Carol Wincenc born June 29,1949, is an American flutist based in New York City.
14 Facts About Carol Wincenc
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Carol Wincenc is known for her solo and chamber music performances and her support of new music for the flute.
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Carol Wincenc is on the faculty of the Juilliard School and Stony Brook University.
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Carol Wincenc started taking violin lessons at age four from her father, a concert violinist and conductor in Buffalo.
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Carol Wincenc has taught at the Manhattan School of Music, Indiana University, and Rice University.
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Carol Wincenc has been a soloist with the Chicago, San Francisco and London Symphonies, the Netherlands Concertgebouw, and the Warsaw Philharmonic.
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Carol Wincenc has appeared as a performer and teacher at Aspen, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, and Music@Menlo music festivals.
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Carol Wincenc was soloist in the American Ballet Theatre's 2001 premier of the Pied Piper.
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Carol Wincenc has performed with the Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo, and Cleveland string quartets and with pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
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Carol Wincenc has served as a judge for the Rampal and Kobe International Flute Competitions.
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Carol Wincenc has commissioned more than 30 pieces for the flute by leading composers including Samuel Adler, David Del Tredici, Henryk Gorecki, George Rochberg, and others.
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In "Carol Wincenc Valentines," published by Carl Fischer, she introduced 11 new works for flute including pieces by Paul Schoenfield, Roberto Sierra, Peter Schickele, Tobias Picker, and Michael Torke, among others.
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Carol Wincenc performed the world premieres of Christopher Rouse's flute concerto, Henryk Gorecki's Concerto-Cantata and Lukas Foss's Renaissance Concerto.
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In 2005 at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards the small ensemble of which Carol Wincenc is a part was nominated for a Grammy Award for a recording of Yehudi Wyner's works.