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Carina Rascher
(13.00, Friday 13th July, Younger Hall)
Essential historic repertoire (i)
The Glazounov Concerto
Carina Rascher
(13:00, Friday 13 July, St Salvator’s Chapel)
Carina Rascher
Carina Rascher, born in Cambridge, New York in 1945, started studying saxophone with her father Sigurd Rascher at the age of five and gave her first concert the following year. In 1952, she began performing duo concerts with her father, for which many new works were composed. Her early years included performances in New York’s Town Hall and Carnegie Hall, as well as concerts in Stockholm, Prague and many other European and American cities. Additionally, she was a featured soloist among others with both the Munich Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. As a founding member of the acclaimed Rascher Saxophone Quartet, she performed in major venues around the world for 33 years until her retirement in 2002. She was also a founding member of the Rascher Saxophone Orchestra. Throughout her career, Carina Rascher participated in countless premiers (over 300) of works written for her, the Rascher Duo, the Rascher Quartet or the Rascher Orchestra, many of which are now standards in the repertoire. In 2005, she donated her father’s estate to the State University of New York in Fredonia including original composer manuscripts, hundreds of live recordings, programs, press materials, photos, personal artefacts, and some 7000 letters in multiple languages. Carina Rascher continues to teach and edit works for the saxophone.
