Results for "violin"

Michelle May

Born: November 22

Ingrid Hagel

Born: January 3

Ingrid, a jazz violinist, singer and songwriter, was born in Tallinn, Estonia, where her musical journey began at a young age. At just six years old, she picked up the violin at Nõmme Music School, and over the years, music became an essential part of her identity. However, her true passion for jazz wasn’t ignited until she attended to Charles Lloyd concert at the Jazzkaar Festival when she was sixteen. That experience shifted her focus from classical music to jazz, marking the beginning of her deep exploration into the world of improvisation and rhythm. Ingrid pursued her formal musical education at the Estonian Academy of Music, but her creative journey soon took her beyond Estonia's borders

Isaias Lubo

Born: December 2, 1980

Diane Monroe

Violinist Diane Monroe bridges the traditions of classical composition and jazz improvisation. Monroe’s traditional recital “infused with the blues”, presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society in the fall of 2005, was received with a standing ovation. Her recital venues also include New York City’s Merkin Hall and Town Hall, Los Angeles’ Schoenberg Hall, and Cleveland’s Severance Recital Hall. Monroe is a Pro Musicis Foundation Recital Sponsorship Award recipient. Monroe is a Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour roster artist. She performs her own solo, duo, trio, and quartet projects, and appears as a guest artist with classical & contemporary chamber ensembles, orchestras, and jazz ensembles throughout the United States

David Strother

David Strother is an improvising electric violinist and composer in Southern California. His latest CDs, "soundings.live" and "the desert is singing," are available at cdbaby.com and Itunes and other outlets. His recording credits also include CPD's experimental opus "The Process," Alternate Faith's "Out of Nowhere," and Susan J. Paul's "Big Love," among others. More recent CD appearances include two tracks on rapper Tito "Stretch" Calloway's great album, "Thugelligence;" the remixed edition of Davie Gayle's "Amber in the Clay;" Scot Ray's magnificent "Earth Circuit;" and Lawrence Lebo's '"Don't Call Her Larry, vol

Mario Forte

Born: January 22, 1984

Artyom Yakushenko

Born: June 23, 1969

Little is known of Artyom's origins. He was born somewhere in the Gulag Archipelago, and is believed to be the love child of none other than Solzhenitsyn himself. As a tiny infant, Artyom was smuggled out of captivity inside a violin case, by a soft-hearted railroad engineer. He was soon adopted by a kind family in Angarsk, Siberia.

Young Artyom refused to sleep anywhere but his case until his torso became too long to fit inside anymore, after which he became severely withdrawn and depressed. Upon discovering an actual violin inside his case at age 6, Artyom believed the instrument to be a long-lost twin brother and formed a special bond with it

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson is one of America’s most reknowned – and daring – creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist. O Superman launched Anderson’s recording career in 1980, rising to number two on the British pop charts and subsequently appearing on Big Science, the first of her seven albums on the Warner Brothers label. Other record releases include Mister Heartbreak, United States Live, Strange Angels, Bright Red, and the soundtrack to her feature film Home of the Brave

Jane Uitti

Studying jazz violin for the last couple of years - straight ahead, bebop, blues, ballads.

Emily Sun

Born: January 14

SHIH- HAN (Emily) SUN (violinist) [email protected] A native of Taiwan, Emily began her study of violin at the age of seven. She comes from a family of music. In 1998 she was awarded a full scholarship at the Chinese Culture University. In 1999, she moved to Canada where she met Sydney Humphreys, who greatly influenced her musical training. She has studied with Yahonaton Berick, Mark Gothoni and currently with Denise Lupien. In 2003, Emily received a Bachelor of Music in Performance (with distinction) and in 2005 a Master of Music in Performance -- both from McGill University