Gary Schocker (born October 18, 1959) is a flutist, composer, and pianist who has performed with the New York Philharmonic (at age 15, in a nationally-televised Young People's Concert), the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the West German Sinfonia, and I Solisti Italiani among others. He won the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition in 1978, the New York Flute Club's Young Artist Competition in 1980, and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1985. He has concertized in duo with Grammy award winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. In 2015, Vieaux and internationally acclaimed harpist Yolanda Kondanassis commissioned Schocker’s “Hypnotized”, a 5-movement work for guitar and harp which can be heard on their highly acclaimed duo recording, Together. Internationally, he has toured and taught in Colombia, Panama, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, France and Italy.
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18 October 1959 (age 65)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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