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American conductor Marlon Daniel is one of the foremost exponents of music by composers of African and African American descent in the world. He has been described as “…one of the youngest and most prominent pianist/conductors in New York today.” (Le Figaro - France Amerique), “…a natural and enormous talent.” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “fabulous and exceptional” (Pravda - Moscow). He is the winner of the 2009 John and Mary Virginia Foncannon Conducting Award. ==Musical career== Daniel started his musical career as a child prodigy pianist in Chicago, Illinois. Later he worked as a freelance concert artist while studying conducting and piano at Manhattan School of Music. In 1993 he was selected as one of thirteen pianists from around the world to participate in the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival Young Artist Program. He continued to be active as a soloist with orchestra, recitalist and chamber musician in collaboration with noted vocal and instrumental soloists in the United States and Europe. In 2000, Daniel founded Manhattan Virtuosi and became its Music Director for the next four years. Increasingly focusing on his conducting career, from 2003 until 2007 he resided predominantly in Europe. During this time he served as Associate Conductor of the (Praga Sinfonietta ). After the dissolution of Manhattan Virtuosi, Daniel founded and was Music Director of the New York-based chamber orchestra Ensemble du Monde in 2004, which brought together virtuoso musicians from around the world, including many former members of Manhattan Virtuosi. Daniel has subsequently appeared in concert halls throughout the world including Carnegie Hall (New York, NY), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, NY), The Rudolfinum (Prague, Czech Republic), Bulgaria Hall (Sofia, Bulgaria), Insular Hall (Alabang, Philippines), Severance Hall (Cleveland, OH), L'Archipel (Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe) and alongside several internationally renowned artists that have included Deborah Voigt, Julian Milkis, Koh Gabriel Kameda and Magali Léger. He has also appeared as conductor and Music Director for several international commercial media ventures that have included the world premiere of the Maybach Maybach car at the New York Wall Street Regent Hotel and the world premiere of the Nickelodeon Television’s EMMY winning Wonder Pets Save the Goldfish episode live at New York‘s Javits Center. In addition to Ensemble du Monde, Daniel is the Principal Conductor of the New Horizons Orchestra of the Festival of African and African American Music (FESAAM), Artistic Director of the Festival International Saint-Georges in Guadeloupe and Principal Guest Conductor (2012–14) of the Sofia Sinfonietta. He has guest-conducted orchestras in the United States, the Caribbean, Czech Republic, Philippines, Germany, France and Russia. A champion of music by living composers, he has performed new works of Giya Kancheli, Matthew Kajcienski, Libby Larsen, Dominique Le Gendre, Fred Onovwerosuoke, Hampson Sisler, Patrick Soluri, Eino Tamberg and Lev Zhurbin. He is credited with conducting the world premieres of Dominique Le Gendre’s Le Génie Humain for Orchestra, Fred Onovwerosuoke’s Meditation for Darfur for Mezzo-soprano, Harp and Orchestra and Hampson Sisler’s Phoenix Forever Suite for Orchestra, the American premiere of Giya Kancheli’s Night Prayers for Clarinet, Strings and Tape and the Russian premiere of William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony with the Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music Fraternity and co-chairman of the fraternity's International Committee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marlon Daniel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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