RV 589 12. Cum Sancto Spiritu

The Antonio Vivaldi Collection

L'estro armonico  Op. 3  Concerto No. 12 in E Major  RV. 265 - III. Allegro

L'estro armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 12 in E Major, RV. 265 - III. Allegro

Mr. Dicker has earned degrees from UCLA, The University of Michigan, and The Juilliard School where he was the recipient of the Juilliard Alumni Scholarship in Performance. His teachers have included Norman Herzberg, Harold Goltzer, Mitchell Lurie, and Mehli Mehta.

Mr. Dicker's performing career began with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He served as Principal Bassoonist with the Wichita Symphony. His European experience began as bassoonist with the Belgian Radio Symphony in Brussels after which he spent several years in Germany as Associate Principal Bassoon of the Gelesenkirchen Philharmonic. During his years in Germany, Mr. Dicker also performed with numerous ensembles including Dortmunder Oper, Essen Philharmonic, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Philharmonia Hungarica, and Deutsche Bach Solisten.

Fox Products Corporation, prominent maker of bassoons and oboes, has engaged Mr. Dicker as International Representative and Clinician since 1979. In this capacity, Mr. Dicker has presented clinics throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. He has performed bassoon service/acoustical clinics in Wels, Austria and in Tulsa, Oklahoma on behalf of Fox. Most recently Mr. Dicker has served as recitalist and clinician for Fox at the first Asia Double Reed Society Convention in Bangkok, Thailand. 

Mr. Dicker has taught at Wichita State University, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Musikschule Bochum (Germany), Orvieto Musica (Italy), and Illinois State University. He has presented masterclasses at the International Double Reed Society and in several conservatories and universities throughout the United States, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and Switzerland. Mr. Dickerís former bassoon students currently hold positions in New Mexico State University, Angelo State University, Moorhead State University, The National Orchestra of Portugal, the Nordwest-Deutsche Philharmonie, and The New York Philharmonic.

Mr. Dicker has been a member of the faculty of the Illinois State University School of Music since 1986. He has performed with the Sonneries Quintet in Europe and Japan and throughout the Midwest United States. Mr. Dicker serves as Principal Bassoonist of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and of the Heartland Festival Orchestra.  He serves as contrabassoonist of the Illinois Symphony.

Michael is married to Judith Dicker, Assistant Prof. of Oboe at Illinois State University.  Their daughter Erica is a professional violinist and daughter Talia is a professional cellist.


Michael Dicker - Concerto For Bassoon In C, RV 472 Mvt 3 - Antonio Vivaldi

Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli: Sonata Terza, La Melana

EGG Ensemble
Ingrid Rohrmoser, Baroque violin
Dominic Eckersley, Harpsichord

Harpsichord: after Hieronymous Bononiensis, 1521
Voicing: European Hooded Crow
Pitch: a'=415 Hz
Temperament: Lanfranco,1533
Recorded: The EGG Box, Berlin 2014
© EGG Ensemble 2014

G. A. Pandolfi Mealli: Sonata Terza, La Melana

Untitled (LostLetters) - [Piano solo]

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater

Stabat Mater RV 621: Pro Peccatis Suae Gentis. Andante

Cantate "Cessate, Omai Cessate" RV 684: A Voi Dunque Ricorro Orridi Specchi

La difficulté n'est pas de comprendre les idées nouvelles, mais d'échapper aux idées anciennes.

Algorythme

Live recording of Gregory Knight and the Western Piedmont Symphony performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, in P. E. Monroe Auditorium on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University on February 3, 2018.  John Ross, conducting.

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: I. Allegro Moderato

Composer of classical music mainly based on applied maths (symphony, quartet, concert, choir, organ), music for films, electro-acoustique, sound design and more.

Algorythme

Victor Ortiz Composer