Artist description Shilakowsky plays violin with sensitivity and nuance true to the composers' wishes, yet with strength, firm technique & fire. His heart is true & his soul is on fire with his music. As Artistic Director of the Bristol Chamber Orchestra, the strength & truth of his interpretations are amplified by his virtuoso, professional colleagues, the musicians of the BCO.

Music Style Classical, Contemporary, Jazz, Pops, Jewish

Musical Influences Oistrakh, Heifetz, Silverstein, John Williams, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Thelonius Monk, etc.

Artist History Harris Shilakowsky, violinist & Artistic Director of the Bristol Chamber Orchestra, has appeared as solo violinist with the New England Conservatory, Grand Rapids, New Orleans, Omaha and Charleston Symphony Orchestras, performing Mozart, Bach and Dvorak V iolin Concertos, Vaughan-Williams' "Lark Ascending" and Ravel's 'Tzigane', the Brahms Concerto and Chausson 'Poeme' and in live recitals on NPR Stations in Boston, Omaha and Nashville. Mr. Shilakowsky performs with groups such as the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Boston, the Boston Ballet, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Pro Arté Chamber Orchestra, and the American Symphony. He performs in theatrical productions at the Colonial, Wang, and Schubert Theaters in Boston in shows suc h as TITANIC, WEST SIDE STORY, and ANNIE. Shilakowsky is concertmaster for many of the Providence Performing Arts Center's touring productions, including national tours of SHOWBOAT, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and CATHY RIGBY IS PETER PAN. He was a first violin ist and on-stage solo musician for the 'Frankfurt-1995' production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's SUNSET BOULEVARD. In 1995, he performed West Side Story at the Schiller Theater in Berlin, Germany. In 1994, Mr. Shilakowsky, was a guest leader of the London Symp hony Orchestra performing recording sessions, tours and performances under conductors Michael Tilson Thomas, Sir George Solti, Sir Colin Davis and André Previn in performances with Jessye Norman, Yuri Bashmet, Peter Zimmerman, and Kiri Tekanawa, among others. He performs regularly as back-up musician performers such as Sarah Brightman and Johnny Mathis. He has taught at several schools, including the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and as an adjunct professor at the College of Charleston. He was head of the string department at the South Shore Conservatory, and has taught at the Thayer Conservatory of Music. Shilakowsky was concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony, the New Orleans Symphony under Maxim Shostakovich, the Omaha Symphony directed by Bruce Hangen, the Grand Rapids Symphony under Semyon Bychkov, the Orquesta Sinfonica de Las Palmas and the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra. Shilakowsky served as concertmaster for the European Tour of MY FAIR LADY, with Maximillian Schell. He has als o worked with the Boston, Chautauqua and Nashville Symphonies, the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Handel-Haydn Society of Boston, and the Opera Company of Boston. Shilakowsky earned his Bachelor of Music cum laudé from New England Conservatory of Music and a M aster's Degree from Yale University. His teachers include Joseph Silverstein, Koichiro Harada, Nancy Cirillo, and Leo Panasevich of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; David Cerone, Vali Bluttner and Yair Kless, chamber music with Joseph Gingold, Louis Krasner, Rudolph Kolisch, Eugene Lehner, master classes and chamber music with Oscar Shumsky and members of the Tokyo Quartet at Yale. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1955. He was concertmaster of the Des Moines Metro Opera, and performs with Pro Arté Chamber Orchestra. He is a Tanglewood alumnus, and an active composer. He has been listed in 'Who's Who in Musical America'.’s

Group Members The Bristol Chamber Orchestra is the only professional chamber orchestra in Southeastern Massachusetts. The BCO is a virtuoso chamber orchestra consisting of a core of 10 to 15 strings. Keyboards, woodwinds, brass & percussion are added as needed dependin g on the requirements of the repertoire. The musicians are professionals drawn from the rich cultural scene of the Boston area. Most hold positions in other well-known area orchestras such as the Boston Ballet, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Rhode Island Phi lharmonic and the Boston Pops. Many are affiliated with the prestigious musical schools in the area such as Boston University, New England Conservatory and Brown University. Renowned guest soloists including members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, vario us choruses and composers collaborate with the BCO. Soloists have included Victor Romanul, BSO violinist, Judy Saiki, harpist, & Joanna Kurkowicz.@o

Instruments violin, conductor

Albums Harris Shilakowsky

Location South Easton, Massachusetts - USA

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