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Our 23rd Season! |
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| Barbara Govatos, Music Director |
PO Box 3537
Wilmington, DE 19807-3537
302.455.0246 |
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John Koen , cello |
John Koen, cello, has been a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra since
1990. Mr. Koen appears regularly on the Orchestra's Chamber Music
series, including during Conductor Laureate Wolfgang Sawallisch's
Opening Week Festival in 1993. He has been a frequent guest on the
Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble series and is also a member of the
Mondrian Ensemble and the Network for New Music. As a soloist Mr. Koen
has appeared with the New Symphony Orchestra of Sofia, Bulgaria,
conducted by Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Conductor Rossen Milanov,
and regularly with the Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra (PA), where he has
been principal cello since 1992. In 1988 Mr. Koen performed as solo
cellist in the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra on European
tours with Christoph Eschenbach, Leonard Bernstein, and Sergiu
Celibidache. He was nominated for the 1998 Gay/Lesbian American Music
Awards (GLAMA) for his performance of Winter Toccata for solo cello, by
Robert Maggio, which Mr. Koen commissioned, and is featured on a
recording of works by Robert Maggio entitled Seven Mad Gods. Mr. Koen
studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with David Soyer and Peter
Wiley, the original and current cellist (respectively) of the Guarneri
Quartet, and holds a bachelor of music performance degree. He also
studied at the New School of Music with Orlando Cole (1984-85). Mr. Koen
resides in Philadelphia. |
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This program is made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware. For additional information on arts activities in Delaware, visit the Delaware Division of the Arts website. |
MISSION STATEMENT
The Delaware Chamber Music Festival will extend and increase interest in classical music in Delaware by bringing to the public top quality chamber music performances at an affordable cost to attendees. Offerings will include chamber music concerts plus outreach programs for families and younger audiences, and will feature innovative mixes of traditional and contemporary classical music. |
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