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Chris Hanulik
Adjunct Professor--String Bass
office: (310) 825-4761
email: chrishanulik@gmail.com
Office: B686

 

CHRISTOPHER HANULIK joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1984 and was appointed Principal Bass in 1987.  Hanulik also served as Principal Bass of the Cleveland Orchestra.  During his tenure in Cleveland, he made numerous recordings, including "Histoire Du Soldat", conducted by Pierre Boulez for Deutsche Grammophon.  Hanulik has won prizes from the International Society of Bassists and has also been a featured artist at several of their international conventions.  He has also received numerous awards from the Aspen and Tanglewood Music Festivals.  Mr. Hanulik appears regularly with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Chamber Music Society's New Music Concerts, and with the "Mozart In Monterey" Festival Orchestra.  He has served on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Kent/Blossom Summer Music Festival, Pepperdine University and California State University, Northridge.  He has given master classes at The Juilliard School, Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, North Carolina, and in Los Angeles as part of the Corwin Seminars.  Mr. Hanulik attended The Juilliard School where he studied with famed bass pedagogue Homer R. Mensch.