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Copyright 2009 Greenwich Village Orchestra. All rights reserved.
Copyright 2009 Greenwich Village Orchestra. All rights reserved.
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Ransom Wilson, Conductor
Ransom Wilson hails from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was
educated at the North Carolina School of the Arts and The
Juilliard School. For post-graduate work, he was an Atlantique
Foundation scholar in Paris for a year, studying privately with
Jean-Pierre Rampal. His other flute teachers have included
Alain Marion, Sandra Taylor, Lawrence Morgan, Philip Dunigan,
Severino Gazzelloni, Julius Baker, Christian Lard, and Arthur
Lora. He has appeared with major orchestras around the world,
and has played in recital with many of the greatest musicians of
our time.
educated at the North Carolina School of the Arts and The
Juilliard School. For post-graduate work, he was an Atlantique
Foundation scholar in Paris for a year, studying privately with
Jean-Pierre Rampal. His other flute teachers have included
Alain Marion, Sandra Taylor, Lawrence Morgan, Philip Dunigan,
Severino Gazzelloni, Julius Baker, Christian Lard, and Arthur
Lora. He has appeared with major orchestras around the world,
and has played in recital with many of the greatest musicians of
our time.
Mr. Wilson is also an orchestral conductor of growing reputation, and he is the founder and
conductor of Solisti New York Orchestra, as well as the former Artistic Director of Oklahoma's
OK MOZART International Festival. He has been guest conductor of many prestigious
ensembles, including the Houston Symphony, Hallé Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Los
Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the New York City Opera and the
Metropolitan Opera. His conducting teachers have included Roger Nierenberg, James Dixon,
Otto-Werner Mueller, and Leonard Bernstein.
He has recorded 30 albums as both flutist and conductor, and was three times nominated for
the Grammy award. Other awards he has received include the Alabama Prize from the New
York Times Foundation, and the Award of Merit in Gold, from the Republic of Austria. He is an
Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and is Professor of Flute at Yale
University, as well as Music Director of the orchestra at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, and Artistic
Director of Oklahoma's OK MOZART International Festival. He recently taught a week long
master class at the Paris Conservatory, as well as classes at International Summer Academy
in Nice, and at The Juilliard School in New York City.
Ransom has recently formed a new CD label: IMAGE RECORDINGS. He acts as Producer and
Director of Artists and Repertoire for the label, which has already won a major award for one of
its recordings.In his own recording career, Ransom has been privileged to work with some of
the finest recording producers in the world, and has done the most work with Patti Laursen.
Her uniquely supportive production style is one that Mr. Wilson learned a great deal from, and
emulates whenever possible in his own work as Producer.
conductor of Solisti New York Orchestra, as well as the former Artistic Director of Oklahoma's
OK MOZART International Festival. He has been guest conductor of many prestigious
ensembles, including the Houston Symphony, Hallé Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Los
Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the New York City Opera and the
Metropolitan Opera. His conducting teachers have included Roger Nierenberg, James Dixon,
Otto-Werner Mueller, and Leonard Bernstein.
He has recorded 30 albums as both flutist and conductor, and was three times nominated for
the Grammy award. Other awards he has received include the Alabama Prize from the New
York Times Foundation, and the Award of Merit in Gold, from the Republic of Austria. He is an
Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and is Professor of Flute at Yale
University, as well as Music Director of the orchestra at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, and Artistic
Director of Oklahoma's OK MOZART International Festival. He recently taught a week long
master class at the Paris Conservatory, as well as classes at International Summer Academy
in Nice, and at The Juilliard School in New York City.
Ransom has recently formed a new CD label: IMAGE RECORDINGS. He acts as Producer and
Director of Artists and Repertoire for the label, which has already won a major award for one of
its recordings.In his own recording career, Ransom has been privileged to work with some of
the finest recording producers in the world, and has done the most work with Patti Laursen.
Her uniquely supportive production style is one that Mr. Wilson learned a great deal from, and
emulates whenever possible in his own work as Producer.
