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Trio

L to R: Vladimir Lande, Irina Kaplan
Bryan Young

Vladimir Lande, oboe
The principal oboist of the Baltimore Opera and an active solo artist, Vladimir Lande graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory with degrees in both oboe and piano. As principal oboist of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, he performed with distinguished conductors including Evgeny Mravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, Valery Gergiev, and Yuri Temirkanov. Recent tours as a soloist include appearances in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and across most of the United States. Vladimir currently serves as faculty at the American University in Washington DC and the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Mr. Lande is also the Assistant Conductor of the Johns Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, the Music Director and Conductor of C.O.S.M.I.C. Orchestra in Southern Maryland, and Principal Guest Conductor of the St. Petersburg Symphony.

Irina Kaplan, piano
Pianist Irina Kaplan is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. Winner of the Baltimore Chamber Music Award and the Montpelier Recital Competition, Irina has appeared in series including the Yale Gordon Concert Series, the Bachanalia Recital Series and the New York Times Young Performers Series. Concerts abroad in Russia, Italy, England, Germany and the Caribbean have led to critical praise of her "beauty and brilliance of sound, astonishing flexibility and penetrating interpretation." Fanfare Magazine hails her as "a strong pianist who doesn't settle for an accompanying role." Irina is a member of the piano faculty at the Peabody Institiute.

Bryan Young, bassoon
Recently praised for his "particularly beautiful playing, technical agility and understated elegance" by the Baltimore Sun, Bryan Young is a winner of the Gillet International Bassoon Competition. He has appeared as soloist with the National Symphony and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, as well as in recitals across the United States and around the world. Raving about this Washington, DC native, the Washington Post writes "Young's music dances with a lightness and grace uncommon for his instrument." Bryan is principal bassoonist of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and performs regularly with the IRIS Chamber Orchestra in Memphis. He is a member of the Peabody Preparatory faculty. Bryan studied at Peabody with Linda Harwell and at Yale with Frank Morelli.

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