Joaquin Valdepenas

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He made his European debut with the BBC-Welsh Symphony on BBC television, Sir Andrew Davis conducting and has recorded the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the English Orchestra (Summit DCD 131)

He has also recorded extensively for CBC, Centrediscs, Naxos, Sony and Summit and was featured in a PBS documentary about the Aspen Music Festival both as clarinetist and conductor.

2006 Juno Nominee for BEST CLASSICAL COMPOSITION

Majestic Flair, Music of Chan Ka Nin presents the outstanding chamber group, AMICI, whose members include pianist Patricia Parr and cellist David Hetherington. Amici’s relationship with Ka Nin has been long and fruitful with several premières of his works to their credit. On this CD release, they are joined by three other “friends”, who are themselves distinguished chamber musicians: violinist Scott St. John, violist Steven Dann, and percussionist John Rudolph.

As an exclusive Yamaha artist he was instrumental in the design of the new CSG Yamaha clarinet combining the French and German traditions into a unique voice. He has recently returned from Madrid, Spain where he introduced this new line of Yamaha clarinet to the European Market

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We are pleased to announce that, Joaquin Valdepenas
has been nominated in the:

Best Chamber Music Performance (Award to the Artists.)

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On The Threshold Of Hope
Artists Of The Royal Conservatory Ensemble
(Richard Margison, Joaquin Valdepeñas
& Diane Werner)
[RCA Red Seal]

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Winner of the 2004 Juno award for best classical record...

...(the Jacques Hetu Concertos) and is considered one of the most prominent classical musicians in Canada. He has conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra more than a dozen times, recently the "New Creations Festival" at Roy Thompson Hall and was one of the conductors at the Aspen Music Festival this past summer.

As a clarinetist he is principal of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra...

makes international appearances as soloist, chamber musician and conductor and is considered one of the most distinguished clarinetists in the world. Mr. Valdepeñas has performed at festivals throught the world including those of Aspen, Banff, Curitiba Brazil, Casals, Edinburgh, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Nagano Japan and Vancouver.

He has performed with musicians such as...

Barbara Bonney, Kathleen Battle, Joshua Bell, Cho Liang Lin, Vladimir Feltsman, Glenn Gould, Steven Isserlis, Yo-Yo Ma, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Pinchas Zukerman and as well has collaborated with the American, Emerson, Muir, St. Lawrence, Orford, Ying string quartets and the Kalichstein-Laredo- Robinson Trio ...Read more bio ...

As Conductor, Soloist and Clarinet coach and teacher Mr. Valdepenas has taken part in the Aspen Music Festival and School for over 10 years...

The Aspen Music Festival and School is an internationally renowned classical music festival that presents world-class music in an intimate, small-town setting. This performance is part of the nine-week summer Festival that comprises more than 200 events, including orchestral concerts, chamber music, opera, contemporary music, master classes, lectures, and kids' programs.

Performing the Copland Clarinet Concerto

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"Great Mountain's Music Festival" held in Korea with the International Sejong Soloists

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