Igor Begelman

Igor Begelman is a virtuoso clarinet player. ^{[1] [2]} He has performed solos with a number of orchestras. He also plays chamber music, and is a member of the TAGI ensemble (formerly known as the New York Lyric Chamber Players).

Discography

• 20th Century Russian Chamber Music / 8th Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival
• Kupferman: Moon Music 2000 on Soundspells
• Here of Amazing Most Now on Albany Records

Awards

• 2000 Avery Fisher Career Grant ^{[3] [4]}
• 1994 Grace Woodson Memorial Award ^[5]
• Second prize at the first Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition in 1997
• 2010 BRIO award ^[6]

References

1. "Clarinet virtuoso to play Sunday," Ridgefield Press April 6, 1995 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SX5EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bbIMAAAAIBAJ&dq=igor%20begelman&pg=1618%2C3492874
2. Daniel Webster "Taking the clarinet where few have gone," Philadelphia Inquirer April 14, 1999
3. "Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipients" http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/career-grant-recipients Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
4. Robert Sherman "Pop and Classical, 'New' and 'Old' Music," New York Times October 01, 2000
5. "Soviet native wins young-artist contest," Houston Chronicle May 16, 1994
6. Bronx Council on the Arts (list of 2010 BRIO winners http://www.bronxarts.org/awardee_all.asp?SelCategory=15:2010&selSubcategory2=2 Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine