Studio Artist Teacher, flute
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BM, Performance, Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY
Flutist Pamela Vliek Martchev was born in Merrick, NY, and received her initial musical education in the public school system of Long Island. From age 13 on she went to Manhattan School of Music for the Pre-College Division and then her Bachelor of Music Degree. Her teachers included Harold Jones, Kathleen Nester, and Linda Chesis.
During her time in NY she won prizes in many competitions, was a featured artist on WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase, and played at many venues such as Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, and the White House for President Clinton. After her schooling she went on to perform extensively in Europe as 2nd flute of Philharmonie der Nationen under conductor Justus Frantz.
Since moving to California in 2000, Ms. Martchev has established herself in all artistic pockets of the southland. Orchestrally, she has worked with the Riverside, Redlands, Pasadena, San Diego Chamber, San Diego Symphonies, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, playing under some of the world’s best conductors, including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Edo de Waart, Chales Dutoit, John Williams, Leonard Slatkin, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, and Gustavo Dudamel. She has also been principal flute of the Boulder Philharmonic in Colorado for 8 years. In regards to chamber music, she is the resident flutist on the Jacaranda Music Series in Santa Monica, and later this year will also be featured with the Felici Trio in Mammoth, Lucious Noise in SD, and Le Salon de Musique in Hollywood. In the studio, she can be heard on multiple movie scores including Whirlygirl, Sleepover, An Unfinished Life, Spiderman 3, Captain Abu Raed, Bedtime Stories, When In Rome, and Dear John. You can spot Pamela playing with the LA Philharmonic in the movie “The Soloist,” and also see her on Andrea Bocelli’s 2010 PBS Christmas Special, which led to an appearance with Bocelli on the Jay Leno Show. She has toured and recorded with the hip-hop orchestra Dakah, and can be heard on Billy Child’s 2006 Grammy winning CD “Lyric” and 2010 release “Autumn: In Moving Pictures.” She has taught at Mt. San Antonio College, and is currently the flute teacher at Riverside Community College and San Diego State University. She is a board member of the San Diego Flute Guild, and is married to bassoonist Valentin Martchev.
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