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Marianne Gedigian: Performer, Recording Artist, Teacher Marianne
Gedigian, Professor of Flute and holder of the
Butler Professorship in Music at The University of
Texas at Austin Butler School of Music, was a
regular performer with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
for over a decade, including several seasons as
Acting Principal Flute under Seiji Ozawa. As
Principal Flute with the Boston Pops Esplanade
Orchestra and Acting Principal Flute with the Boston
Pops, Ms. Gedigian has been heard on dozens of
recordings and Evening at Pops television broadcasts
as well as the nationally broadcast Fourth of July
specials. She has also been heard on several John
Williams’ movie scores, including Saving Private
Ryan and Schindler’s List . In the 2000 – 2001
season, Ms. Gedigian was invited by Mariss Jansons
to perform as Acting Principal Flute with the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Her solo performances
have taken her around the world, including recitals
in Japan, Australia, England, and Armenia and she
has appeared as concerto soloist numerous times with
the Boston Pops Orchestra and with the Armenian
Philharmonic performing her own transcription of the
Khachaturian Violin Concerto. She was featured with
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame in a performance at
the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Ms. Gedigian
has been a featured soloist and teacher at numerous
National Flute Association conventions across the
country, and is a frequent recitalist and teacher
for flute clubs in the United States, Australia,
Japan, and England.Ms. Gedigian has been first prizewinner in the National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition, and the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition. She keeps an active schedule as a chamber musician as a founding member of the Boston-based Walden Chamber Players and was formerly a member of the Dorian Wind Quintet. Her solo recordings include Voice of the Flute and Revolution, both with pianist Rick Rowley. Ms. Gedigian is on the summer faculty at the Brevard Music Center, and has served on the faculties of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, The Boston Conservatory, the Round Top International Institute, and the Tanglewood Music Center. Ms. Gedigian’s teachers include Leone Buyse, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Clement Barone, and Donna Olkowski. https://flute.music.utexas.edu/faculty/ http://www.nyfluteclub.org/uploads/newsletters/2009-2010/10-Feb-Newsletter-final.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-iMiZ28jg |
