大管/Bassoon  麦克·格札/Michael Garza

麦克·格札1976年出生于美国德克萨斯州，14岁开始学习大管并成为德州奥斯汀交响乐团最年轻的演奏员。在耶鲁大学和纽约曼哈顿音乐学院学习期间，拜纽约市芭蕾舞乐团和奥菲斯室内乐团首席大管Frank Morelli先生为师，并曾在芝加哥交响乐团首席大管David McGill和法国大管演奏家Pascal Gallois 的大师班中学习。在校期间，麦克·格札热衷于室内乐，并是KOSMOS木管五重奏的创始人之一。KOSMOS木管五重奏获1999年美国Coleman室内乐比赛首奖，于2000年在纽约卡耐基的Weill音乐厅举办音乐会。KOSMOS木管五重奏获夏季奖学金，成为Norfolk室内乐音乐节的木管五重奏组。1999年获波士顿交响乐团Tanglewood夏季音乐营奖学金，参加了Tanglewood夏季音乐营乐团，与指挥大师小泽征尔，Claudio Abaddo，James Con1on(巴黎歌剧院首席指挥)，Andre Previn，马友友，Yuri Bashmet(中提琴独奏家)和Brry Tuckwell(澳大利亚圆号独奏家)同台演出。

麦克·格札自2001年5月起任广州交响乐团首席大管，期待着与乐团一起努力，共同参与乐团未来各种国内外的演出活动。

Michael Garza

Born in 1976, Michael R. Garza has been playing the bassoon since age 14.  Following formal studies in his home state of Texas where he was the youngest member of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, further studies were pursued at Yale University and the Manhattan School of Music.  While there, intense training was done with internationally renowned bassoon soloist and chamber musician Frank Morelli—principal bassoonist of the New York City Opera and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.  Aside from Frank Morelli, Michael has also performed in masterclasses for David Mcgill (principal bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), William Winstead (principal bassoonist of the Cincinnatti Symphony Orchestra), and French bassoonist Pascal Gallois (member Ensemble Intercontemporain of Paris, France)  

 Besides being an active freelance musician in Northeastern America with numerous orchestras and chamber groups, during his studies he was also a founding member of the KOSMOS woodwind quintet.  Through the KOSMOS quintet, Michael was awarded the opportunity to perform in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 2000 and received first prize at America’s Coleman National Chamber Music Competition in 1999.   In 2000, the group was awarded a summer fellowship to be the woodwind quintet in residence at America’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.