Violin

Joshua Bell

Music Director, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields

"Mr. Bell doesn’t stand in anyone’s shadow "The New York Times

Nicola Benedetti

"She has a sumptuous tone. She digs into a phrase with plenty of intensity and clearly enjoys showing off her technique, but she never crosses the..."Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky

"Nikita Boriso-Glebsky distinguishes himself with the depth of musical thinking, impeccable technique and a rare combination of elegance, naturalness and uncompromising severity of performance."La Libre Belgique

Boris Brovtsyn

Sarah Chang

"Chang is a complete package as a player -- technically assured, colorfully expansive, subtly probing, boldly commanding."Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk, Grand Rapids Press

Julia Fischer

Hilary Hahn

Chad Hoopes

"This young man has a sense of musical drama far beyond his years."Arts Sarasota

Anatol Karaev

Henning Kraggerud

Artistic Director, Tromsø Chamber Orchestra;
Co-Artistic Director, Risør Festival

"Henning Kraggerud...must be counted among the world's most interesting and accomplished stars"Cincinnati.com

Simone Lamsma

"...She has technique to burn…She always applied the perfect touch of emotional momentum to a piece…When she finished, the audience was on its feet,..."stltoday.com

Rachel Lee

"Lee combines the passion and impetuosity of youth with a depth and maturity of a musician two or three times her age."The Gazette

Fumiaki Miura

"The Japanese violinist Fumiaki Miura (1993) and the Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan (1989) brought moving moments of magic to the audience in Heilbronn (...). Who would have thought that..."Heilbronner Stimme

Itzhak Perlman

Mikhail Simonyan

"“The evening’s gleaming star was Mikhail Simonyan . . . with the poise, perfection, and innerburning fire of a master like David Oistrakh – in his prime, on a..."The Miami Herald

Dmitry Sitkovetsky

Music Director, Greensboro Symphony Orchestra

"Dmitry Sitkovetsky played the work for all it is worth, which is a great deal, despite its relative rarity in the concert repertoire. Intensity and precision..."www.seenandheard-international.com

Arabella Steinbacher

Anna Tifu

Caitlin Tully

Nikolaj Znaider

Principal Guest Conductor of the Mariinsky Orchestra

"The Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider played it like a man possessed: possessed not just by the music’s emotional power and lyrical beauty, but also by..."Richard Morrison, The Times