|  Distinguished
as "the first American cellist to perform in Hanoi," critically acclaimed
artist and musician Stephen Framil has appeared as concert
soloist and conductor the world over: including Carnegie Weill Hall and Avery Fisher
/ Lincoln Center (New York), Verizon Hall / Kimmel Center (Philadelphia),
with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Franz
Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Hungary), Latvian
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (Italy Tour), Volgograd
Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Manila
Philharmonic Orchestra (Philippines), National Philharmonic
of Moldova, Oltenia State Filarmonica (Romania), Hong
Kong City Hall, Zaporozhye
Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine), Vratza
Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgaria), Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra,
Bombay Chamber Orchestra (India), Camerata Philadelphia, Redlands
Symphony Orchestra (California), Nashville
Chamber Orchestra (Tennessee), Washington
Metropolitan Philharmonic (D.C.), Philadelphia
Orchestra Society, Killington
Music Verstival (Vermont), Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert
Series (“Live” Broadcast on WFMT - Chicago), Old
First Concerts (San Francisco), American Landmark Festivals
(New York), An Die Musik (Baltimore), Brunei Music Society, and
the Hong Kong Chamber
Music Society, among others.
Dr. Stephen Framil (Indiana University, DM) has given
masterclasses in cello and chamber music around the world: including
at the Shanghai Conservatory (China), Yong Siew Toh Conservatory
(Singapore), University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana), DePaul
University (Chicago), Longy School of Music (Boston), Vanderbilt
University/Blair School of Music (Nashville), University of Arizona,
University of Reno, University of Delaware, Volgograd Conservatory
(Russia), Hong Kong University, Moldova Academy of Music, Zaporoahye
Conservatory (Ukraine), Silliman University (Philippines), and
the Hanoi Conservatory (Vietnam), among others. Dr. Framil
has adjudicated the 2004 Hong Kong Schools of Music
Festival, and the 2007 Schadt String Competition (Cello) in Allentown,
PA. In summer 2008 Dr. Framil joined the faculty of the
Killington Music
Festival (VT). Currently based in
Philadelphia, Stephen Framil is the Music Director & Conductor
of CAMERATA PHILADELPHIA, and Artistic Director of the Port City Music Festival (North Carolina).
Recordings by Stephen Framil for RADIO
4 HONG KONG include the complete J.S. Bach Suites for Solo Cello,
as well as the works for solo cello by Zoltán Kodály
and Gaspar Cassadó. In 2004 Framil won first prize in the
CONTEMPORARY RECORD SOCIETY Competition for Performing Artists. Stephen Framil has recorded the two Haydn Cello Concertos with the
Paul Freeman and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CENTAUR
RECORDS). |
