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In the past three decades, Gerald Itzkoff has performed a vast amount of chamber music literature, toured and recorded with the Boston Symphony, served as concertmaster of the New Hampshire Symphony, premiered many contemporary works, and performed the complete Beethoven Piano Trios on original instruments. As a soloist and concertmaster with the Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra, he toured Mexico, Canada, South America, the Far East, and Europe. He has worked and studied with many eminent musicians, among them Raphael Bronstein, Philipp Naegele, Gunther Schuller, Joseph Silverstein, Josef Gingold, Roger Norrington and Bernard Haitink. He has played in the first violin section of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for the past 12 seasons. Mr. Itzkoff is a founder of the Amicus Chamber Series, which features free chamber music concerts in Cincinnati. He has recorded on the CRI, Gasparo, and GM labels, and he recently released a solo CD, “Twentieth Century Romantic”, with pianist Philip Amalong, on the Titanic label.

Pianist Philip Amalong developed his love for chamber music as a youth, performing in a piano trio coached by Metta Watts and Orlando Cole at The New School of Music and Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. His collaberative career has included recital performances with many eminent instrumentalists and vocalists. His solo piano disc, Storia, released in 2003 on the Eroica label has received worldwide crtical acclaim and was featured on MusicalOnline's Web Concert Hall in 2004. His many solo and chamber music performances include both standard repertoire and newly composed works. He studied at the Universty of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with Frank Weinstock and Sandra Rivers, taught at Xavier University and is currently on the faculty at the College of Mount St. Joseph.