Of the Chicago Symphony) were the first to perform The Art of the Cig along with the Chicago Chamber Musicians. Hornist Gail Williams and Larry Combs (principal clarinetist Linda Strommen and the American Sinfonietta performed Ewazen's Oboe Concerto for the first time in Bellingham, Washington. The Tenerife Symphony premiered the Balladefor Bass Trombone, Harp and String Orchestra in the Canary Islands.
She-e Wu and the Orchestra Moments Musicales performed the Concertofor Marimba and String Orchestra in Taipei, Taiwan. The American Brass Quintet with the Orquesta Sinfonica Carlos Chavez performed Shadowcatcher, his brass quintet concerto for the first time in Mexico City. Ewazen's orchestral and chamber works have been premiered around the world. Two of his solo CDs are available on Well-Tempered Productions.
His works are recorded on EM1 Classics, Summit Records, &Note Records, CRS Records, New World, Clique Track, Helicon, Hyperion, Cala, and Albany.
He has received a number of composition awards and prizes and his works have been commissioned and performed by many soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras in the U.S. at the Eastman School of Music and his M.M. ERIC EWAZEN Eric Ewazen was born in 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio.
