piccolo encounters Pamela Stahel

• Alessandro Cavicchi (b. 1957):
• 1 Chiaroscuro 04:34
• Meyer Kupferman (1926 - 2003):
• 2 Short Shrift 04:11
• Sophie Dufeutrelle (b. 1973):
• 3 Flammerole 05:52
• Francesco Santucci (b. 1939):
• 4 El Jardin de Amilamia 04:12
• Jeff Scott (b. 1967): The Gift of Life:
• 5 The Gift of Life: Overture 02:59
• 6 The Gift of Life: Tragedy 03:10
• 7 The Gift of Life: Ascent-Celebration of Life 03:44
• Alessandro Cavicchi:
• 8 Three Moods 05:07
• Giacinto Scelsi (1905 - 1988): Ruck di Guck:
• 9 Ruck di Guck: I 02:28
• 10 Ruck di Guck: II 02:46
• 11 Ruck di Guck: III 04:12
• Christopher Caliendo (b. 1976):
• 12 Adagio & Toccata 11:02
• Total Runtime 54:17

Info for piccolo encounters

“PICCOLO ENCOUNTERS” is the culmination of a career-long desire to capture the essence of the wealth of experience we have been able to accumulate as musical partners and friends. As varied as their nationalities, diverse as their backgrounds and contrasting as their cultures, the artists on this album share a close bond: that which connects these seemingly disparate elements and leads to the creation of Encounters that punctuate the lives of composers and performers alike. The sharing of these experiences with you, the audience, is the special privilege of the musician. These encounters and experiences that we were able to make in the world of music had a decisive influence on the life of Pamela Stahel and led to the creation of this album. It is not only the special perspective of a piccolo player that is important, but above all the special repertoire that makes up the character of this collaboration. Both the selection of the pieces and the performers are decisive. Pamela Stahel plays a Burkart Piccolo Elite XXV. Nicola Mazzanti plays a Keefe Piccolo. On the album are Works by Alessandro Cavicchi, Meyer Kupferman, Sophie Dufeutrelle, Francesco Santucci, Jeff Scott and Giacinto Scelsi.

Nicola Mazzanti, piccolo
Igor Longato, piano
Sarah Rumer, flute
Pamela Stahel, piccolo
Robert Pickup, clarinet
Julie Palloc, harp
Karen Forster, viola
Timothy Ruedeman, saxophone
Christopher Brellochs, saxophone
Paul Cohen, saxophone
Clement Noël, oboe

Pamela Stahel
spent her youth in the USA. Growing up in a musical family, she began the violin at the age of five. Later after discovering the flute, she went on to earn a BM in music performance with Bernard Z.Goldberg, Solo flutist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Studies with William Hebert, Julius Baker as well as masterclasses with Marcel Moyse furthered her education.

Her first orchestral experience included engagements with various American orchestras such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Canton & Akron Symphonies & Fort Wayne Philharmonic. After relocating to Switzerland, Ms. Stahel intensified her studies with Andre Jaunet while becoming an active freelancer. Invitations to guest with ensembles such as the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra followed.

Her engagement with the Philharmonia Zurich; Zurich Opera Orchestra, began in 1991. Currently she works with conductors such as Fabio Luisi, Zubin Metha, Bernard Haitink, Franz Welser-Most & Christoph von Dohnanyi.

A passionate chamber musician, she performs regularly with the Labyrinth Ensemble, Trio Bleu, Chamber Soloists Lucerne, the Yofin Ensemble & Opera Nova which involves premieres of contemporary works and crossover projects.

Ms. Stahel is devoted to furthering young musicians and has taught previously at the Music Conservatory of Lucerne and presently conducts a piccolo and chamber music class at the Zurich University of the Arts.

She has been invited to perform at the NFA Flute Convention in the USA as well as various festivals such as the Rheinau Summer Academy in Switzerland, Porto Flute Festival & The International Piccolo Festival in Grado, Italy.

Pamela Stahel is a Haynes Artist and plays on both a 5% Gold Custom Flute and a 10K Gold Flute with Silver Engraved Keys.

This album contains no booklet.