Carol Wincenc
Carol Wincenc is among the most accomplished U.S. flutists, premiering many new works by American composers and mentoring many younger players as an educator.
Wincenc ("Win-sense") was born in Buffalo, New York, on June 29, 1949. Her father was a conductor and a professor, and her mother was a pianist. Her father gave her violin lessons beginning at age four, but after she switched to the flute at nine, she began to make rapid progress. As a teen, Wincenc studied with flute virtuoso Severino Gazzelloni. She did her undergraduate work at the Oberlin Conservatory, studying with Robert Willoughby and at the Manhattan School of Music. She went on for a master's degree at the Juilliard School; her teacher there was Arthur Lora. Wincenc performed with various ensembles and then joined the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota in the 1970s. When she took first prize at the 1978 Naumburg Competition, she launched a solo career. She performed widely and made many recordings for the Musical Heritage Society LP subscription service. Wincenc taught at Rice University and has been on the faculty at the Juilliard School since 1988.
Wincenc released an album of Mozart's flute quartets with the Emerson String Quartet on the Deutsche Grammophon label in 1991. In 1994, she gave the world premiere of Christopher Rouse's Flute Concerto. The following year, she issued the album Joan Tower: Black Topaz on New World Records, and since then, much of her recording and performing career has been devoted to contemporary music. She has premiered works by top composers, including Tobias Picker, Peter Schickele, and Henryk Górecki (the Concerto-Cantata). In 2004, Wincenc performed the work Passover Offering on a Naxos recording of compositions by Yehudi Wyner; the album earned a Grammy award nomination. She earned a lifetime achievement medal from the National Society of Arts and Letters in 2014. In 2022, Wincenc released the album Air in Motion: Pierre Jalbert on the Orchid Classics label.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan / The White Peacock
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbara Quintiliani, Carol Wincenc, JoAnn Falletta
Classical - Released by Naxos on Apr 16, 2004
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Concerto-Cantata
Anna Gorecka, Carol Wincenc, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on Apr 30, 2012
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Misericordia
Carol Wincenc, Escher String Quartet, Tanya Dusevic Witek, Stephen Gosling, Emile Naoumoff
Chamber Music - Released by Azica Records on Aug 16, 2019
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P. Jalbert: Air in Motion
Escher String Quartet, Carol Wincenc
Chamber Music - Released by Orchid Classics on Sep 23, 2022
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Mozart: The Flute Quartets
Emerson String Quartet, Carol Wincenc
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1991
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Mozart: Flute Quartets No.1-4
Emerson String Quartet, Carol Wincenc
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1991
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Schoenfield: 4 Parables; Vaudeville; Klezmer Rondos
Jeffrey Kahane, Wolfgang Basch, Carol Wincenc, New World Symphony Orchestra, John Nelson
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Apr 4, 1994
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Rouse: Symphony No. 2, Flute Concerto & Phaethon
The Houston Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach, Carol Wincenc
Classical - Released by Telarc on May 1, 1997
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Pansync
Carol Wincenc, Su Lian Tan, Cynthia Meyers, John McDonald
Chamber Music - Released by ARSIS Audio on Apr 15, 2022
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American Flute Quintets
Carol Wincenc, Sheila Browne, Kevin Lawrence, Carolyn Stuart, Brooks Whitehouse
Chamber Music - Released by Bridge Records on Jun 1, 2012
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The Complete Musical Heritage Society Recordings
Chamber Music - Released by Musical Heritage Society on Sep 16, 2008
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MOZART: 6 Violin Sonatas, K. 10-15 (versions for flute and piano)
Classical - Released by Naxos on Sep 12, 2006
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Beaser/Schoenfield/Schwantner: Flutes
Solisti New York Chamber Orchestra, Carol Wincenc, Paula Robison, Wilson Ransom
Classical - Released by New World Records on Jan 1, 1991
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Harbison: Quintet; Rochberg: Slow Fires of Autumn
Aulos Wind Quintet, Carol Wincenc, Nancy Allen
Classical - Released by NWCRI on Mar 15, 2011
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Two American Virtuosi: Carol Wincenc & Eliot Fisk
Chamber Music - Released by Musical Heritage Society on Sep 15, 2023
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Hoffmeister: Two Flute Quartets
Carol Wincenc, The Muir String Quartet
Classical - Released by Musical Heritage Society on Jun 16, 2023
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Grand Theft
Su Lian Tan, Carol Wincenc, Peter Hamlin, John McDonald, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Evan Bennett
Chamber Music - Released by ARSIS Audio on Sep 1, 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo