About the Artists

Jeanne Ireland, mezzo soprano, is delighted to return to the Westchester Philharmonic, following her ovation-inducing appearances in 2023 in the first Clash of the Cellos!, performing the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 of Villa-Lobos.  Ms. Ireland had previously completed her tenure at the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris. She later returned to Paris for four productions, including the title role in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges at the Palais Garnier. As a member of the Académie, she sang in galas at the Palais Garnier, performed as Prince Orlofksy in the Académie’s productions of Die Fledermaus and the role of Stubenmädchen in Philippe Boesmans’s Reigen, and participated in masterclasses with Philippe Jordan and Sondra Radvanovsky. Ms. Ireland sang Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzer and Op. 91 Zwei Gesänger at the Festival Le Grange au Lac in Évian, France. With the Orchestre national de France, Ms. Ireland sang in Bernstein’s Songfest at the esteemed Maison de Radio France, and made her main-stage debut in Paris, singing the Kitchen Boy in l’Opéra de Paris’s Rusalka. Ms. Ireland recently made her Canadian debut at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, in which she sang Respighi’s Il Tramonto with the Quator Danel. She is a recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant, through the Shoshana Foundation, as well as the 2018 winner of the Prix du Cercle Carpeaux. She is a graduate of Northwestern University in Chicago, IL, the University of Denver in Denver, CO, with further studies at the Wolf Trap Opera Studio in Vienna, VA, and the Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen.

Yasmin Alami, a Jordanian pianist, has been described by the renowned pianist and conductor Philippe Entremont as “truly remarkable and extremely musical.” She has appeared as both a soloist and chamber musician, performing across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Recent performances include the Old Westbury Gardens Music Series in New York, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music Series in Tucson, St. Roch for the Arts Series in Connecticut, Benderly Concert Series- Santa Cruz Foundation of the Arts, Friends of Jordan Piano Festival, and Palm Beach Atlantic International Piano Festival. Other notable performances include a private solo recital in honor of Her Royal Highness princess Wijdan Ali in Amman (Jordan), a solo performance in celebration of International Women’s Day at the residence of the French ambassador, under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Ali (Jordan), as well as concerts in New York, Paris and Tours in France, Brussels, and Madeira, Portugal. Yasmin was awarded first prize as a soloist at the ‘Concours Regional d’Orleans’ in France, and first prize, in both categories, soloist and chamber musician, from the ‘Concours de Fin d’Etude’ from the Conservatoire National Francis Poulenc.

Peter Sachon, arranger, performs and records with an array of musical groups in New York City, from classical and jazz, to rock and country bands. He is very active in promoting new music of all kinds. Peter has been the cellist for the Broadway productions of Fiddler on the Roof, The Light in the Piazza, High Fidelity, Legally Blonde, South Pacific, Pippin, The King & I, My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Floyd Collins. Peter is also a regular sideman with many artists such as Audra McDonald, Victoria Clark, Kelli O’Hara, Chris Potter, Dee Snider, Phillip Phillips, Judy Kuhn, Adam Guettel, and Alan Cumming. Peter has also played electric cello for the Cirque du Soleil shows Banana Schpeel and Quidam. Additionally, he also plays American folk music on the mandocello and the octave mandolin.

To view the bios of the cellists, click on their names at the top of this page.

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