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Copyright 2009 Greenwich Village Orchestra. All rights reserved.
Copyright 2009 Greenwich Village Orchestra. All rights reserved.
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Lisa Kozenko, Oboe
Critically acclaimed for her virtuosity and versatility, oboist Lisa
Kozenko performs internationally as a soloist, chamber artist
and orchestral musician. Ms. Kozenko has appeared as a
concerto soloist with the Nova Filarmonia of Portugal, the
National Orchestra of New York, the National Symphony
Orchestra of Mexico and the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra.
Concert engagements include performances at the Phillips
Collection in Washington D.C., the Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concert Series in Chicago, the Frick Collection in Pittsburgh and
the Trinity Noonday Series, Great Music in the Chapel Series
and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.
Kozenko performs internationally as a soloist, chamber artist
and orchestral musician. Ms. Kozenko has appeared as a
concerto soloist with the Nova Filarmonia of Portugal, the
National Orchestra of New York, the National Symphony
Orchestra of Mexico and the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra.
Concert engagements include performances at the Phillips
Collection in Washington D.C., the Dame Myra Hess Memorial
Concert Series in Chicago, the Frick Collection in Pittsburgh and
the Trinity Noonday Series, Great Music in the Chapel Series
and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.
In 2001 she was a prizewinner of the 15th Louise D. McMahon International Music Competition.
As a winner of the Artists International Special Presentation Award, Ms. Kozenko presented her
solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 1993. She has recorded on the Digital
Concerto, Albany and Arabesque labels. In 1999, her solo recording on the Arabesque label of
Doubles by Judith Zaimont was named to Chamber Music America's Century List of
recordings. She has eleven solo oboe and chamber music commissions to her credit. Her
many commissions have been funded by the Minnesota Composers Forum and the Aaron
Copland Fund for New Music. She has been featured on NPR Performance Today, WQXR
Young Artists Showcase, the Voice of America, CBS Sunday Morning and the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation.
As a member of the Manhattan Wind Quintet, Ms. Kozenko was a finalist in the 1994 Walter W.
Naumburg Foundation Chamber Music Competition and prizewinner of the Coleman, Fischoff,
Monterey, Yellow Springs, and Chamber Music Chicago Competitions. In 1991 the Manhattan
Wind Quintet was awarded a Chamber Music America Ensemble Residency Grant in
collaboration with the National Orchestral Association. During her nine- year tenure as Director
of Chamber Music for the New York Youth Symphony she created an educational model that is
now used by many similar programs nationwide. In 1997, Ms. Kozenko was awarded the
Chamber Music America Heidi Castleman Award for excellence in chamber music teaching for
this work.
Ms. Kozenko is the former principal oboist of the New York City Opera National Company and
the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra and has appeared with the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and The Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Currently she is
an Artist-Lecturer at Moravian College, a member of the faculty of the Mannes College
Preparatory and Extension Divisions, and a teaching artist for Lincoln Center Institute. She has
been an oboe faculty member at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and Eastern Music
Festival and a full-time faculty member at Central Michigan University and Oklahoma State
University.
As a winner of the Artists International Special Presentation Award, Ms. Kozenko presented her
solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in 1993. She has recorded on the Digital
Concerto, Albany and Arabesque labels. In 1999, her solo recording on the Arabesque label of
Doubles by Judith Zaimont was named to Chamber Music America's Century List of
recordings. She has eleven solo oboe and chamber music commissions to her credit. Her
many commissions have been funded by the Minnesota Composers Forum and the Aaron
Copland Fund for New Music. She has been featured on NPR Performance Today, WQXR
Young Artists Showcase, the Voice of America, CBS Sunday Morning and the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation.
As a member of the Manhattan Wind Quintet, Ms. Kozenko was a finalist in the 1994 Walter W.
Naumburg Foundation Chamber Music Competition and prizewinner of the Coleman, Fischoff,
Monterey, Yellow Springs, and Chamber Music Chicago Competitions. In 1991 the Manhattan
Wind Quintet was awarded a Chamber Music America Ensemble Residency Grant in
collaboration with the National Orchestral Association. During her nine- year tenure as Director
of Chamber Music for the New York Youth Symphony she created an educational model that is
now used by many similar programs nationwide. In 1997, Ms. Kozenko was awarded the
Chamber Music America Heidi Castleman Award for excellence in chamber music teaching for
this work.
Ms. Kozenko is the former principal oboist of the New York City Opera National Company and
the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra and has appeared with the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony, and The Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Currently she is
an Artist-Lecturer at Moravian College, a member of the faculty of the Mannes College
Preparatory and Extension Divisions, and a teaching artist for Lincoln Center Institute. She has
been an oboe faculty member at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and Eastern Music
Festival and a full-time faculty member at Central Michigan University and Oklahoma State
University.