Alexis Descharmes

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Alexis Descharmes
Alexis Descharmes       Chosen by Diapason magazine to represent the French cello along with about ten colleagues of his generation, Alexis Descharmes is an active ambassador of numerous cello repertoires. Born in 1977 and trained at the Paris Conservatoire (classes of Michel Strauss and Philippe Muller), he was the winner of several prizes (Valentino Bucchi – 1997, Avant-Scènes – 1999, Fondation Meyer – 2000, Fondation Natexis – 2002). He has worked with the ... Read More

Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier Alvin Lucier was born in 1931 in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was educated in Nashua public and parochial schools, the Portsmouth Abbey School, Yale, and Brandeis and spent two years in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship. From 1962 to 1970 he taught at Brandeis, where he conducted the Brandeis University Chamber Chorus which devoted much of its time to the performance of new music. Since 1970 he has taught at Wesleyan University where ... Read More