cliff colnot - Featured Conductor
"Cliff Colnot conducted the excellent International Contemporary Ensemble in an alluring performance." —Anthony Tommasini,
New York Times
"To every score, conductor Cliff Colnot brought a dedication, virtuosity, and intensity of feeling new music needs but doesn’t often receive." —John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune
"Everywhere [in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1] were signs of meticulous preparation and keen stylistic acuity." —Michael Cameron, Chicago Tribune
One of few musicians to have studied orchestral repertory with Daniel Barenboim, Colnot has served as assistant conductor for Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Workshops for young musicians from Israel, Egypt, Syria, and other Middle Eastern countries. Colnot has also worked extensively with Pierre Boulez and has served as assistant conductor to Boulez at the Lucerne Festival Academy. He regularly conducts the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), with whom he recently recorded Richard Wernick’s The Name of the Game (Bridge Records), and he collaborates regularly with the internationally acclaimed contemporary music ensemble eighth blackbird.
Among many other appointments, Colnot has been principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary MusicNOW series since its inception and is principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago since 1994. more—>
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