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SOLD OUT | Violin Virtuosity: Stella Chen, violin, and Natalia Kazaryan, piano

  • Arts Club of Washington 2017 I Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20006 United States (map)

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Violin Virtuosity: Stella Chen, violin, and Natalia Kazaryan, piano

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Reception begins at 6:30pm
Concert begins at 7:15pm

Arts Club of Washington

2017 I Street Northwest,
Washington, DC, 20006

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American violinist Stella Chen gained global recognition after winning the top prize in the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition. This accomplishment was followed by the 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award. She recently made debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and many others and appeared at the Vienna Musikverein and Berlin Philharmonie. Joining Stella is pianist Natalia Kazaryan, co-founder of the Washington Arts Ensemble.

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PROGRAM

Franz Schubert - Rondo for violin and piano

Eleanor Alberga - No-Man’s-Land Lullaby for violin and piano

Claude Debussy - Sonata in G minor for violin and piano

Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 9, “Kreutzer”

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Stella Chen, violin
Stella Chen, violin

American violinist Stella Chen garnered worldwide attention with her first-prize win at the 2019 Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition, followed by the 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award.

Since then, Stella has appeared across North America, Europe, and Asia in concerto, recital, and chamber music performances. She recently made debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Baltimore Symphony, Belgian National Orchestra, and many others and appeared at the Vienna Musikverein and Berlin Philharmonie. In recital, recent appearances include Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Phillips Collection, Rockport Music Festival, and Nume Festival in Italy. She appears frequently with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center both in New York and on tour.

Stella has appeared as a chamber musician in festivals including the Ravinia, Seattle Chamber Music, Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo, Bridgehampton, Rockport, Kronberg Academy, and Sarasota. Chamber music partners include Itzhak Perlman, James Ehnes, and Matthew Lipman.

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Natalia Kazaryan, piano
Natalia Kazaryan, piano

Natalia Kazaryan is a concert pianist and co-founder of the Washington Arts Ensemble. From Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, pianist Natalia Kazaryan has been hailed by The New York Sun for her “prodigious ability,” remarking that she “immediately established an atmosphere of strength and confidence.” She is “a marvel among marvels … fascinating, elegant” (Nice-Matin) and “incredible” (All Classical Portland). Dedicated to giving equal platform to female composers in her public appearances, she notably curated and performed a recital of all women composers at the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., a performance The Washington Post named “one of the best classical concerts of the summer 2019.” As a soloist, she has performed both major and lesser-known concertos — including those of Florence Price, Clara Schumann, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Prokofiev, and Mozart — with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, the Harrisburg Symphony, and other ensembles across the country. Ms. Kazaryan’s acclaimed performance of Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement, conducted by James Ross, was featured on Front Row Washington (WETA), DC’s classical music radio station.

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