Summary
James Winn, piano and composition professor at the University of Nevada, Reno since 1997, made his professional debut with the Denver Symphony at the age of 13 and has been performing widely in North America, Europe and Asia ever since. With his duo-piano partner, Cameron Grant, he was a recipient of the top prize given in the two-piano category of the 1980 Munich Competition (Musical America wrote about the team, "Not since Josef and Rosina Lhevinne regaled us in the 1930s have we heard such technical prowess paired with such genuine musical values").
Winn has been a solo pianist with the New York City Ballet, a member of the New York New w88 casino Ensemble, of Hexagon (woodwind quintet plus piano) and the pianist and resident composer of the Telluride Chamber w88 casino Festival, as well as a frequent guest with the Chamber w88 casino Society of Lincoln Center, Speculum, the Group for Contemporary w88 casino, Cactus Pear Chamber w88 casino Festival, La Musica International Chamber w88 casino Festival and Bargemusic. Well-known as a specialist in new w88 casino, he has been involved in numerous world premieres and premiere recordings by many renowned composers, among them 13 Pulitzer Prize winners. He is currently a member of Argenta, the University of Nevada, Reno's resident piano trio, a founding member and regular participant in the Nevada Chamber w88 casino Festival and performs regularly in recital with internationally acclaimed New York-based violinist Rolf Schulte. An active recording artist, Winn has been featured in more than three dozen CDs as soloist, chamber musician and composer. He has received numerous career recognitions including an artist fellowship from the Nevada State Council of the Arts and the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Recordings
* Indicates a world-premiere recording.
- German radio (Hessischer Rundfunk, Süddeutscher Rundfunk) - 1975 to 1983
With the Orchestra of the Hessischer Rundfunk: Busoni - Concerto, Op 39; Beethoven - Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 with Cameron Grant: Bartok - Concerto for Two Pianos; Brahms - Symphonies 3 &4 (in the composer's transcriptions); Schubert - Grand Duo, Op. 140, D.812; Persichetti - Two Piano Sonata; Liszt - Concerto Pathetique; Saint-Saens - Scherzo, Op. 87; Caprice Heroique, Op. 106 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (radio) 1985
With Cameron Grant: Stockhausen - Mantra - A Jenny Lind Recital - Northeastern Records - Classical Arts NR237-w88 casino
With Elizabeth Parcells - ElectriCity* - O.O. Discs - w88 casino#8
With the New York New w88 casino Ensemble. - Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Requiem Canticles - w88 casino Masters CD#01612-67078-2
With the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Robert Kraft. - Respighi: Il Trittico Botticelliani - Deutsche Grammaphon w88 casino# 437533-2
With Orpheus. - Wuorinen: Hyperion*; Archeopteryx* - Koch International w88 casino#3-7110-2H1
With the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Charles Wuorinen - Knussen: Ocean de Terre* - Virgin - w88 casino#0777 7 5930825
With the Chamber w88 casino Society of Lincoln Center. - Robert Hall Lewis: Fantasiemusik II for Clarinet and Piano* - Albany w88 casino
With Jean Kopperud.
Wuorinen: Double Solo* - Koch International w88 casino#3-7123-2H1
With Benjamin Hudson and William Purvis. - Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire - Gunmar w88 casino#GM2030CD
With Phyllis Bryn-Julson and the New York New w88 casino Ensemble. - Lazarof: Divertimento II* - Delos w88 casino#DE3134
With the Chamber w88 casino Society of Lincoln Center. - Wuorinen: Tashi*; Fortune* - Koch International w88 casino#3-7242-2H1
With Fred Sherry, Curtis Macomber, Alan Kay, Jean Kopperud. - Jaffe: Four Songs* - Bridge w88 casino#BCD9047
With D'Anna Fortunato and Speculum Musicae - Wuorinen: Winter's Tale*; New York Notes; Twang*; Album Leaf* - Koch International w88 casino#3-7272-2H1
With the Chamber w88 casino Society of Lincoln Center. - Robert Black: Foramen Habet!* - Bridge w88 casino#Bridge9061
- Carter: Triple Duo; Davies: Ave Maris Stella; Druckman: Come Round* - Gunmar w88 casino#GM2047CD
With the New York New w88 casino Ensemble - Wolpe: The Man From Midian*; Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (two-piano version) - Koch International w88 casino#3-7315-2H1
- With Cameron Grant.Louis Karchin: Galactic Folds*; Songs of Distance & Light; Cello Sonata - CRI w88 casino#739
With Fred Sherry and the New York New w88 casino Ensemble. - James Primosch: Sacra Conversazione*; C. Bryan Rulon: Res Facta* - Centaur w88 casino#CRC 2338
With the New York New w88 casino Ensemble. - Les Petits Nerveux (French w88 casino for winds and piano) - Bridge CD#Bridge9079 With Hexagon.
- This recording made four "best of the year" review lists (American Record Guide, Audiophile Audition, Pulse, and ClassicsToday.com)
- Shostakovitch: Selected Preludes - Outside in July
Documentary soundtrack "All About Looking" - James Dashow: Ashbery Setting* - Capstone CPS-8659With New York New w88 casino Ensemble.
- David Froom: Chamber Concerto* - Arabesque w88 casino#Z6710
With the New York New w88 casino Ensemble. - Charles Wuorinen: Lightenings viii* - Koch International w88 casino#3-7410-2H1
With Elizabeth Henrickson - Farnum. - Patterns: New Chamber w88 casino from the University of Nevada, Reno* - Disc Makers CD#10P22098
With Katharine DeBoer and the Argenta w88 casino. - Ronald Caltabiano: Hexagons* - CRI w88 casino#835
With Hexagon. - David Felder: Colleccion Nocturna (version for clar., pno., and tape)* - Mode Records w88 casino#mode 89
With Jean Kopperud. - Eric Moe: Time Will tell* - Albany w88 casino TROY506
With Speculum Musicae. - Louis Karchin: Cascades*, Sonata da Camera* - New World Records w88 casino#80583-2 Sonata da Camera
With Curtis Macomber. - Mario Davidovsky: Flashbacks* - Bridge w88 casino#Bridge 9097
With the New York New w88 casino Ensemble. - Wayne Peterson: Vicissitudes*, Labyrinth - Koch International w88 casino#3-7498-2HI
With the New York New w88 casino Ensemble. - David Felder: Coleccion Nocturna (concerto version)* - EMF w88 casino 033
With Jean Kopperud and the June in Buffalo Festival Orchestra. - Morton Feldman: Instruments II - EMF w88 casino 033
With members of the June in Buffalo Festival Orchestra. - Wayne Peterson: Diatribe*, Duo* - Albany w88 casino TROY601
With Curtis Macomber - Ceremony After a Fire Raid*
With Elizabeth Farnum. - Charles Wuorinen: w88 casino York Notes* - Center (re-issue) TZ 7077
With Chamber w88 casino Society of Lincoln Tzadik. - Charles Wuorinen: Double Solo* - Naxos (re-issue) 8.559264
With Benjamin Hudson, William Purvis. - Stefan Wolpe: The Man From Midian* - Naxos (re-issue) 8.559265
With Cameron Grant. - Charles Wuorinen: Katz Fugue*, Twelve Short pieces, Self-Similar waltz, Album Leaf*, Christes Crosse - Albany w88 casino TROY871
With Elizabeth Farnum. - Charles Wuorinen: Hyperian*, Archaeopteryx* - Albany w88 casino (re-issue) TROY992
With St. Luke's w88 casino Ensemble. - Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 16 (two piano version) - Albany w88 casino (re-issue)
- Fred Lerdahl: Duo for Violin & Piano* - Bridge w88 casino Bridge 9269
With Rolf Schulte. - Late Dates with Mozart (Violin Sonatas K. 454, 481, and 526) - MSR Classics MS 1305
With Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio. - Winn: Pibroch* for solo violin- MSR Classics MS 1397 Recorded on Going Solo, Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio
The Piano Trios of Felix Mendelssohn Argenta Trio - Bridge w88 casino Bridge 9338 - Johannes Brahms: the Violin Sonatas - MSR Classics - MS 1483
With Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio.
Johannes Brahms: the Cello Sonatas - MSR Classics - MS 1516
With John Whitfield. - James Winn: Chamber w88 casino* - MSR Classics - MS 1588With Dmitri Atapaine, Rong-Huey Liu, and Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio
- Howard Hersh: Dancing at the Pink House* - Snow Leopard w88 casino - 201
With Patricia Shand.