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Julie Ann Giacobassi
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The San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco Classical Voice:
San Francisco Classical Voice:
Delia Voitoff-Bauman
contralto,
Deborah Kavasch soprano & composer
Douglas Rioth harpist &
Julie Ann Giacobassi
conductor David Robertson,
Julie Ann Giacobassi, and composer John Thow
at the premiere of Bellini Sky, Davies Hall, March 26, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle:
"Giacobassi is perfect interpreter for composer's charming premiere"
Julie Ann Giacobassi, English
horn player with the San Francisco Symphony from 1981-2006, has spent her
playing career promoting,
performing and recording new music for the English horn and the oboe d'amore. Her premieres included:
Eric Ewazen's
Quintet for English horn and Strings
Richard Felciano's
Dark Landscape for
solo English horn
Contraltos for English horn and
viola
Deborah Kavasch's The Fox and
the Grapes
for soprano and English horn
Songs of the Swan Maiden
for soprano, English horn and harp
Aaron Kernis' Colored Field
for English horn and orchestra
John Marvin's Concerto for
English Horn
Five Pieces for English Horn and Piano
Music from the Night for 2 oboes
and English horn
Octet
for Winds
Ratmir's Aria from Glinka's
Ruslan and Lyudmila, for
contralto, Eng horn & harp
Tapestry for oboe d'amore, viola
and piano
Harold Schiffman's Chamber
Concerto for English Horn
Concerto for Oboe d'amore
John Thow's
Musica d'amore for oboe d'amore, viola
d'amore and harp
Bellini Sky for solo English
horn, strings, percussion and harp
In 1994, Ms. Giacobassi along with conductor
Alasdair Neale and the San Francisco Symphony presented the world premiere
of Aaron Jay Kernis' Colored Field
for English horn and orchestra, commissioned for her by Hugh and Eugenie
Taylor. Both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Examiner rated
Colored Field in the top five
classical music highlights of 1994. Critic Joshua Kosman wrote, "The
piece was written to show off Giacobassi's particular skills, especially her
talent for shaping melodic lines with dark-hued eloquence, and it does so
splendidly. Her performance was as vibrant, as serenely shapely and as
precise as anyone could desire." Their recording of
Colored Field (for Argo) was
awarded France's "Diapason d'Or".
Ms. Giacobassi joined the San Francisco Symphony as English horn player in 1981, and in 1985 made her solo debut with the Symphony performing Telemann's Concerto for Oboe d'amore. Other solo performances with the SFS have included Copland's Quiet City, Farberman's Shapings, Honneger's Concerto da Camera, Sibelius' The Swan of Tuonela and John Thow's Bellini Sky. She has performed Peteris Vasks' Concerto for English Horn with the Grand Rapids Symphony.
Other premieres included Harold Schiffman’s Chamber Concerto for English horn and his Concerto for Oboe d’amore, which she recorded with Matyas Antal and the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra for North/South Records. Ms. Giacobassi can be heard on the Philips, London, Nonesuch, BMG and the SFS Media recordings of the San Francisco Symphony.
Ms. Giacobassi began her oboe studies at the age of fourteen with Gail Warnaar in Muskegon, Michigan. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan where she studied with Florian Mueller. Before joining the San Francisco Symphony, Ms. Giacobassi performed as English horn player and oboist with the Shreveport Symphony, the National Ballet Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, Wolf Trap, and the American Camerata for New Music. While in Washington, DC, Ms. Giacobassi studied with English horn player Richard White. She has performed regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of Chamber Music Sundaes and the SFS Chamber Music Series.
Julie Ann Giacobassi plays a Laubin English horn and a Loree oboe d’amore, both with Lickman bocals.
