Eugenia Moliner, Flute
Eugenia Moliner has been acclaimed by Flute (The British Flute Society Magazine) as “An artist of the highest caliber...”
“Ms. Moliner is an excellent, exciting and imaginative flute player, totally in control of the sometimes ferocious technical demands of the scores”.
And by Flute Talk Magazine, USA “Moliner is a fantastic flutist, every note she plays is part of the story. She weaves a line with colors, vibrato use or the lack thereof, and a sensuality that exactly what the music requires…. it is a master class in musicality….”
Her many recordings as well as her live performances have also received rave reviews from American Record guide; Fanfare, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago tribune, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Gramophone, The New Yorker, and other specialized magazines.
As a member of the “Cavatina Duo" with guitarist Denis Azabagic, she has performed in concert halls and festivals in more than 30 countries; across Europe, the USA, South America and Asia, in venues such as the Ravinia Festival, The Harris Theater, Symphony Center (Chicago), DaCamera Society, (Los Angeles), Mainly Mozart San Diego, the Opening Gala at the National Flute Association Conference USA, National Performing Arts Center in Beijing, The Oriental Arts Center Shangai (China)The National Flute Association (AFE) in Madrid, Palau de les Arts Valencia (Spain) the Aix-en-Provence Summer Festival (France), Campos de Jordao Festival, (Brazil), the Tchaikovsky hall in Moscow(Russia), The Doelen (Netherlands), The National Concert Hall in Taipei (Taiwan), Daejeon Philharmonic Concert Hall, (Korea), ICCR Music Center in Kolkata (India),among many others.
As a soloist with orchestra she has appeared with the Chicago Sinfonietta, Daejeon Philharmonic, Camerata Serbica, Sarajevo Philharmonic, Monterrey symphony and Traverse Symphony.
Ms. Moliner has also performed chamber music with Mathieu Dufour ( former principal Berlin Philharmonic), as well as with other musicians from the Chicago Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony, the Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Civitas Ensemble. She has appeared in recital with pianist Rob Broek, Beilin Han, Harpist Marguerite Lynn Williams (Lyric Opera), New Opus Trio, the Aspen Trio, Avalon String Quartet, and with the sopranos Patrice Michaels and Michelle Areizaga. While living in Holland she collaborated with numerous ensembles like the Rotterdam Baroque Ensemble, the Montebello Ensemble (specialized in XX century music) and the National Philharmonic of the Netherlands.
Her live performances have been broadcasted in several classical radio stations in US and abroad; WFMT, NPR and Radio Nacional de España.
Moliner’s discography includes 10 CD recordings, with international record labels such as Cedille, Bridge (USA), Orobroy and Opera Tres (Spain) and Neos (Germany).
For “The Balkan Project” (Cedille 2010) Cavatina Duo commissioned new works for flute and guitar; inspired by the music from the Balkans.
Their following release was “Cavatina Duo Plays Astor Piazzolla” (Bridge 2010). This time they commissioned Grammy winner Sérgio Assad and his daughter Clarice Assad to create exciting arrangements for flute and guitar.
“Cavatina at the Opera” (Bridge Records), an album inspired by famous opera themes was selected as a 2015 American Record Guide Critic’s choice.
The "Sephardic Journey" (Cedille2016), features compositions of five leading composers, (Carlos Rafael Rivera, Clarice Assad, Alan Thomas, David Leisner and Joe Williams), who drew their inspiration from the rich heritage of Sephardic folklore.
In 2017 Cavatina Duo together with the soprano Patrice Michaels collaborated with composer Laurie Altman and multi Grammy winner producer Judy Sherman, on the release of a CD "Sonic Migrations" for the German Record company NEOS.
In July 2020 Cavatina Duo released their first baroque album “Folias and Fantasias”, music of Telemann and Marais, for Bridge Records. with rave reviews: “Simply the finest flute-guitar duo on the planet”, the Cavatina Duo offers a recording for our times: music at once heartbreaking and uplifting”. American Record Guided named this CD as Critics Choice 2020.
Upcoming recording projects include a new release with Cedille Records, ”River of Fire”, inspired by Gypsy music from around the world collaborating with the world renown Pacifica Quartet.
Eugenia Moliner has given Master classes throughout the United States, in Universities and Flute Clubs, as well as in Festivals and Universities in Russia, Spain, Brazil, Taiwan, Mexico, Bosnia, Serbia, India, Holland, Portugal and Denmark.
She serves as a teaching associate in Flute at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is Flute faculty at Musical Arts Madrid School in Spain. Mrs. Moliner was Artist- Faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University from 2009 till 2023.
Since 2018 she is the artistic director of “Curso de Musica Juan Gual Esteve” in Burriana, Spain and in 2019 founded The Flute Symposium of Chicago.
Highlights for the upcoming season include concerts and master classes in North America, Taiwan, China and Europe as well as appearances with her new Fandango Ensemble!
ww.CavatinaDuo.com
Eugenia Moliner has been acclaimed by Flute (The British Flute Society Magazine) as “An artist of the highest caliber...”
“Ms. Moliner is an excellent, exciting and imaginative flute player, totally in control of the sometimes ferocious technical demands of the scores”.
And by Flute Talk Magazine, USA “Moliner is a fantastic flutist, every note she plays is part of the story. She weaves a line with colors, vibrato use or the lack thereof, and a sensuality that exactly what the music requires…. it is a master class in musicality….”
Her many recordings as well as her live performances have also received rave reviews from American Record guide; Fanfare, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago tribune, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Gramophone, The New Yorker, and other specialized magazines.
As a member of the “Cavatina Duo" with guitarist Denis Azabagic, she has performed in concert halls and festivals in more than 30 countries; across Europe, the USA, South America and Asia, in venues such as the Ravinia Festival, The Harris Theater, Symphony Center (Chicago), DaCamera Society, (Los Angeles), Mainly Mozart San Diego, the Opening Gala at the National Flute Association Conference USA, National Performing Arts Center in Beijing, The Oriental Arts Center Shangai (China)The National Flute Association (AFE) in Madrid, Palau de les Arts Valencia (Spain) the Aix-en-Provence Summer Festival (France), Campos de Jordao Festival, (Brazil), the Tchaikovsky hall in Moscow(Russia), The Doelen (Netherlands), The National Concert Hall in Taipei (Taiwan), Daejeon Philharmonic Concert Hall, (Korea), ICCR Music Center in Kolkata (India),among many others.
As a soloist with orchestra she has appeared with the Chicago Sinfonietta, Daejeon Philharmonic, Camerata Serbica, Sarajevo Philharmonic, Monterrey symphony and Traverse Symphony.
Ms. Moliner has also performed chamber music with Mathieu Dufour ( former principal Berlin Philharmonic), as well as with other musicians from the Chicago Symphony, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony, the Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Civitas Ensemble. She has appeared in recital with pianist Rob Broek, Beilin Han, Harpist Marguerite Lynn Williams (Lyric Opera), New Opus Trio, the Aspen Trio, Avalon String Quartet, and with the sopranos Patrice Michaels and Michelle Areizaga. While living in Holland she collaborated with numerous ensembles like the Rotterdam Baroque Ensemble, the Montebello Ensemble (specialized in XX century music) and the National Philharmonic of the Netherlands.
Her live performances have been broadcasted in several classical radio stations in US and abroad; WFMT, NPR and Radio Nacional de España.
Moliner’s discography includes 10 CD recordings, with international record labels such as Cedille, Bridge (USA), Orobroy and Opera Tres (Spain) and Neos (Germany).
For “The Balkan Project” (Cedille 2010) Cavatina Duo commissioned new works for flute and guitar; inspired by the music from the Balkans.
Their following release was “Cavatina Duo Plays Astor Piazzolla” (Bridge 2010). This time they commissioned Grammy winner Sérgio Assad and his daughter Clarice Assad to create exciting arrangements for flute and guitar.
“Cavatina at the Opera” (Bridge Records), an album inspired by famous opera themes was selected as a 2015 American Record Guide Critic’s choice.
The "Sephardic Journey" (Cedille2016), features compositions of five leading composers, (Carlos Rafael Rivera, Clarice Assad, Alan Thomas, David Leisner and Joe Williams), who drew their inspiration from the rich heritage of Sephardic folklore.
In 2017 Cavatina Duo together with the soprano Patrice Michaels collaborated with composer Laurie Altman and multi Grammy winner producer Judy Sherman, on the release of a CD "Sonic Migrations" for the German Record company NEOS.
In July 2020 Cavatina Duo released their first baroque album “Folias and Fantasias”, music of Telemann and Marais, for Bridge Records. with rave reviews: “Simply the finest flute-guitar duo on the planet”, the Cavatina Duo offers a recording for our times: music at once heartbreaking and uplifting”. American Record Guided named this CD as Critics Choice 2020.
Upcoming recording projects include a new release with Cedille Records, ”River of Fire”, inspired by Gypsy music from around the world collaborating with the world renown Pacifica Quartet.
Eugenia Moliner has given Master classes throughout the United States, in Universities and Flute Clubs, as well as in Festivals and Universities in Russia, Spain, Brazil, Taiwan, Mexico, Bosnia, Serbia, India, Holland, Portugal and Denmark.
She serves as a teaching associate in Flute at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is Flute faculty at Musical Arts Madrid School in Spain. Mrs. Moliner was Artist- Faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University from 2009 till 2023.
Since 2018 she is the artistic director of “Curso de Musica Juan Gual Esteve” in Burriana, Spain and in 2019 founded The Flute Symposium of Chicago.
Highlights for the upcoming season include concerts and master classes in North America, Taiwan, China and Europe as well as appearances with her new Fandango Ensemble!
ww.CavatinaDuo.com