Award-winning faculty artists Daniel Linder and Don-Paul Kahl present an exciting recital featuring works for piano and saxophone.
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Performer biographies:
Don-Paul Kahl
Renowned as an”artist beyond his time” by distinguished American composer John Corigliano and praised by Brutal New Music Reviews as possessing “the caliber of a soloist with whom composers dream to collaborate,” saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl, PhD has performed throughout Europe, the United States, Australia, Japan, and South-East Asia. His performance record includes invitations to major music festivals such as the Klara Festival(BE), KURAIA Festival (ES), and Arizona Friends of Chamber Music (US), among others. Don-Paul has performed as a soloist with esteemed ensembles, including the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Musa Horti, and the Leuven New Music Ensemble. A passionate advocate for contemporary music, he has commissioned over 100 new works for saxophone, contributing significantly to the evolution of modern musical expression in and through the saxophone. Recent commissions include works by Ramon Lazkano, Stratis Minakakis, María Eugenia Luc, Yotam Haber, Katarina Miljokovic, and Nicholas Tzortzis. Among his competition accolades, Don-Paul was a prizewinner at the prestigious 4th Jean-Marie Londeix International Saxophone Competition in Bangkok, Thailand. As a member of various international chamber ensembles, he won the grand prize at the Saint-Saëns International Music Competition and was a finalist at the Supernova Kamermuziek Wedstrijd (BE) in partnership with the Klara Festival. He also received third prize and a special prize at the International Chamber Music Competition (FR). In 2017, his ensemble was awarded first prize and the special prize at the Concours d’Interprétation de la Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt (FR). As an in-demand chamber musician, Don-Paul is active with the internationally acclaimed saxophone quartet Ensemble du Bout du Monde, the clarinet–saxophone duo Duo Entre-Nous with Jackie Glazier, which has significantly expanded the repertoire through extensive commissioning and advocacy and released two full-length albums, and Woodwork, a dynamic reed quintet based in Belgium. Don-Paul holds a Doctor of Philosophy in the Arts (Ph.D.) in Artistic Research from Universiteit Leiden (NL), completed through the DocARTES Program at the Orpheus Institute (BE). He previously earned a Master-na-masteropleidingen in Solo Performance and Research from LUCA School of Arts – Campus Lemmens (BE). He also completed an Artist’s Diploma in Saxophone Performance at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional, Boulogne-Billancourt (FR), with a concentration in modern, hybrid, and chamber music. He received his graduate and undergraduate degrees in saxophone performance in the United States. Don-Paul has an extensive and growing discography. His debut solo album, Go Within, was released on the Equilibrium Label. Don-Paul Kahl is a Henri Selmer Paris and Conn-Selmer performing artist and proudly performs on Selmer Paris saxophones and mouthpieces exclusively.
More information: donpaulkahl.com
Daniel Linder
Praised as a “pianistic chameleon” (Fanfare), Daniel Linder is a versatile pianist, chamber musician, and teaching artist. He has performed solo and collaborative recitals to high acclaim in venues across the United States and in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Recent accolades include the Fresno Musical Club Susan Torres Award, and prizes in the James Ramos International Competition, the Seattle International Piano Competition, and the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, among others. Recent highlights include concerto performances with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and the Tucson Repertory Orchestra, solo and chamber music performances for the Ávila International Music Festival (Spain), Arizona Friends of Chamber Music (Tucson, AZ), Festival de Piano Rosita Renard (Santiago, Chile), London Festival for American Music (U.K.), and the Red Rocks Music Festival (Sedona, AZ) and other series, the world premiere of Kay He’s multimedia work Lost in Colors, and collaboration with the Russian String Orchestra in a performance of Alfred Schnittke’s Concerto Grosso No. 1. After his performance of Bell Illuminations by Augusta Read Thomas, the composer praised his “vivid, elegant, nuanced, and colorful” pianism. Dr. Linder is an active recording artist, and his newest release on the Navona label (January 2025) includes three piano sonatas by Berg, Beethoven, and Copland. He is also featured on Metropolis: The Piano Music of Joshua Nichols (Summit Records, 2023), and his recordings of solo and duo piano works by Daniel Asia are included on Ivory II (Summit Records, 2021). He appears with bassoonists William Dietz and Scott Pool on A Second Look (Soundset Recordings, 2022) and with oboist Sara Fraker and clarinetist Jackie Glazier on Johanna Beyer: Music for Woodwinds (New World Records, 2022). Dr. Linder is Associate Professor of Practice in Piano at the University of Arizona School of Music in Tucson, Arizona. He has presented lectures on piano pedagogy and music teaching and learning at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), the North Texas International Piano Symposium (NTIPS), and state and national conferences of the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA). His article, A Multisensory Approach to Memorization was named ‘Article of the Year’ by CAPMT Connect, the e-Journal of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers. Dr. Linder is in demand as a master class clinician and adjudicator throughout North and South America and in Europe. Daniel was named Outstanding D.M.A. Graduate by the Keyboard Studies Department of USC’s Thornton School of Music. Before moving to Los Angeles to complete his D.M.A. in piano performance, he earned a M.M in piano performance from the University of Arizona, and both a B.M. in piano performance and a B.A. in history from Northwestern University. His principal teachers are Bernadene Blaha, Dr. John Milbauer, Alan Chow, and Dr. Rose Chancler. Daniel grew up in the Adirondacks of northeastern New York.
More information: drlpianist.com