Samuel Pilafian
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Best known as a founding member of the internationally renowed Empire Brass Quintet, Samuel Pilafian now enjoys a rich career both inside and outside the classical music world. He has performed and recorded with such diverse organizations as the Boston Symphony, Pink Floyd, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the Duke ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, the Orchestra of St. Luke, composer Philip Glass and actress/ singer Bernadette Peters. In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Music and Conductor of the Concert Jazz Band at Arizona State University and their summer Tanglewood Institute.
As a solo jazz artist, Pilafian has recorded more than 10 compact discs on the Telarc, Summit, and Concord Jazz labels. He has recorded a series of wind music compact discs for the Angel/EMI label with trumpeter Mark Gould. Recently, Pilafian became a member of a Summit Brass . Recital and concerto performances this year will take him to Canada, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, japan, Italy, Austria and England as well as the United States.
Sam Pilafian is past president of T.U.B.A:, a world wide tuba/euphoniium interest organization with over three thousand members.
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