Duplin Music Academy

Jim Candido

Jim Candido began his music studies on violin with Paul Brisbane and Maurice Partnoy, the former concertmaster of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in Russia. He also majored in music studies in high school, covering rudiments, ear training, theory and composition. He began performing at age 14 with a dance band, playing both violin and trombone. During a military tour of duty in Germany, he led a jazz quartet, performing in jazz clubs and officers' clubs. Upon discharge from the USAF, he began studies on double bass with John Schaeffer, of the New York Philharmonic. After several years of free lancing in NYC and touring with the Don Shirley Trio and the Longines Symphonette (The Longines Symphonette was a prerecorded classical music program broadcast nightly on many Mutual stations from 1943 to 1949. It then moved to CBS where it was heard Sundays at 2pm from 1949 to 1957. The initial conductor was Macklin Marrow, followed for most of the run by Michel Piastro, one-time concert master of the New York Philharmonic.), he auditioned for an opening in the NY Philharmonic and was appointed to its bass section in September, 1966, by Leonard Bernstein. During his 38 year tenure with the New York Philharmonic, he performed over 8000 concerts with the world's greatest conductors, including the musical directors of the NY Philharmonic, Bernstein, Szell, Boulez, Mehta, Masur and Mazell. He has performed with chamber groups throughout Europe and South America, and has appeared in the world's great concert halls in South America, Canada, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Malasia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Israel, Russia and all of Europe. He also performed at the White House in 1984. His retirement from the NY Philharmonic in 2003 resulted in a move to Wallace, NC. At present he is still performing with The Tallis Chamber Orchestra and local symphonies, such as Fayetteville and Wilmington.

July 12, 2011 Posted by Melodee Wynne