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Ted Piltzecker, vibraphonist and composer, is a dynamic and engaging performer.
He has played in New York area concerts and clubs with guitarists Gene Burtoncini
and Vic Juris, bassists Andy McKee and Todd Coolman, drummers Lewis Nash,
Andrew Cyrille, and Clarence Penn, pianists James Williams, John Hicks, Bill Charlap,
and Harold Danko, trumpeters Ryan Kisor and Jon Faddis, and with saxophonists Chris
Potter and Steve Wilson. He appears as a featured soloist in percussion festivals around the world - Hannover's
Deutsches Percussion Symposium, London's Percussive Arts Society (UK), Brazil's
Ritmos da Terra, Mexico's El Festival de Monterrey , the 1st Encontro Internacional de Percussao in
Tatuí Brazil, the IX Festival Internacional de la Percusion in Puerto Rico, the 1st International Percussion
Festival in Patagonia, Argentina, and theFestival Internacional De Vibrafono Y Marimba in Lima, Peru. His has been a soloist with the Tucson Symphony, San Diego
Symphony, Delaware Symphony, and Regina Symphony orchestras. European
engagements as a jazz headliner include the esteemed UMO Jazz Orchestra in
Helsinki (guest soloist/composer) and several tours of German clubs and concert halls.
His performance experience also encompasses world and ethnic music, ranging
from the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble of Tokyo, to the tango, to classical chamber music.
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While directing the jazz program at the Aspen Music Festival for eight years, he regularly performed with
many of the great names in jazz. (With Slide Hampton) |
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With Clarence Penn, Rufus Reid, and Dave Demsey at the Clark Studio Theatre,
Lincoln Center
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In concert at KCET TV Los Angeles with Andy Simpkins, Jack Wilkins, and Ted Moore |
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At "James Street" in Pittsburgh with Roger Humphries, Dwayne Dolphin, and
Lou Stelluter
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At "Ritmos da Terra" in Brazil with percussionist friends from Spain, Argentina, and Brazil |
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In Patagonia, Argentina with bandoneón master Ricardio Fiorio
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With Chris Hardy, Shoko Araya,
Mararu Shimizu, and Hiroshi Yoshino in Toyko, Japan
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Monterrey, Mexico with Noel Savón, Luis Caldana and friends
At the American Guild of Organists Convention in Washington with Dorothy Papadakos, Carol Williams, Chris Gekker, Dallas Smith, and Larry Furgeson
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With Taiko artist Kenny Endo and shamisen player Yoko Reikano Kimura in Atlanta |
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With Pierre Huarniz, Carlos Betancourt, and Hugo Alcázar in Lima, Peru
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