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| Pianist Yvonne Troxler has performed throughout
the United States and Europe. She is artistic director of
the Glass Farm Ensemble, a new music group in New York City,
which she founded in 2000 www.glassfarm.org. Ms. Troxler
has premiered numerous works by established and emerging
composers including Toshio Hosokawa, Rebecca Saunders, and
Balz Trümpy. Her most recent recording appears on the MGB label. Ms.
Troxler is also active as a composer, with original works
performed in the United States and Europe, and a recent Brooklyn-based
independent film commission. A particular passion of hers
is the arranging of contemporary works (from Mahler to Ligeti)
for the unique instrumentation of the Glass Farm Ensemble--saxophone,
guitar, percussion, and piano. Born in Luzerne, Switzerland,
Ms. Troxler studied with Peter Efler and Karl Engel in Switzerland,
and Leonard Hokanson in the United States. Awards she has
received include those from the International Mozart Academy
in Prague, the Pro Helvetia Council for the Arts, and the
Society of Swiss Interpreters. She is currently a faculty
member of the Bloomingdale School of Music in New York City. |
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