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GREGORY FULKERSON Violinist
"Masterful ... a sheer joy to hear
... a musician of the highest caliber." The Cincinnati Enquirer
Biography: Internationally acclaimed violinist
GREGORY FULKERSON has had a flourishing career in both classical and contemporary music.
It was as a major exponent
of American contemporary music that Mr. Fulkerson rose to prominence, taking the First Prize in the International American
Music Competition sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Kennedy Center (now sponsored by Carnegie Hall). As a result
of that victory, Mr. Fulkerson began a very active performing career which included debuts in New York, London, Paris, Rome,
and Brussels. He has performed over 30 concerti with orchesrtra, including the World Premieres of the John Becker Concerto
with the Chattanooga Symphony, the Richard Wernick Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Roy Harris Concerto with
the North Carolina Symphony (later performing and recording it with The Louisville Orchestra). Among the conductors under
whose baton Mr. Fulkerson has played are Riccardo Muti, Zdenek Macal, Geoffrey Simon, Keith Lockhart, Bernard Rubenstein,
Lawrence Leighton Smith, Gerhardt Zimmermann, Robert Spano, and Marin Alsop. He performed the title role in the 1992 revival
of the Philip Glass opera, EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH, for a total of 48 performances on four continents, and later recorded the
work for Nonesuch.
Gregory Fulkerson was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He studied at Oberlin College and at The Juilliard
School, where his teachers included Paul Kling, David Cerone, Robert Mann, Ivan Galamian, and Dorothy DeLay. His debut recording
(on New World Records) was chosen one of the year’s best by The New York Times, and his recording of the complete Violin
Sonatas of Charles Ives (on Bridge Records) has become the standard for that repertoire; other Bridge recordings include the
complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by J.S. Bach (chosen one of the Best CDs of 2000 by The New Yorker magazine)
and the Stephen Jaffe Violin Concerto (winner of the Olga & Serge Koussevitzky International Recording Award). His
latest recording on the Albany Records label features the Paul Creston Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Albany Symphony Orchestra,
David Alan Miller conducting.
Press Excerpts: “Masterful ... a sheer joy to hear ... a musician of the highest
caliber”
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
“Transparent, lucid readings ... countless interpretive shadings”
The New York Times
“Superlative ... immense expressive rewards ... insightful, heartfelt, meticulous, virtuosic,
beauteous, and above all, convincing”
Musical America
“Thoughtful ... insightful ... warm ... communicative”
The Philadelphia Enquirer
“It’s always advisable to be present when Gregory Fulkerson picks
up his violin ... impressive ... eloquent ... expert ... a virtuoso fiddler, capable of fireworks
from bow and fingers”
Louisville Courier-Journal
“A major talent ... unusual authority ... his
intonation is excellent, his sound, robust”
The Milwaukee Journal
“Passionate involvement ...
brilliant technique”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A superb disc ... open-eyed, warm-hearted, deep-minded
... buy and treasure this CD” (the complete Violin Sonatas of Charles Ives)
Classic CD
“Refined ...
remarkable ... seemingly limitless technique -- and no less imagination”
Milwaukee Sentinel
“Virtuoso
violinist ... penetrating insight ... gorgeous tone ... disarming ease .. dazzling technique”
Albany Times-Union
Concerto Repertoire: BACH: Concerto in A minor;
Concerto in E Major
BARBER: Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Concerto
BERG: Concerto
BRAHMS:
Concerto
BRUCH: Concerto No. 1; Scottish Fantasy
PAUL CRESTON: Concerto No. 2 (1960)
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY: “Fire and Blood” (2003)
DVORAK: Concerto
PHILIP GLASS:
Concerto
ROY HARRIS: Concerto
STEPHEN JAFFE: Concerto (1999)
MENDELSSOHN: Concerto
GIAN-CARLO MENOTTI: Concerto
RAVEL: Tzigane
SCHÖNBERG: Concerto
SIBELIUS: Concerto
TCHAKOVSKY: Concerto
VIVALDI: Four Seasons
WEILL:
Concerto for Violin and Winds
RICHARD WERNICK:
Concerto
WIENIAWSKI: Concerto No. 2
Discography: PAUL CRESTON: VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.
2
(with the Albany Symphony Orchestra,
David Alan Miller, conductor)
(Albany)
STEPHEN JAFFE: CONCERTO FOR
VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
(with the Odense Symphony Orchstra,
Donald Palma, conductor) (Winner of the Koussevitzky Prize) (Bridge)
BACH: COMPLETE SONATAS AND PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN
(Bridge)
CHARLES
IVES: COMPLETE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
(with Robert Shannon, pianist)
(Bridge) RICHARD
WERNICK: VIOLIN CONCERTO
(with Symphony II, Larry Rachleff, conductor)
(Bridge)
PHILIP GLASS: EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
(The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman, conductor)
(Elektra-Nonesuch)
VARIOUS COMPOSERS: CADENZAS AND VARIATIONS (New World)
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