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Hometown: Lake Oswego,
OR
Joined the Orchestra:
1997
Self-portrait: dedicated,
determined, dependable
Favorite saying/quote: Life is too short for bad beer!
Greatest accomplishment: On Thanksgiving I plan to
run a half-marathon. And
finish it!
Favorite movie:
Traffic or The Godfather
Who would play you in a movie: Macaulay Culkin
Most memorable moment in Orchestra: getting tenure
at ASO
Inspiration: Janos
Starker
Best-kept secret: Now it wouldn’t be a secret if I
told you, would it…
Hobbies: tennis, running, German automobiles, German
beer
Bad habit: I have a traveling problem... I'm addicted
to it. Any time I have 4 days off I find myself in another
country.
Three things always found in your
refrigerator: milk, yogurt, free-range eggs
Most influential teacher: Janos Starker
Luxury defined: not having
to worry where the next paycheck is coming from…
Books at bedside: “Goedel, Escher, Bach” by Douglas Hofstadter
Favorite piece of music: Beethoven 9 – hands down
Brad
is from Portland, Oregon and is in his fourth season with
the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He received his Bachelor of
Music degree from Indiana University, where he studied with
Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Janos Starker. His graduate degree was
earned at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany,
where he studied with Adriana Contino. As a member of the
Felici String Quartet, Mr. Ritchie won the Kuttner String
Quartet Scholarship at Indiana University and subsequently
played in Japan, France and Germany. Prior to Atlanta, he
was a member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida.
He recently made two appearances performing chamber music
on Japanese TV and recorded a CD in Tokyo, Chocolate Fashion.
Since 1998, Mr. Ritchie has collaborated with performers in
Mammoth Lakes, Ca. as part of the Chamber Music America Rural
Residency Program. Mr. Ritchie made his ACP recording debut
on Footeprints and Sacred Theory of the Earth.
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