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Preston Hawes

Preston Hawes, Concertmaster and Assistant Director of the New England Symphonic Ensemble, the resident orchestra of Mid-America Productions at Carnegie Hall, New York (http://www.midamerica-music.com) first caught public attention in 1995 at the age of 13 after ranking 3rd in the National round of the Canadian Music Competition, his first national competition. He has gone on to win and place in many other national and international competitions. Mr. Hawes has performed on Mexican National Television in a concert for heads of state and members of the Presidential family at Castillo de Chapultepec. He has been heard as a soloist in other notable venues such as Moscow's House of Culture, the St. Petersburg Arena, Rock Cathedral, Morelia Town Hall, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Field, Ely Cathedral and Windsor Castle. His orchestral experience has led him to serve under the batons of Sir Neville Marriner, Lorin Maazel, Phillipe Entremont, Anatoly Levin, Krzysztof Penderecki, John Rutter, Morihiko Nakahara, and James Bingham.
Mr. Hawes has performed extensively across Canada, Mexico, US, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Russia, Siberia, Ireland, Scotland, and England. In 2004 Mr. Hawes completed a concert tour of Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, and Jamaica. In 2005 he made his South African debut performing at Town Hall in Cape Town, Pietermeritzburg, and Johannesburg. In 2006 Mr. Hawes made his South American debut and performed in the concert series at the Taos Chamber Music Festival in Taos, New Mexico. 2008 brought concert debuts in Greece (Festival of the Aegean), Hungary (Tirgu Mures Cultural Palace), Bulgaria (Plovdiv Symphony Hall), Romania, and a concert/conducting debut with Janos Czifra, Kappelmeister at the Salzburg Dom, to open the 2008 Salzburg Festival.

Previously a student of Ani Kavafian at Yale University, Preston was awarded the Stephen Hendel scholarship for three consecutive years. He continues his studies at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. In what little spare time he has, Mr. Hawes enjoys water skiing, SCUBA diving, and rock climbing.

Additional studies with: Hyo Kang, Gerard Poulet, Ida Kavafian, Sylvia Marcovici, Virginia-Gene Rittenhouse, Lise Elson, Robert Klose.

Masterclasses and Coaching with: Yfrah Neaman, David Kim, Patricia McCarty, Régis Pasquier, James Ehnes, Claude Frank, Boris Berman, Robert McDonald, Tokyo Quartet, Borromeo Quartet, Brentano Quartet, Miami Quartet, The Meadowmount Trio, Gela Dubrova, Garrett Fischbach, Gofriller Quartet, Eduard Melkus, Francois Rabbath.

Summer Festivals/Schools:

Taos: 2006
Fontainebleau: 2004
International String Festival: 1997, 1999, 2004
Meadowmount: 2000-2003
Domaine Forget: 1998

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