Steven Dann

Steven Dann (born December 27, 1953) is a Canadian violist,[1][2][3] based in the United States.

Early years

Dann was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. He played the violin until 1970, when he switched to the viola. He began studying with Lorand Fenyves in Toronto in 1972, and continued his studies until he graduated from the University of Toronto in 1977. During this time, he also studied with Robert Pikler in Australia, as well as William Primrose and Bruno Giuranna.

Dann has held the position of principal viola with a number of orchestras, including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

As soloist, Dann has performed concerti with several orchestras, as well as with conductors Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Andrew Davis. He has also commissioned concerti and chamber works from a number of composers, notably Alexina Louie and Christos Hatzis. He is a noted chamber musician as well as a member of the Axelrod Quartet and the Smithsonian Chamber Players, both based in Washington, D.C.

Discography

Viola music

Sonata No.1 in F minor for viola and piano, Op.120 No.1 (1894)
Sonata No.2 in E♭ major for viola and piano, Op.120 No.2 (1894)
2 Gesänge (2 Songs) for alto, viola and piano, Op.91 (1884)
Pierre de Bréville – Sonata for viola and piano (1944)
Charles Koechlin – Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 53 (1911–1913)
Charles Tournemire – Suite en trois parties (Suite in Three Parts) for viola and piano, Op. 11 (1897)
Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for viola and piano (1919)
Arnold Bax – Legend for viola and piano (1929)
Igor Stravinsky – Élégie for viola solo (1944)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Romance for viola and piano (c.1914)
Hermann Reutter – Cinco Caprichos sobre Cervantes (5 Caprices on Cervantes) for viola solo (1968)
Jean Coulthard – Sonata Rhapsody for viola and piano (1962)

Chamber music

Felix Mendelssohn – Sextet in D Major for piano and strings, Op. 110 (1824); Catherine Wilson, Marie Bérard, Steven Dann, Max Mandel, David Hetherington, Joel Quarrington
Srul Irving Glick – The Old Toronter Klezmer Suite, Quintet for piano and strings (1998); Catherine Wilson, Marie Bérard, Steven Dann, David Hetherington, Joel Quarrington
Claude Debussy – Sonate en trio for flute, viola and harp, L.137 (1915)
Maurice Ravel – Introduction et Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet (1905)
Albert Roussel – Sérénade for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp, Op.30 (1925)
André Jolivet – Chant de Linos for flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1944)
String Quartet No.6 "Requiem für Fanny" in F minor, Op.80 (1847)
Four Pieces for string quartet, Op.81
String Quintet No.2 in B♭ major, Op.87 (1845)
Felix Mendelssohn – String Octet in E♭ major, Op.20 (1825)
Niels Gade – String Octet in F major, Op.17 (1849)
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.100 (1927)
Trio in E♭ major for clarinet, viola and piano (1921)
Sonata in C minor for viola and piano (1924)
String Sextet in G major (1931)
Double String Quartet No.1 in D minor, Op.65
String Sextet in C major, Op.140
String Quintet No.2 in G major "Grande Quintetto", Op.33 No.2

References

  1. ↑ "dann". Toronto Star. 16 October 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Players prove value of rare instruments". Toronto Star. 24 October 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (10 February 2009). "Peering Into Complex Cloud Formations and Finding Sunshine". New York Times. Retrieved 22 December 2010.

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