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Eastman graduate and former RPO flutist solos in October on the New York Philharmonic

NY Phil flutist Mindy Kaufman
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NY Phil flutist Mindy Kaufman

Eastman School of Music graduate and former RPO flutist Mindy Kaufman, performs Vivaldi's Concerto for Piccolo, Strings, and Cembalo on the October 27th broadcast.  The Edward and Priscilla Pilcher Chair, joined the New York Philharmonic as flute and solo piccolo in 1979 at the age of 22, after performing for three seasons with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. She received a bachelor of music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Walfrid Kujala, Bonita Boyd, and James Galway.

10/6      Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Haydn: Mass in B?flat Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Judith Blegen, s; Frederica Von Stade, ms; Kenneth Riegel, t; Simon Estes, bs; Westminster Choir; Joseph Flummerfelt, dir; Leonard Bernstein and Guiseppe Sinopoli, cond)

10/13    Dukas: La Péri (fanfare et poème danse) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 Roussel: Symphony No. 3 Ravel: Mother Goose (Ma Mére l’oye) (Leonard Bernstein, p; Bernstein & Pierre Boulez, cond)

10/20    Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical Mendelssohn:     Violin Concerto Beethoven: Mass, Missa solemnis (Christine Brewer, s; Florence Quivar, ms; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, t; Peter Rose, bs; Glenn Dicterow and Nathan Milstein, v; New York Choral Artists; Joseph Flummerfelt, dir; American Boychoir, James Litton, dir; Leonard Bernstein, Bruno Walter, Kurt Masur, cond)

10/27    Vivaldi: Concerto for Piccolo, Strings, and Cembalo Hindemith: Symphony: Mathis der Maler Mozart: Bassoon Concerto  Paine: Symphony No. 2, In Spring (Mindy Kaufman, pic; Judith LeClair, bn; Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Christopher Hogwood, cond)