Event

Richard Stoltzman and Peter John Stoltzman at The Room

This Father and Son concert will feature works by great American composers from Gershwin and Bernstein to Monk and Brubeck!

Two-time Grammy Award-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman is known as a captivating recitalist, chamber musician, and jazz performer, as well as a prolific recording artist. He gave the first clarinet recitals in the histories of both the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall. In 1986, Stoltzman became the first wind player to be awarded the Avery Fisher Prize. Recently he was awarded the prestigious Sanford Medal by the Yale School of Music. He has performed or recorded with such jazz and pop greats as the Canadian Brass, Chick Corea, Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Mel Tormé, and Spyro Gyra founder Jeremy Wall.

Peter John Stoltzman has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, and venues around the globe, with luminaries such as Bob Moses, Yosvanny Terry, Julian Lage, and Tia Fuller. Peter and his father, have been featured on WNYC, Sirius Satellite Radio, NPR, and CBS Sunday Morning. Peters piano playing and arrangements also are featured on his fathers BMG Japan releases, Bach Fantasies and Variations and Lamento, and published in the Richard Stoltzman Songbook (Carl Fischer, 2002).