Thanks for visiting my website! Be sure to visit my blog for more up to date events and news. Also be sure to visit the media page, where you'll find a few great pieces of music. I'll be working on recording a piece I commissioned by composer Bin Li, called 'The Lost Temple,' which is a great piece for unaccompanied horn. Be sure to check back on the website later this summer for the recording! Bin also just received the Dean's Prize at the Jacobs School; you can check out his website here: https://sites.google.com/site/binlicomposer/
I very recently performed my second concert with the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, a great orchestra in South Korea. We performed Brahms 2 with Uri Segal conducting, as well as the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto performed by Paul Kim. Paul's performance was incredibly musical, and it was a real pleasure performing that work with such a solid musician. I really had a great time in Daejeon. The people are unbelievably friendly, and the food...amazing! Though Daejeon is know for it's science and technology, the orchestra is very well supported. Both concerts were sold out and received with great enthusiasm. Here's a great picture I took from back in December which shows the part of the Expo Science Park and Bridge:
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Hello again everyone. I just finished my last
performance as Guest Principal of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. It has been such a
pleasure performing with and getting to know this very talented group.
All three concerts I performed with the group were completely sold out,
demonstrating that there are still orchestras and communities in the world
where classical music is thriving and growing, and where people get excited to
learn about what we do.
Tonight, Maestro Yip Wing-sie really lit up the stage, leading an educational concert called ‘Story of the Orchestra,’
in which the orchestra played movements from various well know works including;
Beethoven 5, Tchaikovsky 5, Petrushka, and Star Wars. The crowd especially loved when the brass
section took the place of the principal strings to demonstrate how the
orchestral sound can change when the musicians change places. I think that was
my favorite part (despite my little understanding of Cantonese). I especially
enjoyed getting to know and performing with the three wonderful horn players;
Masumi Higashide, Shum Hing-cheung, and Benny Kwan.
Here’s a review from our second concert of Schubert 9 that
I particularly enjoyed, http://www.ulaca-es.com/2011/10/liebreich-throws-everything-but-kitchen.html
Next stop…I will be performing with the
Macau Orchestra the second week of November. They are doing a side by side
playing Der Freischütz.
I’ll keep you all updated on future
performances….be sure to listen to some of my recent music/performance in the ‘media’
section.
Cheers,
-Z
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I was interviewed by George Walker on WFIU's Arts and
Music special before the performance! Though, as most interviews go, you
never really end up saying exactly what you originally planned...but
nevertheless I think it makes for an interesting article. Check it out
here:http://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/horns-front-center/
Charles Webb in his recent article wrote
an awesome article about the four of us in the ‘Columbus Republic.’ “Four
brilliant soloists, Zach Glavan, principal; Everett Burns; John Reem; and Shaun
Cooper, gave this rarely-heard work a rousing, thrilling performance. The
orchestra is fortunate indeed to have its regular horn section comprised of
four such gifted soloists. Their performance as a quartet featured each player
as a mature and finished soloist, all playing with finesse and a warm, rich
sound. Even the incredibly high notes Schumann requires of the first horn (and
sometimes the other players) sounded as if they were “tossed off” with no
effort whatsoever. The blended duets of Glavan and Burns, and later by Reem and
Cooper in the haunting second movement soared above the orchestra with resonant
and focused sounds. The spontaneous standing ovation of the full house was
well-deserved.”
I was also honored as well to be a
recent featured musician on the CIP website!http://thecip.org/thecip/index.cfm/featured-musicians/zach-glavan/