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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Robert Bonfiglio
		In addition to Bonfiglio on the harmonica, performers included Laura Seaton (violin), Jay Berliner (guitar), Skip Edwards (bass), and Gordon Gottlieb (percussion).
		Bonfiglio has been a concerto soloist with leading orchestras around the world including the Minnesota Orchestra, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Mexico City Philharmonic, as well as the Milwaukee Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
		Robert Bonfiglio has appeared as a soloist with Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, John Williams and the Boston Pops on PBS and John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Robert-Bonfiglio (270 words)

	Richard Hunter/harmonica: Robert Bonfiglio Favorites
		New York-based Robert Bonfiglio is the leading classical harmonica virtuoso on the planet, and the guy with the best shot right now at establishing the harmonica as a legitimate instrument for Western art music.
		Robert is blazing a trail, and pioneers who don't have a lot of self-confidence don't make it past the first bend in the road (if there even is a road).
		Robert's dedication not only to his own music, but to the thousands of harmonica players worldwide who are struggling to establish their own legitimacy in a world that is at least skeptical (and often downright hostile), cannot be doubted.
	www.hunterharp.com /bonfig1.html (1339 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. CD Review Robert Bonfiglio: Villa-Lobos and Romances
		Robert Bonfiglio has quite a reputation: he has been a concerto soloist with dozens of symphonies around the world.
		(Bonfiglio studied composition with Charles Wuorinen and Aaron Copland and received a Masters degree in composition from the Manhattan School of Music.) Certainly composition and arranging are valuable assets for a classical mouth organist -- a performer of an instrument rarely heard in classical music circles.
		Bonfiglio's arrangements were every bit as convincing as all the other arrangements on the album; he is a multi-talented musician-- well rounded.
	www.ksanti.net /free-reed/reviews/bonfigliodouble.html (1004 words)

	WSO Classics Series: Robert Bonfiglio - Harmonica
		Called "the Paganini of the Harmonica" by The Los Angeles Times, ROBERT BONFIGLIO has dazzled audiences at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Gewandhaus, the Teatro Colón, Lincoln Center and throughout the world with his ability to play Harmonica Concertos and turn right around and “sizzle” on the blues.
		Robert Bonfiglio is playing contemporary music as well with American Composer, Paul Moravec, who just won the Pulitzer Prize for Composition, writing an American Harmonica Concerto for him.
		Robert has appeared on “CBS Sunday Morning,” “CBS Morning Show,” “Live with Regis and Kathy Lee,” “Larry King,” and Garrison Keillor’s “American Radio Show.” He has had feature stories and reviews in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune.
	www.wso.org /performances/bonfiglio.html (390 words)

	Robert Bonfiglio
		Robert Bonfiglio, guest artist for the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's Riverfront Pops Concert on Saturday, has been called "the Paganini of the harmonica" by the Los Angeles Times.
		Bonfiglio, whose name is pronounced bone-feel-eo, was born in Fort Lewis, Wash. He started his musical career on the diatonic harmonica and played in several blues bands in his youth.
		Bonfiglio earned a master's degree in composition from the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Charles Wuorinen and Charles Jones, and he took master classes with Aaron Copland and John Cage.
	www.findusat309.com /articles/2004/Robert_Bonfiglio.html (404 words)

	New York Press
		Bonfiglio was then in his mid-20s, and was probably the first person I’d ever met who knew exactly what he wanted and pretty much how he was going to get it.
		Bonfiglio will give a rare performance of that work–one of the best in the (admittedly small) canon of original works for harmonica–with the Westchester Philharmonic on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m.
		For Bonfiglio, the harmonica is unequivocally "the most expressive instrument on the planet"–though he admits he might be a tad prejudiced.
	www.nypress.com /print.cfm?content_id=3045 (1326 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Longtime DI host Bonfiglio dies
		Bonfiglio worked at the Desert Inn from 1961 until his retirement in 1996.
		Born Jan. 24, 1920, in Steubenville, Ohio, Bonfiglio began his gaming career in 1941 as a card dealer in the illegal gambling houses of northern Kentucky, which was not uncommon for early Southern Nevada casino workers.
		Bonfiglio is survived by a sister, Frances Salancy.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/obits/2004/mar/16/516535409.html (461 words)

	A+E Interactive: Studies with Robert Bonfiglio, the world's greatest classical harmonica soloist
		I've just returned from a week of vacation spent studying music in upstate New York with the soloist Robert Bonfiglio, a harmonica player who has toured the world playing with symphonies, sharing stages with the likes of Leonard Bernstein and Yo-yo Ma.
		Bonfiglio, like most great musicians, spent 12 hours a day early on practicing and studying, then, cut back to seven.
		I always remember the critic who thought Robert Smith of the Cure intended to play this discordant note during a song, not realizing that the irritating sound was because Smith was in a feedback loop caused by his monitor.
	blogs.mercurynews.com /aei/2005/08/studies_with_ro.html (820 words)

	CD Baby: BONFIGLIO WITH PHOEBE SNOW: Harmonica America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the Pop field, ROBERT BONFIGLIO, has worked with such artists as Chakka Khan, John Sebastian, Bernard Purdie, Roberto Carlos, producer Arif Mardin, Mandy Patinkin and is currently has a "Harmonica America" recording with PHOEBE SNOW.
		A virtuoso of the very first rank, Robert Bonfiglio has taken the harmonica to a new level of performance.
		Bonfiglio's pioneering work is reflected in the spirit of a land and its people is celebrated through its own instrument, the harmonica.
	cdbaby.com /Bonfiglio (643 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Longtime DI host Bonfiglio dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Michael Robert Bonfiglio, who often boasted that he tended to the needs of Desert Inn customers "from the womb to the tomb," died Thursday in Las Vegas.
		Of high rollers, Bonfiglio said in a 1982 interview: "You are at their beck and call.
		Another of Bonfiglio's duties, Cohen said, was dining with guests, including gamblers, U.S. astronauts and wealthy Arabian oil men.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2004/mar/16/516535409.html (445 words)

	WIPB-TV : Members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Valid on Saturday, September 9 at 7:30pm for 2-for-1 admission to the Season Opening Concert with Robert Bonfiglio on harmonica and special guest Carl Erskine.
		About the concert: Robert Bonfiglio is recognized as the world's finest classical harmonica player.
		Bonfiglio will play the classical concerto by Villa-Lobos, and the Elvis Lives Medley with the Orchestra.
	www.bsu.edu /wipb/members (134 words)

	Bonfiglio : Through the Raindrops CD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Robert Bonfiglio : Through the Raindrops CD Release Date: 01 July, 1992
		Sleepwalk was nice to hear recomposed but Bonfiglio did not overtake the original [ though this is one of the few times where I was eager to hear a song really pumped up compositionally because I liked the core of it so much.]but rather underwhelms with his instrument.
		Pass this one by There is a reason why most of his other recordings are sold out completely and this one is not.
	www.point19.com /cd/B00000I9IS (490 words)

	MUSIC: BROOKLYN ORCHESTRA - New York Times
		It was left to the young harmonica virtuoso Robert Bonfiglio and the indefatigably adventuresome conductor Lukas Foss and his Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra to provide a premiere of the concerto, which they did last weekend at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
		There is much lambent interplay between soloist and orchestra: the second movement begins with a long melody for harmonica, to pizzicato accompaniment, after which the strings take over and the harmonica follows with little staccato drops of sound.
		Bonfiglio delivered a dapper, dextrous performance; he phrased with skill and sensitivity.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DEFDD133EF931A25757C0A960948260 (316 words)

	Memphis Arts Council :: bonfiglio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A classical musician and harmonica virtuoso, Robert Bonfiglio will prove that the harmonica is not an instrument only for the blues.
		Bonfiglio hs appeared several times at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Lincoln Center, with classical and pops orchestras from Hong Kong to Charlotte, North Carolina.
		Vincent Danner, MSO associate conductor, will lead Bonfiglio and the rest of the orchestra in a full presentation of Hip Hop Essay for Orchestra by Daniel Roumain, a Vanderbilt University graduate of the Blair School who now teaches at the Harlem School of the Arts.
	www.memphisartscouncil.org /ArtsEvents/2005/bonfiglio.cfm (160 words)

	Robert Bonfiglio : Through the Raindrops - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		The tempos are mostly light and airy, with a range of compositions by Django Reinhardt, Ennio Morricone, Laura Seaton and Kristin Wilkinson (who penned the title piece and plays keyboards as well).
		Bonfiglio's originals add the upbeat guitar of Jay Berliner, plus violin, cello, keyboards, flute, bass and percussion.
		The album-closer and highlight is an irresistible version of "Sleepwalk." Bonfiglio's background as classical harmonica virtuoso blends well with West's contemporary stylings, making a totally listener-friendly release.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,55199,00.html (186 words)

	SUNY Geneseo
		The award was presented during the CSPA's annual conference at the Clarion Riverside Hotel on Sept. 27, in Rochester.
		The New York Campus Compact is an association of college and university presidents and their campuses committed to promoting active citizenship as an aim of higher education.
		Dahl, a founding co-chair of the executive committee of the New York Campus Compact, noted that on two separate occasions Bonfiglio served as acting executive director for the compact and served as chair of its advisory board.
	www.geneseo.edu /news/nrap.php?pg=BobBonfiglioAward.html (454 words)

	ROBERT BONFIGLIO: Live At The Grand Canyon
		Heralded by the Boston Globe as the "Master of the Harmonica (whose) playing is something you have to hear to believe," his new ensemble, "BACH PORCH" was so named to describe what Robert calls the "sophisticated acoustic music" played by this talented group of artists.
		Hear his wonderful "Nuages" or the popular Brazilian composition "Manha de Carnival." Bonfiglio's ability to bring the subtleties of emotion to light in his music are completely apparent here.
		In the Pop field, ROBERT BONFIGLIO, has worked on recordings of such artists as Chakka Khan, Roberto Carlos, Arif Mardin, Mandy Patinkin and is currently doing a "Harmonica America" recording with Phoebe Snow.
	www.woodstockcd.com /artists/bonfiglio-robert/live_at_the_grand_canyon/liveatthegrandcanyon.htm (600 words)

	The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.: Robert Bonfiglio: Hummin'
		To those who say that the harmonica is an unusual instrument, Robert Bonfiglio has a standard reply: More people around the world play the harmonica than the cello (20 million in the U.S. alone by his estimates), so who exactly is playing the unusual instrument?
		Bonfiglio reminds us that the harmonica, far from being an instrument of limited potential and appeal, bridges musical genres and generations.
		At the Minnesota Orchestra a few weeks ago General Manager Robert Neu ran into a critic at intermission, who said to him, "Why can't all concerts be this fun?" I love when an audience member comes up after a concerto and says that they can play Red River Valley on the harmonica.
	www.ksanti.net /free-reed/essays/bonfigliohummin.html (871 words)

	Grand Canyon Music Festival
		ROBERT BONFIGLIO, harmonica, is founding director of the Grand Canyon Music Festival.
		Called "the Paganini of the Harmonica" by the Los Angeles Times, Robert Bonfiglio dazzles audiences worldwide with his constant reinvention of the harmonica, from classical concertos to sizzling blues.
		Robert has appeared on "CBS Sunday Morning," "CBS Morning Show," "Live with Regis and Kathy Lee," "Larry King," and Garrison Keillor's "American Radio Show" and had feature stories in The New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune.
	www.grandcanyonmusicfest.org /artistbios.htm (2079 words)

	Joe Powers: Extraordinary Harmonica: Biography
		Joe plays both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas and has studied with several harmonica masters, including Jazz virtuoso, Howard Levy, and classical virtuoso, Robert Bonfiglio.
		It was during his college years that he began studying chromatic harmonica intensively and became exposed to a whole new world of music.
		In 2003 he joined the blues phenomenon, Rose City Kings, which was in the middle of recording their first CD project in 2003, “Delta Hop”.
	www.joepowers.com /biography.htm (791 words)

	Harmonica: Bonfiglio - New York Times
		For Robert Bonfiglio, its outlet is the harmonica, and Tuesday evening at Weill Recital Hall he offered an entertaining display of what he and his instrument can do.
		Bonfiglio drew on a broad palette of timbres and ornamental turns.
		Bonfiglio provided a pleasurable and amusing two hours of music making.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDA1531F936A35750C0A96E948260 (216 words)

	Revels :: Arts, Entertainment & Ideas
		While few people think of the harmonica as a classical instrument, Robert Bonfiglio's years of playing the harmonica in concert halls around the world has proven that, in the right hands, a harmonica can produce truly astonishing sound.
		Rogue Valley residents had a chance to see him play a concerto with the Rogue Valley Symphony during his last visit to the valley in 1996.
		It was the highest attended concert in the orchestra's history.
	www.dailytidings.com /2003/news0327/032703r2.shtml (203 words)

	Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival - Musicians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Festival Director Robert Bonfiglio holds a Masters degree in composition from Manhattan School of Music.
		Bonfiglio's appearances in solo recital and with orchestra have earned him superlative praise.
		Bonfiglio recently appeared with Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, John Williams and the Boston Pops on PBS and John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl.
	www.kaibab.org /gccmf/gc_gccma.htm (1957 words)

	News and Review Detail
		Bonfiglio's notes -- from the softest, thinnest high notes, to low notes bent into fascinating shapes and sounds -- played brilliantly over a well-tempered orchestra.
		After showing the harmonica's range in the classical mode, he put on a fine show for the cheering fans with his honking, bluesy encores.
		Bonfiglio showed that even an inexpensive, folksy instrument can be multidimensional.
	www.memphissymphony.org /NewsandReviews/News-Review-Detail.cfm?ID=956 (440 words)

	The Vicksburg Post: News
		The professional ensemble features Robert Cheesman on trumpet, Mimi Draut Linehan on horn, Tex Chapman on tuba, Wayne Linehan on trumpet, Ken Lyon on trombone and Sherwood Berthold on percussion.
		The final performance will be by Bach Porch, comprised of Robert Bonfiglio on harmonica, Joe Deninzon on violin and Chris Milletari on guitar.
		Bonfiglio, who has been called “America's leading harmonica virtuoso” by The New York Post, will present songs by Stephen Foster, Elvis Presley, George Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim and Muddy Waters.
	www.vicksburgpost.com /articles/2006/03/20/news/news01.txt (844 words)

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