Charles Yassky
*3 April 1951
Works by Charles Yassky
Biography
Charles Yassky is a conductor, arranger, producer and clarinetist. He has performed and recorded with the Metropolitan Opera (Richard Strauss "ELEKTRA" with Birgit Nilsson), and conducted and performed on many recording sessions for commercials, sound tracks and chamber music. His collaborations with MUSIC AMICI on EMI have featured jazz greats (Randy Brecker, Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer, Lew Soloff, Warren Berhardt and Fred Hersch), chamber music of Film Composers (Howard Shore, Bruce Broughton, Michael Kamen, Rachel Portman and David Raksin) on Arabesque and PONDER NOTHING, the Chamber Music of 20th century American Composer Ben Johnston on New World Records. His music for ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL was broadcast internationally for 21 years.
About the music
Charles Yassky's latest chamber music published by Universal Editions include original orchestrations of "Bagatelles, Op. 47" and "Slavonic Dance #7", Op. 46 by Antonín Dvořák. Also on Universal is the "Ouverture en Hommage a Mozart" by Frank Martin, orchestrated for Wind Symphony. The INTRODUCTION to ACT III of LA FORZA DEL DESTINO by Giuseppe Verdi for Wind Symphony and Clarinet Solo is published on Baton Music (Netherlands).