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Grammy-nominated flutist Joshua Smith captivates audiences with his “superlative control” and “breathtaking sensitivity”. He came to national attention at the age of 20 when he was appointed principal flute of The Cleveland Orchestra and hailed as a “flute phenomenon.” Today, he is equally at home as a leading soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and educator. Mr. Smith has appeared as soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra on numerous occasions, performing works ranging from Bach to Takemitsu, including the concertos of Mozart, Penderecki, and Nielsen. In May 2011, Smith was the featured soloist for the world-premiere performance of Jörg Widmann’s flute concerto, Flute en Suite for flute and orchestral groups, commissioned by the orchestra and written exclusively for him. Smith received a Grammy nomination for best chamber music performance in 2010 for And Then I Knew ’Twas Wind from his 2008 Telarc recording, Air, with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and violist Cynthia Phelps featuring music by Takemitsu and Debussy. Following up on the success of his first Bach disc, his second disc of Bach Sonatas with harpsichordist Jory Vinikour was called simply “superb” by The New Yorker. Smith’s latest recording, Live From The Marlboro Music Festival with Smith performing Ravel’s Introduction et Allegro with fellow Marlboro musicians, was selected by WQXR as the “Album of the Week.” This season Smith made his debut with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and toured Israel as a guest artist with the Israeli Chamber Project. His recording of the Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp with Maestro Dohnányi and harpist Lisa Wellbaum on the Decca/London label was chosen by Performance Today as “The recording of this piece to own.” Mr. Smith can be heard on over 100 Cleveland Orchestra recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon, London/Decca, Nonesuch, and Teldec labels, including featured performances in Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, on the Deutsche Grammophon label, which the Cleveland Plain Dealer praised as “luminous” and “exquisite.” Several of Mr. Smith’s live recordings are available for download from www.powellflutes.com. Joshua Smith is dedicated to performing chamber music, and appears regularly as a chamber musician and recitalist throughout the United States and abroad. He recently toured with Musicians of Marlboro and continues to return to the Marlboro Music Festival for summer residencies. Smith also made appearances with the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, the Pensacola Chamber Music Festival and the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Fest. He has collaborated with such eminent artists as the Miami and the Guarneri Quartets, members of the Brentano Quartet, soprano Lucy Shelton, violinist Soovin Kim, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, and pianists Mitsuko Uchida, Gilbert Kalish, Kathryn Brown, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Emma Tahmizian and Christina Dahl. Serving as guest curator of music for the Cleveland Museum of Art, Smith created a series of chamber music concerts that were presented in the galleries of the museum’s special exhibit, “Monet in Normandy.” He has performed in collaborative concerts with the Pensacola Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami and at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Recent recital projects include a program devoted to the Telemann fantasies for solo flute paired with Shakespeare sonnets in collaboration with Cleveland actor Laura Perrotta. Smith, who is intrigued with finding new outlets for his music and bringing classical music to new audiences, is excited about performing chamber music with fellow musicians in non-traditional venues -- bars, parks, schools, and street-corners throughout Cleveland in the upcoming season. In great demand as a teacher, Mr. Smith serves as head of the flute department of the Cleveland Institute of Music and is a faculty member and head of woodwinds at Kent/Blossom Music’s professional training program. He is frequently invited to present master classes and workshops at conservatories, flute associations, and major universities around the world, including the Paris Conservatory, the Liszt Academy in Budapest, the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School of Music, and other leading institutions in New York, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, and Hong Kong. He has served as a faculty member of the Marlboro Festival in Vermont, Bowdoin International Music Festival in Maine, the National Orchestra Institute in Maryland and Domaine Forget Summer Festival in Québec, as well as a guest artist and coach for the New World Symphony in Florida and the Northern California Flute Camp in Carmel Valley, California. He is a “Master” in the Powell Academy pilot program established by Powell Flutes that offers flutists the opportunity to study privately with masters of the flute. Joshua Smith is a Powell Artist, and performs on a Powell flute, often with a Folkers and Powell wooden headjoint. A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Smith worked closely with renowned pedagogue Frank Bowen before attending Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Julius Baker and Jeffrey Khaner. 
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