Don Hulbert is an
active free-lance musician and recitalist in the New York area, and has
performed with groups as diverse as Friends & Enemies of New Music and
Music Before 1800, and in venues as varied as Merkin Concert Hall and
Performance Space 122 in New York’s East Village. He performs regularly with the
American Virtuosi (an early-music ensemble) and is a founding member of
the Castillo Cultural Center. Mr. Hulbert has presented a number of world
première performances, including The New Math(s) by Louis
Andriessen with Ensemble Sospeso at Columbia University’s Miller Theater;
Martin Hennessy’s Le virus s’amuse (which was commissioned especially
for Mr. Hulbert) in New York and Benjamin Fraser in
Charlottesville, Virginia; (Unlikely) Aspirations for solo flute and
imaginary creatures by Kirk Nurock; and Majnun Songs
by Alla Borsova. Future engagements include a solo recital in St. Louis,
Missouri, From the Garden — Live!, which will be broadcast on public radio. This
past summer he performed music by the late Lee Gannon at the National
Flute Association’s annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. In past seasons,
Don Hulbert appeared as M. Beranger (as well as performing with the orchestra)
in the New York Premiere of Hans Werner Henze’s one-act opera The End
of A World, with Encompass Opera, and participated in performances of
music by Fred Newman (arranged by David Truskinoff) for the
Castillo Theater’s production of the German playwright Heiner Müller’s
Explosion of a Memory, Description of a Picture, and the New York Premiere
of Jennifer Higdon’s Legacy for flute and piano. In addition, he
presented solo recitals in Salzburg, Austria during the Salzburg Festival and in
St. Louis, Missouri with Stan Ford, a noted pianist and a Professor at the
Mozarteum. Mr. Hulbert was a winner in 1982 of the New York Flute Club’s Young
Artist Competition, and is a recipient of the Rathaus Family Memorial Award and
the Karol Rathaus Memorial Award. He can be heard on the title track of Centaur
Records’ Illegal Edge: Music by José Halac. He is a board member of the
New York Flute Club, serving as Membership Secretary.
