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Performance Highlights
Concerti
Bruch - Violin Concerto Op. 22 in G minor, Monterrey Symphony Orchestra, Mexico, 2011
Mozart - Concerto in D Major KV 218, Orchestra da Camara de Bellas Artes, Mexico City 2011
Bacri -World Premiere, Violin Concerto Op. 116 dedicated to Elissa, Op ra de Massy, France 2010
Leroux - d Aller for violin and 17 Instruments Camerata Aberta, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2010
Schumann - Violin Concerto Op. Posth., Orchestre de la Francophonie, Montr al, Canada 2010
Recitals
Heures Musicales du Haut-Anjou 2011
Carnegie-Weill Hall Debut Recital, Artists International Presentations, NY 2009
Merkin Hall- Kaufmann Center, NY 2009
New Music Composer Collaborations
Pierre Boulez, Anth mes 1 2009
Arthur Kampela, Gestures for solo violin, America s society, NY 2010
J r me Combier, Anima Foglia for solo violin, NY Premiere, Carnegie- Weill Hall 2009
Tristan Murail, Les Courants de l Espace', Argento Ensemble & Murail, Merkin Hall, NY 2009
Concertmaster Appointments
Orquestra Sinf nica Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011-present
Arcos Chamber Orchestra, NY Residency, European Tours & Neos Musik CD 2005-present
Pierre Boulez, Lucerne Festival Academy 2009
William Christie, Juilliard Baroque Orchestra 2009
Awards and Prizes
Career Grants from C.I.M Val d Is re and Lions Club France 2008
First Prize, Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation, New York 2007
Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, International House, New York 2007
Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship, Juilliard School 2006
Finalist - Washington International Competition 2005
Performer s Certificate, Indiana University 2003
First Prize, Concours Jeunesses Musicales, Bucharest, Romania 1993
Chamber Music Collaborations
Elisabeth Leonskaja, Frank Piano Quintet 2011
Anthony Marwood, Shostakovich Quartet No.2 2009
Bruce Brubaker, Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time 2008
Ivry Gitlis, Mendelssohn Octet 2007
Paul Katz, Schubert Cello Quintet 2007
Festivals
IMS Prussia Cove, Open Chamber (England) 2006, 2008, 2011
Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival 2005 & 2007
Yellow Barn Music Festival 2009
Perlman Music Program 2006 & 2007
Education and Major Teachers
Manhattan School, Professional Studies Robert Mann 2008-09
Juilliard School, Master of Music Ronald Copes 2006-08
New England Conservatory, Graduate Study Donald Weilerstein 2004-06
Indiana University, Bachelor of Music Miriam Fried 2001-03