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Hornist William Purvis has performed with the festivals of Norfolk, Tanglewood, Chamber Music Northwest, Mostly Mozart, Aston Magna, Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Hong Kong. A champion of new music, he has given premieres of horn concertos by Peter Lieberson and Bayan Northcott; a trio for violin, horn, and piano by Poul Ruders; and, as conductor of Speculum Musicae, the United States premiere of Luimen by Elliott Carter. He makes frequent appearances with the New York Woodwind Quintet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and Mozzafiato, an original-instrument wind sextet. He has performed with the Tokyo, Orion, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, and Fine Arts string quartets and has appeared as horn soloist of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Nikolaus Harnoncourt. A graduate of Haverford College with a major in philosophy, he is currently a faculty member of the Yale School of Music, The Juilliard School, and SUNY–Stony Brook.
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