|  Distinguished
as "the first American cellist to perform in Hanoi"
(HANOI CONSERVATORY), "There are no words to describe the
dazzling technique and bravura of American cellist Stephen Framil,
as he played Dvorak's Cello Concerto. His tone, warm and glowing,
is positively brilliant. Suffice is to say, he is the very best
cellist I have ever heard perform - and I have heard many."
(THE MANILA BULLETIN). Of Stephen Framil’s Carnegie Hall
debut, Harris Goldsmith (THE NEW YORK CONCERT REVIEW) remarks:
"The first purling made an auspicious impression. Framil
was very much a Starker disciple, bowing an aristocratic line
and projecting a crystalline spot-on, pure intonation. I especially
liked the plasticity occasionally introduced to temper the prevailing
virtuosic brilliance with necessary repose. This afternoon installment
was one to brighten a reviewer's heart."
Critically acclaimed
and in demand the world over, Stephen Framil has appeared as concert
soloist in Carnegie Weill and Avery Fisher Halls (New York), 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, 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.
As a dedicated and versatile
educator, Dr. Stephen Framil (Indiana University, DM) has given
masterclasses in cello and chamber music around the world: including
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 will join the faculty of the Killington
Music Festival (VT).
Dr. Framil has been
an Assistant Professor of Music at Andrews University in Michigan
(1994-2002), and a Visiting Professor at the University of Delaware
(2003-2004), Lincoln University in Pennsylvania (2005-2006), and
Towson University in Maryland (Spring 2008). Currently based in
Philadelphia, Dr. Framil is the Director of the West
Catholic Conservatory, CelloFeast,
Camerata Philadelphia, and Conductor of the Musicopia Orchestra.
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.
In April 2006 he recorded the two Haydn Cello Concertos with the
Paul Freeman and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CENTAUR
RECORDS). |
