Background
Chase was born in 1978 and grew up in Leucadia, California.
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Claire Chase
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Career
She made her solo debut with the San Diego Symphony at age 14 in 1992. She received her B.M. from Oberlin in 2001. After graduating from Oberlin, Chase founded the International Contemporary Ensemble (Institute of Civil Engineers) in 2001, and has been its Executive/Artistic Director ever since.
After winning first prize in the Concert Artists Guild competition in 2008, she made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2010 at the Weill Recital Hall.
So far, Chase has premiered over 100 new solo works for the flute, incorporating extended techniques and electro-acoustic elements. Her first solo album, Aliento was released in 2009 and was one of Time Out Chicago"s Top 10 Classical Albums of 2009.
Chase has performed world-wide as a soloist and chamber musician in diverse venues including (Le) Poisson Rouge, Miller Theatre, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington District of Columbia, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and other venues throughout Europe.
Achievements
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2012 MacArthur Fellowship 2010 Carlos Surinach Prize 2008 First Prize Concert Artists Guild Competition 2001 First Prize National Young Artist Competition 1999 Theodore Presser Foundation Award 1996 Presidential Scholar Award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 1995 First Prize California Young Artists Competition.
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United States
Awards
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MacArthur Fellowship First Prize California Young; the Theodore Presser Foundation Award; First Prize National Young; Presidential Scholar Award; First Prize Concert Artists 2012 MacArthur Fellowship 2010 Carlos Surinach Prize 2008 First Prize Concert Artists Guild Competition 2001 First Prize National Young Artist Competition 1999 Theodore Presser Foundation Award 1996 Presidential Scholar Award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 1995 First Prize California Young Artists CompetitionMacArthur Fellowship First Prize California Young; the Theodore Presser Foundation Award; First Prize National Young; Presidential Scholar Award; First Prize Concert Artists 2012 MacArthur Fellowship 2010 Carlos Surinach Prize 2008 First Prize Concert Artists Guild Competition 2001 First Prize National Young Artist Competition 1999 Theodore Presser Foundation Award 1996 Presidential Scholar Award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts 1995 First Prize California Young Artists Competition