andy kozar - trumpet
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A  n  d  y    K  o  z  a  r


​Trumpeter
Composer
Educator
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'Star-soloist' --- TimeOutNY
‘polished and dynamic, with very impressive playing’ --- Baltimore Sun
'played with great precision and balancing of tone and dynamics.' --- New York Classical Review
'A strong voice for new music, his technical skills on the trumpet allow for composers to write
​without limitations.' --- International Trumpet guild
NEWS:
A Few Kites was recently released on New Focus Recordings and so far has been called 'entrancing' by Alex Ross (The New Yorker, The Rest Is Noise), that it pushed the trumpet to 'realms of expressiveness not heard since Luciano Berio turned his attention to the instrument in 1984 for Sequenza X' by anearful, and that 'Kozar’s ability to mix virtuosic technique with new sounds and timbres creates a mesmerizing experience for the listener'  by the International Trumpet Guild Journal. Hear more here...
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The trumpet studio at the Longy School of Music of Bard College is currently accepting applications for students!  Feel free to contact Andy for more info.

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Andy is a Yamaha Artist and performs exclusively on 
Yamaha trumpets.
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Andy is one of the Featured Artists and judges for the Next Generation Trumpet Competition.  ​Below is a video from the 2020 competition where Andy discusses and performs and etude written specifically for the competition.

Andy recently joined the roster of Aeyons, an online teaching platform designed specifically for music.  See his profile HERE and book a lesson!
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Reiko Füting's new work eternal return (Passacaglia) for the Byrne:Kozar:Duo. This piece can be heard on Reiko's release on New Focus Recordings titled Distant Song.

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loadbang's record LUNGPOWERED was featured in The New Yorker!  Pick up a copy of the CD here.

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The Byrne:Kozar:Duo is featured on Scott Wollschleger's New Focus Recordings release 'Soft Aberration' which was a top pick by The New Yorker. 


Andy can be heard on six recently released albums by Charles Wuorinen, Scott Wollschleger, Reiko Füting, Roscoe Mitchell, and David Smooke.  
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loadbang - old fires catch old buildings
New Focus Recordings - 2018

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Scott Wollschleger - Soft Aberration (performed by the Byrne:Kozar:Duo)
New Focus Recordings - 2017

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Reiko Füting - distant Song (performed by the Byrne:Kozar:Duo)
New Focus Recordings - 2018

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Charles Wuorinen, Vol. 3 (performed by loadbang)
Bridge Records - 2017

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David Smooke - Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
New Focus Recordings - 2016

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Roscoe Mitchell with Ostravaska Banda - Distant Radio Transmission 
Wide Hive Records - 2020


andy kozar:  Trumpeter - Composer - Educator

  • Home and News
  • Events
  • About
  • Sounds
  • Compositions
  • Discography
  • Projects
    • A Few Kites
    • loadbang
    • Byrne:Kozar:Duo
    • Trumpet and Electronics
  • Press
    • Press Quotes
    • Photos
  • Contact