OBJECTIVE
To work as a professional in the music field where my multidisciplinary
musical skills as pianist, composer, producer, and web designer for
musicians, will benefit your organization.
EDUCATION
Master of Music in Piano Performance - May 2001 The Juilliard School,
New York, NY
Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance - May 1999 Mannes College of
Music, New York, NY
EXPERIENCE
Piano performance
Performed classical repertoire in concert halls throughout the United
States (see attached biography).
Performed background music for special events that included classical,
pop, Broadway tunes, and improvisations.
Also performed for the elderly.
Piano accompaniment
Accompanied singers, dancers, and instrumentalists.
Recording and production
Recorded, edited, produced, and published 5 CDs in the last two years.
COMPUTERS
Advanced user of Finale music notation software, Microsoft office, and
other advanced application programs for graphical editing, web
authoring, sound editing and recording. Trained colleagues on computer
operations and provided technical guidance.
REFERENCES
References are available upon request
CITIZENSHIP USA
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Asaf Blasberg, pianist and composer
Biography
Asaf Blasberg, 24, has received his master's degree from The Juilliard
School in New York, and his bachelor degree from the Mannes College of
Music, New York. His teachers include Jerome Lowenthal, Jerome Rose,
David
Beuchner, and Lucille Straub. He began playing the piano at age four,
and at
ten, he started composing. In 1986 he had the honor of playing a
commissioned work written by Richard Felciano for the Music Teachers
Association of California (MTAC) at the state convention in Los Angeles.
"The saving grace was Asaf Blasberg, a 21-year-old pianist and
student at the Mannes Collage of Music, who gave a fine account of the
concerto... it was remarkable, providing a rhythmic backbone that had
simply
been missing in the first half of the program." - The New York
Times -
August 29, 1998, Mozart's D minor Piano Concerto - performed with the
New
Amsterdam's Symphony.
Asaf is a member of the prestigious MTAC Young Artist Guild and has
participated in numerous competitions, master classes, and recitals.
Asaf
was the first place winner in the Piano Performance category of the
Orange
County Musicians' Association in 1995. He has taken first place awards
in
the 1994 Glendale McGaughey Competition; the 1994 California Association
of
Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT) Bartok Festival; the 1992 CAPMT
Ensemble
Audition; the Southern California Junior Bach Festival in 1992 and
1993; the
West Los Angeles Branch Scholarship Competition, Junior Division in
1992;
and in the Southwestern Youth Music Festival at California State
University,
Domingo Hills, Young Pianist Category in 1992 and 1994. In addition,
Asaf
was also the top prizewinner in the Musical Arts Competition in 1990,
1992,
and 1993; the Exchange Club's Search for Talent, California-Nevada State
Competition in 1993; and a finalist in the Los Angeles Music Center's
"Spotlight Awards" competition. A semifinalist of the 1997
Naumburg
International Piano Competition in New York City. In the summer of 1999,
Asaf participated in the International Keyboard Institute &
Festival,
founded by Jerome Rose. He was the second prizewinner of the Dorothy
MacKenzie International Artist Recognition Awards Competition held
during
the festival.
Asaf has performed throughout the Southern California area as a
member of
the MTAC Young Artist Guild and his solo recitals were held in many
concert
halls including Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena. Asaf was a visiting
performing artist at Rancho Santiago College in 1993, participated in
the
Orange County Philharmonic Society Musical Encounters Program, 1990, and
performed in elementary schools throughout Orange County. In May 1994,
he
was chosen to represent his school in the Disneyland Creativity
Challenge
Awards Program and was a winner in the solo instrumental category. In
December 1995, Asaf performed in a solo recital for the Orange County
Music
Teachers Association in Anaheim, California. In 1997 and 1998 Asaf also
gave
a series of concerts at the Wales and Mansfield Hotels in New York City.
Mr. Blasberg recently performed at the Tilles Center in Long Island, NY
with
the Gemini Youth Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kimbo Ishii-Eto
on
March 6, 1999. In the summer of 1999, he participated in the
International
Keyboard Institute & Festival in New-York City. He was the second
prizewinner of the Dorothy MacKenzie Artist Recognition Awards
Competition
held during the festival.
Asaf was also given the honor to perform in many master classes given
by
renowned concert pianists including James Barbagallo, Angela Cheng,
Richard
Goode, Byron Janis, Igor Lavrov, Seymour Lipkin, Jerome Lowenthal,
Menachem
Pressler, and Bryce Morrison.
In addition to his piano studies, Asaf composes music for various
instruments and has been awarded top prizes. Asaf's compositions were
featured in the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Reflection
Contest
25th Anniversary Video. He was also the first place winner of the
Disneyland
Creativity Challenge Awards Program in May of 1995, in the Original
Music
Category; and a first place winner of the 1995 National PTA Reflections
Scholarship Contest, in the Original Composition Category. Furthermore,
Asaf
received first place in the Composer's Today Composition Competition in
1994
at California State University, Fullerton, and his composition "Sonatina
for
Recorder and Piano" was performed at the 1995 MTAC State Convention
in San
Francisco, California.
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