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Carol Wincenc
Carol Wincenc (/ˈwɪnsɛnts/ WIN-sents) born June 29, 1949, is an American flutist based in New York City. She is known for her solo and chamber music performances and her support of new music for the flute. She is on the faculty of the Juilliard School and Stony Brook University.
Wincenc was born in Buffalo, New York. She started taking violin lessons at age four from her father, a concert violinist and conductor in Buffalo. At age nine she switched to the flute and studied with Edna Comerchero. After studying in Italy with Severino Gazzelloni at Santa Cecilia and Chigiana Academies, she started her undergraduate work at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, then transferred to Manhattan School of Music where she completed a B.M. She received her M. M. from Juilliard in 1972.
After completing her studies at Juilliard, Wincenc joined the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra at age 22 and served as principal flutist from 1972 to 1977. In 1978 she won the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Solo Flute Competition.
In the 1980s she became a professor of flute at The Juilliard School and Stony Brook University. She has taught at the Manhattan School of Music, Indiana University, and Rice University.
Wincenc has been a soloist with the Chicago, San Francisco and London Symphonies, the Netherlands Concertgebouw, and the Warsaw Philharmonic. She has appeared as a performer and teacher at Aspen, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, and Music@Menlo music festivals.
She was soloist in the American Ballet Theatre's 2001 premier of the Pied Piper.
Wincenc has performed with the Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo, and Cleveland string quartets and with pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The Los Angeles Times described her playing as "brilliant but effortless virtuosity" and praised her "lush tone." She is a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet with fellow Juilliard faculty and she is a founding member of "Trio Les Amies".
Wincenc has served as a judge for the Rampal and Kobe International Flute Competitions. She has commissioned more than 30 pieces for the flute by leading composers including Samuel Adler, David Del Tredici, Henryk Górecki, George Rochberg, and others.
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Carol Wincenc
Carol Wincenc (/ˈwɪnsɛnts/ WIN-sents) born June 29, 1949, is an American flutist based in New York City. She is known for her solo and chamber music performances and her support of new music for the flute. She is on the faculty of the Juilliard School and Stony Brook University.
Wincenc was born in Buffalo, New York. She started taking violin lessons at age four from her father, a concert violinist and conductor in Buffalo. At age nine she switched to the flute and studied with Edna Comerchero. After studying in Italy with Severino Gazzelloni at Santa Cecilia and Chigiana Academies, she started her undergraduate work at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, then transferred to Manhattan School of Music where she completed a B.M. She received her M. M. from Juilliard in 1972.
After completing her studies at Juilliard, Wincenc joined the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra at age 22 and served as principal flutist from 1972 to 1977. In 1978 she won the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Solo Flute Competition.
In the 1980s she became a professor of flute at The Juilliard School and Stony Brook University. She has taught at the Manhattan School of Music, Indiana University, and Rice University.
Wincenc has been a soloist with the Chicago, San Francisco and London Symphonies, the Netherlands Concertgebouw, and the Warsaw Philharmonic. She has appeared as a performer and teacher at Aspen, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, and Music@Menlo music festivals.
She was soloist in the American Ballet Theatre's 2001 premier of the Pied Piper.
Wincenc has performed with the Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo, and Cleveland string quartets and with pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The Los Angeles Times described her playing as "brilliant but effortless virtuosity" and praised her "lush tone." She is a member of the New York Woodwind Quintet with fellow Juilliard faculty and she is a founding member of "Trio Les Amies".
Wincenc has served as a judge for the Rampal and Kobe International Flute Competitions. She has commissioned more than 30 pieces for the flute by leading composers including Samuel Adler, David Del Tredici, Henryk Górecki, George Rochberg, and others.