Deborah Boldin
artistic director / flute
An imaginative and sensitive performer, flutist Deborah
Boldin enjoys an active and diverse career as a recitalist
and chamber musician. She has performed with such noted artists
as Robert Spano, Paula Robison, Kenneth Cooper, Laurence Lesser,
and the Borromeo String Quartet. Recent engagements include
the Saco River Music Festival, First Monday at Jordan Hall
series, the Wellesley Composers Conference, and as soloist
with the Harvard University Band at the Hatch Shell. She has
served as principal flutist with the Isabella Stewart Gardner
Chamber Orchestra, the AIMS Festival Orchestra and the American
Conservatory's chamber music festival in Fontainebleau, France,
and has also appeared with the New World Symphony, the AUROS
Group for New Music, Opera Boston, the Boston Philharmonic,
the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and the Vermont and Portland
Symphonies. Ms. Boldin has been a featured soloist on radio
programs WJHU, Baltimore, and WQXR, New York, and has made
numerous live appearances on WGBH, Boston’s Classical
Performances.
A versatile artist, Ms. Boldin’s playing spans music
of all eras including a dedication to contemporary music and
neglected women composers. She has had numerous works written
for her and recently performed the US premiere of Elena Firsova’s
Pepertual Return, as well as the premiere recording
of Marion Bauer’s Prelude and Fugue in the version for
flute and piano, with pianist Virginia Eskin.
As founder and Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed
Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, Ms. Boldin was praised
for "knowing what goes with what on a program" in
the Boston Globe's review of the very first Chameleon
concert; her innovative programs and sensibility have since
elicited unanimous acclaim from press and audiences alike.
"While interesting music programming abounds in Boston,
the creative energy of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble offers
a range in repertoire that many of the long-established groups
should learn from. Artistic Director Deborah Boldin continues
to find a path of adventure and excitement for her group of
impressive musicians." -Bay Windows, Boston
Ms. Boldin was the recipient of the First Prize at the Music
Teachers National Association Competition as well the Alice
& Leary Taylor Prize in Performance from the Peabody Conservatory.
She received a BM from the Peabody Conservatory and a Graduate
Diploma from the New England Conservatory, where she studied
with Paula Robison. For the past four years, she has been
the flute instructor and chamber music coach at the Reveille!
Music Festival for the Vermont Youth Orchestra. Ms. Boldin
can be heard on Argo and Albany Records.
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