

David Jolley has thrilled audiences throughout the world with his “remarkable virtuosity” (New York Times), and has been hailed as “a soloist second to none” by Gramophone Magazine. He has traveled extensively in North and South America, Europe, East Asia, and Japan, sustaining an active performance career. A chamber artist of unusual sensitivity and range, Mr. Jolley has frequently collaborated with such groups as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, the Guarneri Quartet, the American String Quartet, the Beaux Arts Trio, Musicians from Marlboro, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr. Jolley is currently a member of the virtuoso wind quintet Windscape; Trio Valtorna, with violinist Ida Kavafian and pianist Gilles Vonsattel; and The New York Brass Arts Trio (BAT), with trumpeter Joe Burgstaller and trombonist Haim Avitsur. Mr. Jolley was for five years a member of the Fleisher-Jolley-Tree-O, with violinist Michael Tree and pianist Leon Fleisher. He was also a founding member, now Emeritus, of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with whom he toured widely and made over two-dozen recordings for the Deutsche Grammophon label.
A frequent soloist with orchestras, Mr. Jolley has appeared with symphonies across the US, including Detroit, Rochester, Memphis, San Antonio, Phoenix, Florida West Coast, New Mexico, and Vermont; internationally, he has appeared with the National Symphony of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the Kamerata Orchestra of Athens, the Israel Sinfonietta, and the Israel Kamerata in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Mr. Jolley most recently performed with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra in Enschede, where he performed Joseph Swenson’s horn concerto, The Fire and the Rose.
Mr. Jolley’s keen interest in enlarging the solo horn literature has led to the composition of many new works for him, including Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s concerto, which Mr. Jolley premiered with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Other memorable works composed for Mr. Jolley include Twilight Music by John Harbison, Dust and Shiver by George Tsontakis, and George Perle’s Duos for Horn and String Quartet, premiered by Mr. Jolley and the Orion String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall. He most recently premiered the Concerto for Horn by Lawrence Dillon with the Carolina Chamber Orchestra.
He has performed in many summer festivals, including Marlboro, Sarasota, Aspen, Mostly Mozart, Bowdoin, and the Music Academy of the West. Mr. Jolley has six solo recordings under the Arabesque label, including Mozart Concerti and Strauss Concerti with the Israel Sinfonietta. Mr. Jolley is on the faculty of Queens College-City University of New York, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the Mannes College of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music.
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Repertoire
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Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31Chabrier, Emmanuel
“Larghetto” for Horn and OrchestraCherubini
Sonatas (2) for Horn and StringsDukas
Villanelle for Horn and OrchestraFoerster, Christoph
Concerto for Horn and OrchestraGlière
Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 31Knussen
ConcertoLigeti
Concerto for Horn and Chamber EnsembleMozart
Concerto No. 1, K. 412
Concerto No. 2, K. 417
Concerto No. 3, K. 447
Concerto No. 4, K. 495
Concerto RondoSchumann
Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 70Schwantner, Joseph
Concerto for Horn and OrchestraStrauss, Richard
Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 11 (1884)
Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major (1942)Telemann
Concerto in D Major
Concerto in D Major for Three Horns
Concerto in E-Flat Major for Three HornsTsontakis, George
“Shiver” for Horn, Strings, and Celeste (2002)Weber
Concertino in E Minor, Op. 45Wilder, Alec
Suite for Horn and Strings
“John Barrows,” for Horn and StringsZwilich
Concerto for Horn and Strings
(Composed for David Jolley, for reduced orchestra)
Repertoire
Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31Chabrier, Emmanuel
“Larghetto” for Horn and OrchestraCherubini
Sonatas (2) for Horn and StringsDukas
Villanelle for Horn and OrchestraFoerster, Christoph
Concerto for Horn and OrchestraGlière
Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 31Knussen
ConcertoLigeti
Concerto for Horn and Chamber EnsembleMozart
Concerto No. 1, K. 412
Concerto No. 2, K. 417
Concerto No. 3, K. 447
Concerto No. 4, K. 495
Concerto RondoSchumann
Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 70Schwantner, Joseph
Concerto for Horn and OrchestraStrauss, Richard
Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 11 (1884)
Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major (1942)Telemann
Concerto in D Major
Concerto in D Major for Three Horns
Concerto in E-Flat Major for Three HornsTsontakis, George
“Shiver” for Horn, Strings, and Celeste (2002)Weber
Concertino in E Minor, Op. 45Wilder, Alec
Suite for Horn and Strings
“John Barrows,” for Horn and StringsZwilich
Concerto for Horn and Strings
(Composed for David Jolley, for reduced orchestra)
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Short Biography
David Jolley has thrilled audiences throughout the world with his “remarkable virtuosity” (New York Times), and has been hailed as “a soloist second to none” by Gramophone Magazine. He has traveled extensively in North and South America, Europe, East Asia, and Japan, sustaining an active performance career. A chamber artist of unusual sensitivity and range, Mr. Jolley has frequently collaborated with such groups as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, the Guarneri Quartet, the American String Quartet, the Beaux Arts Trio, Musicians from Marlboro, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr. Jolley is currently a member of the virtuoso wind quintet Windscape; Trio Valtorna, with violinist Ida Kavafian and pianist Gilles Vonsattel; and The New York Brass Arts Trio (BAT), with trumpeter Joe Burgstaller and trombonist Haim Avitsur. Mr. Jolley was for five years a member of the Fleisher-Jolley-Tree-O, with violinist Michael Tree and pianist Leon Fleisher. He was also a founding member, now Emeritus, of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with whom he toured widely and made over two-dozen recordings for the Deutsche Grammophon label. |
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David Jolley has thrilled audiences throughout the world with his “remarkable virtuosity” (New York Times), and has been hailed as “a soloist second to none” by Gramophone Magazine. He has traveled extensively in North and South America, Europe, East Asia, and Japan, sustaining an active performance career. A chamber artist of unusual sensitivity and range, Mr. Jolley has frequently collaborated with such groups as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, the Guarneri Quartet, the American String Quartet, the Beaux Arts Trio, Musicians from Marlboro, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr. Jolley is currently a member of the virtuoso wind quintet Windscape; Trio Valtorna, with violinist Ida Kavafian and pianist Gilles Vonsattel; and The New York Brass Arts Trio (BAT), with trumpeter Joe Burgstaller and trombonist Haim Avitsur. Mr. Jolley was for five years a member of the Fleisher-Jolley-Tree-O, with violinist Michael Tree and pianist Leon Fleisher. He was also a founding member, now Emeritus, of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with whom he toured widely and made over two-dozen recordings for the Deutsche Grammophon label.
A frequent soloist with orchestras, Mr. Jolley has appeared with symphonies across the US, including Detroit, Rochester, Memphis, San Antonio, Phoenix, Florida West Coast, New Mexico, and Vermont; internationally, he has appeared with the National Symphony of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the Kamerata Orchestra of Athens, the Israel Sinfonietta, and the Israel Kamerata in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Mr. Jolley most recently performed with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra in Enschede, where he performed Joseph Swenson’s horn concerto, The Fire and the Rose.
Mr. Jolley’s keen interest in enlarging the solo horn literature has led to the composition of many new works for him, including Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s concerto, which Mr. Jolley premiered with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Other memorable works composed for Mr. Jolley include Twilight Music by John Harbison, Dust and Shiver by George Tsontakis, and George Perle’s Duos for Horn and String Quartet, premiered by Mr. Jolley and the Orion String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall. He most recently premiered the Concerto for Horn by Lawrence Dillon with the Carolina Chamber Orchestra.
He has performed in many summer festivals, including Marlboro, Sarasota, Aspen, Mostly Mozart, Bowdoin, and the Music Academy of the West. Mr. Jolley has six solo recordings under the Arabesque label, including Mozart Concerti and Strauss Concerti with the Israel Sinfonietta. Mr. Jolley is on the faculty of Queens College-City University of New York, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the Mannes College of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music.
12/2021 – PLEASE DESTROY ALL PREVIOUSLY DATED MATERIALS.
MODIFIED VERSIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY DISPEKER ARTISTS.