AboutJudith LeClair joined the New York Philharmonic as Principal Bassoonist in 1981 at the age of twenty-three. Since then, she has made more than thirty-five solo appearances with the orchestra, performing under such conductors as Andrew Davis, Christopher Hogwood, Rafael Kubelik, Erich Leinsdorf, Kurt Masur and Zubin Mehta. Ms LeClair made her professional debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age fifteen playing the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with colleagues from the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, where she studied with Shirley Curtiss. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, she studied there with K. David Van Hoesen. Before joining the New York Philharmonic, she was principal bassoonist of the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera Orchestras. Active as a recitalist and chamber music player, she has performed with such artists as Andre Watts and the Guarneri Quartet on the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center and has given solo recitals at the Eastman School of Music, Oberlin College and Michigan State University. Her last Philharmonic solo appearance, in April 1995, was the premiere of "The Five Sacred Trees" for bassoon and orchestra, a concerto written for her by John Williams and commissioned by the Philharmonic as part of its 150th anniversary celebration. She has since performed the work with the San Francisco Symphony, the Royal Academy Orchestra in London and has recorded it for Sony Classical with the London Symphony Orchestra, all with Mr Williams conducting. Ms LeClair is on the faculty of the Juilliard School and has given master classes throughout the country. She lives in new Jersey with her husband, pianist Jonathan Feldman.
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