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Stephen Framil, CelloDistinguished 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).

 
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