, she has also worked with Jerome Lowenthal, Reginald Stewart, Rosina Lhevinne, Daniel Pollack, and Roberto Eyzaguirre.

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Grand Hall:
191186, St. Petersburg, Mikhailovskaya st., 2
+7 (812) 240-01-80, +7 (812) 240-01-00
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191011, St. Petersburg, Nevsky av., 30
+7 (812) 240-01-70
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