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Artistic Advisor | Jon Kimura Parker

Jon Kimura Parker 
Artistic Advisor

Mr. Parker is one of the world’s leading classical pianists, playing as many as 100 concerts annually everywhere from New York’s Carnegie Hall to London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Tasmania. He has given two command performances for her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, has recorded as guest soloist with Andre Previn, jammed in an impromptu concert with Doc Severinsen and the original Tonight Show Orchestra, and was a celebrity guest on the children’s television program Under the Umbrella Tree on the Disney Channel. In November 1996 Jon Kimura Parker received the Governor General’s Arts Award, the most prestigious arts award in Canada. Gold Medal winner at the 1984 Leeds International Piano Competition, he was also awarded his country’s highest honor for lifetime achievement, the Order of Canada. A committed educator, Mr. Parker joined the faculty of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston in 2000. He studied in his native Vancouver BC with Edward Parker, Keiko Parker, and Lee Kum-Sing, and with Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School.

Jon Kimura Parker, Michael Collins - Photo Credit Barry Carlton
Outdoor Concert, Rhapsody in Blue Orchestra - Photo Credit Barry Carlton
John Kimura Parker at The Barnacle - Photo Credit Barry Carlton
John Kimura Parker Baking- Photo Credit Barry Carlton
Robyn Bollinger, Jon Kimura Parker, Sæunn Thorsteinsdöttir- Photo Credit Barry Carlton
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Jon Kimura Parker- Photo Credit Barry Carlton
Jon Kimura Parker- Photo Credit Barry Carlton

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Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
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Aloysia Friedmann, Founder and Artistic Director

Alyosia

Ms. Friedmann is a violinist and violist, whose broad-ranging career has included tours in Japan, Europe, South America and the U.S., performances with New York’s most prestigious musical ensembles, and a special onstage role on Broadway. Trained at The Juilliard School and the University of Washington, Friedmann plays on a Grancino violin and a Grancino viola.

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