Grammy Award Winner 詹妮弗Montone has been hailed by the New York Times for her “flawless horn solos… 和 warm 和 noble sound”. As Principal Horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 和 a world acclaimed soloist, chamber musician 和 teacher, she has been on the faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music 和 the Juilliard School since joining the orchestra in 2006.
Previously the Principal Horn of the Saint Louis Symphony 和 Associate Principal Horn of 达拉斯交响乐团, Ms. Montone was an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University, performer/faculty at the Aspen Music Festival 和 School, 和 coaches on occasion at the New World Symphony. She was third horn of the New Jersey Symphony from 1997-2000, 和 has performed as a guest artist with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Clevel和 Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, 和 the New York Philharmonic.
Ms. Montone regularly performs as a soloist, with orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony, 达拉斯交响乐团, the National Symphony, the Polish National Radio Symphony, the Warsaw National Philharmonic, 等. Her recording of the Penderecki Horn Concerto, “Winterreise” with the Warsaw National Philharmonic won a 2013 Grammy Award in the category of “Best Classical Compendium”. Other recordings include “詹妮弗Montone Performs”- her first solo cd, “Still Falls the Rain”- works of Benjamin Britten, “Gabrieli” by the National Brass Ensemble, “Philadelphia Orchestra, Tchaikovsky 和 Ewald”- featuring the orchestra’s principals brass quintet, 和 Song of Shinobeu”- works of Haruka Watanabe.
Ms. Montone made her Carnegie Weil Hall solo recital debut on October 22, 2008. She has enjoyed appearing as a featured artist at many International Horn Society workshops, 和 as a soloist 和 collaborator with artists such as Emmanuel Ax, 埃里克·欧文斯, Christoph Eschenbach, Shmeul德系, 和 Joseph Silverstein, 大卫·索耶, 在许多其他方面.
As a chamber musician Ms. Montone performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, National Brass Ensemble, Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Bravo Vail Chamber Music Festival,Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Chamber Music Festival, 海湾室内音乐会, Spoleto Italy Chamber Music Festival, 和 the Marlboro Music Festival. Ms. Montone is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she studied with Julie L和sman, legendary pedagogue 和 former principal horn of the Metropolitan Opera. 2006年5月. Montone was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. She is also the winner of the 1996 Paxman Young Horn Player of the Year Award in London, Engl和. A native of northern Virginia, Ms. Montone studied with Edwin Thayer, principal horn of the National Symphony, in the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program. She is married to double bass player, 蒂莫西·莱斯勒, 和 immensely enjoys spending time with her two young sons, 麦克斯和菲利克斯.
