Duo Rhone was conceived at The International Chamber Music
Competition in Arles, France where they won the premier prix. While there, they
discovered their mutual love of Southern France. Following their win, they have
enjoyed such engagements as performing the opening recital for “Journee de les
Harpes” Festival in France, the international Harp Congress in Geneva,
Switzerland, and soloing with the The
U.S. Army Orchestra and Amadeus Chamber Orchestra.
Harpist Bridget Kinney is a winner of the 2007 Concert
Artists Guild International Competition and recipient of an Avery Fisher Career
Grant. The New York Times recently declared: “Bridget Kibbey...made it seem as
though her instrument had been waiting all its life to explode with the
gorgeous colors and energetic figures she was getting from it.” Ms. Kibbey
recently joined soprano Dawn Upshaw in recording Luciano Berio's Folk Songs and
Osvaldo Golijov's”Ayre” for Deutsche Grammophon. Ms. Kibbey's solo performances
have been broadcast on NPR's Performance Today, A & E's Breakfast with the
Arts and WQXR. She has also been profiled in SYMPHONY, MUSO, and Harp Column
magazines.
At the age of sixteen, flutist Julietta Curenton made her
debut with the National Symphony under the baton of Marvin Hamlisch. Since that
time, Ms. Curenton has been featured as a guest soloist with the Baltimore
Symphony, the Kennedy Center Institute Orchestra, and the U.S. Army Orchestra.
In 2005, she was the first prize winner of the National Flute Association's
Young Artist Competition and was featured in the Flutists Quarterly magazine. Most recently, Julietta Curenton
performed with world-renown soprano Frederica von Stade at The Kennedy Center's
Terrace Theater sponsored by the Washington Choral Arts Society. Ms. Curenton's
performances have also been featured on Washington DC's WGMS and Boston's WGBH
radio stations.