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Lars Bjornkjaer &
Rohan De Silva Mr. Bjornkjaer is currently living in Copenhagen where he is presented in recitals and concerts throughout Europe and the United States. Mr. Bjornkjaer is a graduate of Juilliard in New York and the winner of several prestigious awards, among them the Gold Medal in the Danish National Competition in 1986 and the Jacob Gade prize in 1987 for young, outstanding musicians. He is a friend of Betty Chao who was very impressed with the performance of Lars when they met in Europe. Mr. De Silva is an internationally distinguished collaborative pianist. He was awarded a special prize as Best Accompanist at the Ninth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1990. He has performed as a chamber musician and soloist in major arts centers throughout the world. He has become a favorite collaborative pianist of the new generation of young violinist virtuosos including Joshua Bell, Gil Shaham, Benny Kim and Kyoko Takazawa. In addition to his Johnny Carson "Tonight Show" appearance with Midori, Mr. De Silva has numerous radio and television credits, including performances on WQXR, WNYC and WNCN in New York; Berlin Radio in Germany, NHK in Japan; CNN's "Showbiz Today" and a special televised recital in Tokyo with the winners of the Ninth International Tchaikovsky Competition. Now a resident of New York City, he has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, CBS / Sony Classical and Collins Classics in London. Recent releases include collaborations with Anne Akiko Meyers and Kyoko Takazawa for RCA Victor. Rohan De Silva
joined the faculty of The Juilliard School in September, 1991. In 1992 Mr. De
Silva was awarded an Associate Degree by the Royal Academy of Music, London. Mr.
De Silva has appeared in collaboration with Mr. Itzhak Perlman and Cho-Liang Lin,
both of whom engaged him for the 1990-91 season.
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