Crystal Records — Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, Oboe

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CD729: Mist Over the Lake. Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, Oboe. Arthur Bliss: Conversations; Pierre-Max Dubois: Ballade Medievale; Amilcare Ponchielli: Capriccio; Leone Sinigaglia: Twelve Variations on a Theme by Franz Schubert; Napoléon Coste: Three Pieces; Joao Guilherme Ripper, Kinderszenen; Patrick Stoyanovich: Seven Short Pievces; Jan Freidlin: Mist Over the Lake. UPC 00941477292-3 ORDER NOW

With Rhian Kenny, flute; Andrés Cárdenes, violin; Paul Silver, viola; David Premo, cello; Marina diPretoro, piano; James Ferla, guitar.  This CD features premiere recordings of exciting contemporary works as well as beautiful pieces from past periods.

“DeAlmeida’s tone is wonderfully variegated, her phrasing is supple, and her musical insights are unfailingly illuminating. Her apt repertoire choices provide her with a fine playground on which to display her musical assets.” Fanfare, July/August 2006

“Ms. DeAlmeida has been headmistress of the Pittsburgh Symphony since 1991, and is hands down one of the best players in the world. Her sound is pliable, soft, but with a lot of strength underneath – a very American quality, and I love it. This recital gathers music both contemporary and older, all of it very fine and listenable.” American Record Guide, July/August 2006

Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link to hear up to one minute of the movement shown.
Ripper: Kinderszenen  Schumanniana Ciranda Maracatú    Dubois: Ballade Medievale    Bliss: Conversations  The Committee Meeting In The Wood In The Ballroom Soliloquy In The Tube at Oxford Circus     Stoyanovich: Seven Short Pieces  laid back fast a slow waltz with a fast swing ostinato slowly fast    Coste: Three Pieces  Divertissement Pastoral Consolazione Rondeau Montagnard     Sinigaglia: Twelve Variations    Ponchielli: Capriccio Freidlin: Mist Over the Lake

Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida became principal oboe of the Pittsburgh Symphony in September 1991. For two years prior to this she was associate principal oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Since joining the Pittsburgh Symphony, she has been featured as soloist in concertos by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Strauss, and Vaughan Williams. In 1993 the Pittsburgh Symphony commissioned a concerto for DeAlmeida by Leonardo Balada, which she recorded with the orchestra and Lorin Maazel for New World Records. She can also be heard in André Previn’s Sonata for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano with Nancy Goeres and André Previn on Crystal Records CD870.
DeAlmeida received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan where she studied with Arno Mariotti, and a Master of Music degree from Temple University in Philadelphia as a student of Richard Woodhams. She has been a faculty member of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California since 2002. In Pittsburgh she teaches at Carnegie Mellon University and is the Coordinator of the Woodwind Department. She has given master classes in the United States, Europe, the Far East, and South America, and is a frequent guest artist at the annual convention of the International Double Reed Society.
In November 2003, DeAlmeida was featured on national television on the CBS “Early Show” in a story relating to the oboe and its remarkable health benefits for asthma sufferers. This has led to her affiliation with the American Respiratory Alliance.

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