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Extremely prolific and versatile violist who has been active
as a classical musician and a session player for a variety of artists and
on a number of movie soundtracks.
She graduated magna cum laude
from USC and was offered a membership in the esteemed Mu Phi Epsilon Honor Society. All of these early successes were a
harbinger of things to come. Janet
has lent her talents to a number of distinguished ensembles and orchestras,
including the Stuttgart Bach-Collegium, for which she had the honour of
being the solo violist. She has
always worked and played well with others, as her nearly two decades worth
of service as Assistant Principal Viola with the Pacific Symphony will
attest. A team player and
seemingly ubiquitous collaborator, she has also been active with Les Amis
Musicalles, a cozy triad featuring flautist Cynthia Ellis and violinist
Jeanne Evans. They have made
their mark a couple of times with the South Bay Chamber Society, and their
repertoire ranges from Beethoven to Broughton and from Reger to
Roussel. In early 2003, they
were joined by guest cellist Matthew Millar, enabling them to perform
Katherine Hoover's Divertimento
for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello in a mini-tour of Los Angeles
Harbor College and Pacific Unitarian Church. For a while, she was Principal Viola
of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and when she's not busy with
the Pacific Symphony, she is also Principal Viola of the Pasadena
Symphony. In her copious free
time, she wears the hat of Associate Principal Viola of the Hollywood Bowl
and Opera Pacific Orchestras. She
has also appeared on Prairie Home
Companion as a member of The Creamy Garlic String Ensemble, and has
been active with the Southern California Viola Society, at whose inaugural
event she had the rare..one might say once-in-a-lifetime...opportunity
to play a version of "Mr. Sandman" arranged for six
violas. (Apparently that's
what Max Raimi does in his copious free time.) She has recorded with a litany of pop
and country artists that includes Christina Aguilera, Bon Jovi, Boyz II
Men, Mariah Carey, The Carpenters, Phil Collins, Harry Connick, Jr.,
Counting Crows, Celine Dion, Earth, Wind & Fire, Macy Gray, Faith Hill,
Whitney Houston, James Ingram, Alan Jackson, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel,
Kenny G, Keny Loggins, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Tim McGraw,
No Doubt, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Boz Scaggs, Frank Sinatra, Rod
Stewart, George Strait, Barbra Streisand, Tony Toni Tone, and Frankie
Valli. If you go and look in
your DVD collection, chances are good you own at least one movie that
features her on the soundtrack.
Her filmography spans three decades and includes Along Came A Spider, The Amityville Horror (1979), Angela's Ashes, Antwone Fisher, The Big Bounce, Brother
Bear, Brubaker, Dreamer, Enemy of the State, Jarhead,
Lemony Snicket's A Series of
Unfortunate Events, Lilo &
Stitch, Lizzie McGuire: The Movie, Munich, The Notebook,
Schindler's List, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, War of the
Worlds, and X-Men 2. Her hobbies are gardening, hiking
with her dog Zeke, reading, and traveling, although we're not sure
when she gets the time.
Lalo
Schifrin recordings
Love Rhapody
from "The Concorde - Airport '79" (Lalo
Schifrin)
Theme from "The
Concorde - Airport '79" (Lalo Schifrin)
Sources:
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http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Janet+Lakatos/a/Janet+Lakatos.htm
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http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16147962&menu=credits
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http://www.answers.com/topic/the-big-bounce-2004-film?cat=entertainment
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http://www.jproyalties.org/japanese/albumtitles.html?partic=229
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http://www.raroyalties.org/nl/albumtitles.html?partic=229
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http://www.ahra.org/audio/musiciansyear1995.html?partic=229
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http://www.pasadenasymphony.org/musicians.htm
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http://www.operapacific.org/About/orchestra.php
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http://www.answers.com/topic/x-men-2?cat=entertainment
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http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=1487320
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http://www.pacificsymphonymusicians.com/Default.aspx?tabid=384
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http://www.palosverdes.com/sbcms/web0102.htm
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http://www.palosverdes.com/sbcms/web0203.htm
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http://www.southerncaliforniaviolasociety.com/19980524-MiniCongressI(Program).html
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http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2005/06/04/music.shtml
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