FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2022
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GLENVILLE, WV - Internationally acclaimed flutist Nina Assimakopoulos will perform a guest recital at Glenville State University on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Auditorium. The recital is free and open to the public.
Assimakopoulos will perform a recital titled “Lucid Dreams.”
A champion of contemporary music, Assimakopoulos is credited with over 83 national and world-premiere performances and new work commissions, as well as multimedia collaborative projects and concerts integrating baroque through contemporary flute music with visual and digital arts, dance, and theater. She has toured extensively in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America as a performing artist and masterclass presenter. Her five solo CDs, includes Vayu, Multi-cultural Flute Solos from the Twenty-First Century, which was elected into the first round of the Grammy nominations for Best Classical Solo Instrumental 2015.
“We are thrilled to have Nina joining us on campus for a guest recital,” said Department of Fine Arts Chair, Dr. Jason Barr. “It is always a treat for our campus community – and for our music students in particular – when we can host musicians for guest performances. I am particularly excited that Nina Assimakopoulos, who is an international flute talent, can join us. I invite everyone to this performance.”
Assimakopoulos has performed with the Munich City Opera, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Academy Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as a featured recital soloist at Carnegie Hall, New York; the Alden Theater “Rising Stars” Concert Series in Washington, D.C.; the “Dame Myra Hess” Radio Broadcast Concert Series, Chicago, Illinois; and the “Live from Hochstein” Radio Broadcast Concert Series, Rochester, New York in addition to numerous contemporary music festivals including the AmBul New Music Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria and the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF). She is the recipient of grants and awards from the Aaron Copland Fund for New Music Recording, the Fulbright Foundation, the National Society of Arts and Letters, and the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Endowment.
As a teacher, Assimakopoulos has taught as a professor of flute performance for over 15 years and appears frequently as a masterclass clinician at universities, conservatories, and festivals across the globe.
Assimakopoulos is a flute professor at West Virginia University, where she enjoys working with an inspiring and active community of talented undergraduate, masters, and doctoral flute students.
In addition to her work as a musician, Assimakopoulos is a prize-winning painter whose work has been exhibited at museums and internationally juried shows. Her paintings have been used on the cover art of her CD’s and appear on her website.
Visit www.ninaassimakopoulos.info to learn more.
