Igor Begelman is a virtuoso

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player."Clarinet virtuoso to play Sunday," ''Ridgefield Press'' April 6, 1995 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SX5EAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bbIMAAAAIBAJ&dq=igor%20begelman&pg=1618%2C3492874 Daniel Webster "Taking the clarinet where few have gone," ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' April 14, 1999 He has performed solos with a number of orchestras. He also plays chamber music, and is a member of the TAGI ensemble (formerly known as the New York Lyric Chamber Players).

Discography

* ''20th Century Russian Chamber Music / 8th Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival'' * ''Kupferman: Moon Music 2000'' on Soundspells * ''Here of Amazing Most Now'' on

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Awards

* 2000 Avery Fisher Career Grant"Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipients" http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/career-grant-recipients Robert Sherman "Pop and Classical, 'New' and 'Old' Music," ''New York Times'' October 01, 2000 * 1994 Grace Woodson Memorial Award"Soviet native wins young-artist contest," ''Houston Chronicle'' May 16, 1994 * Second prize at the first Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition in 1997 * 2010 BRIO awardBronx Council on the Arts (list of 2010 BRIO winners http://www.bronxarts.org/awardee_all.asp?SelCategory=15:2010&selSubcategory2=2

References

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