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Glenn Tinturin began
to study classical guitar at the age of seven with the acclaimed
teacher, Guy Horn. At the age of ten, Glenn gave his debut
performance as a soloist with the Santa Monica Symphony at the
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. At seventeen, he was a winner
of the coveted Young Musicians' Foundation Award in their national
competition. Glenn has also studied with the legendary Andres
Segovia and Angel Romero, and performed in master classes led
by Julian Bream. Glenn has been teaching privately since
1967, and has had faculty positions at The Music Nook in Pacific
Palisades, The Leo Kostka School of Music in Hollywood, Abinante's
Music in Monterey, Monterey Peninsula College, and Cedu Schools
in Running Springs.
Noëlle Compinsky Tinturin. Originally from Los Angeles, pianist, Noëlle
Compinsky Tinturin has performed as soloist, accompanist, in
orchestras, and as a chamber music artist extensively throughout
North America and Europe. She studied piano with her aunt, Sara
Compinsky, and chamber music and orchestral music with her father,
Manuel Compinsky, both members of the internationally renowned
Compinsky Trio. Noëlle continued her musical education at
Mt. St. Marys College, the University of Southern California,
and California State University at Northridge. In 1965, she toured
Scandinavia with the Idyllwild Symphony Orchestra, as an oboist.
These concerts were filmed as an educational documentary. She
was also a founding member of the American Youth Symphony with
conductor, Mehli Mehta.
As piano accompanist and chamber musician,
Noëlle has appeared with such artists as violist Milton
Thomas, cellist Jeffrey Solow, violinists Ayke Agus, Endre Balogh,
and Roger Wilkie, and pianist John Novacek, as well as with her
husband, guitarist Glenn Tinturin, her father, violinist Manuel
Compinsky, and her daughter, cellist Celine Gietzen.
Noëlle has recorded three CDs of solo
piano music: Romantic Miniatures (1999), Romantic Miniatures
II (2000), and American Portrait (2006).
Noëlle has been teaching piano since
1969, and has had many award-winning students at The Tinturin
Music Studio in Lake Arrowhead. She has coached many chamber
music groups, including a faculty position at the Idyllwild School
of Music and the Arts. She has also held faculty positions at
Westside Keyboards Studios in Santa Monica, and On Stage
Music in Northern California. She has served as adjudicator
for local competitions and for the MTAC Certificate of Merit
program. She is a board member of the Arrowhead Arts Association,
where she serves as concert producer for other artists.
Noëlle is listed in the Marquis Whos
Who in America.
In 1990, Glenn and Noëlle formed "The
Tinturin Duo" and have since been performing their own
arrangements of popular classics for classical guitar and piano,
as well as new music written especially for them. In 1994,
The Tinturin Duo performed all over Europe on a six-week concert
tour. This same year also saw the release of their compact
disc entitled Romancero Gitano,
recorded for Cambria Records. In 1993, the Tinturins moved
their studio to Lake Arrowhead, and the following year they inaugurated
the Mountain Musicales concert
series where they present world class performing artists in concert
for the benefit of students and the community.
Lenny Tinturin
started lessons in piano at the age of seven. His first teacher
was his father, well-known composer, Peter Tinturin. Lenny gave
his first concert at the Stairway to the Stars concert series
at Barnum Hall at the age of ten, where he received standing
ovations and was critically acclaimed as one of the "child
prodigies of our time." At the age of fourteen Lenny entered
his first piano competition and went on to win first place in
37 national and international competitions including gold medals
in three divisions of the International Recording Competitions
and first place in the Long Beach Competitions. Lenny also received
numerous music scholarships to colleges and universities throughout
the US. Lenny was lucky enough to study with some of the best
teachers of his day. They included Sara Compinsky who furthered
his abilities in sight reading, Keourilisky, who fined tuned
his technique and musicianship, Earl Voorhies, who trained him
in performance and competition, and his father Peter Tinturin
who gave him his feeling for the instrument and the music he
played. As a performer Lenny excelled in technique, feeling,
and improvisation. Lenny started teaching piano while still in
high school and has taught on an off for some forty plus years.
He limits his teaching to children and adults who have a sincere
desire to learn to play and enjoy the piano, and who show signs
of talent and musicianship. Lenny insists on making lessons a
fun and rewarding experience.
Peter
Tinturin, born June 1, 1910
in Ekaterinoslav, Russia, received degrees from the Vienna Conservatory
of Music, the University of Vienna, and Chapman College in California
where he graduated suma cum laude. A pianist and composer since
age seven, Mr. Tinturin wrote musical shows produced in Vienna,
Paris, and the U.S. for the Ziegfield Follies, Josephine Baker
and more. He also wrote 70 motion picture scores, over 150 popular
songs (some selling in the millions!), and several Symphonic
Tone Poems performed by the L.A. Philharmonic, the N.B.C. Symphony,
and others. Peter Tinturin has received numerous citations and
awards for his works, and even a special commendation from President
Roosevelt for his work as General Music Director in the USSC
in WW II. Tinturin is also listed in Who's Who in the West, 5th
Edition, 1956, and in the ASCAP Biographical Dictionary. More
recently, he has written music for classical guitar, guitar &
piano duo, and a major work, a Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra.
Having been compared to Rachmaninoff, Tinturin's music is filled
with beautiful romantic melodies and rich harmonies.
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