Instrumentalist - Violin
About
| Ida Kavafian enjoys an international reputation as one of the most versatile musicians performing today. With a repertoire as diverse as her talents, Ms. Kavafian has electrified stages as a recitalist as well as a soloist with major orchestras across the globe. For 25 years, Ms. Kavafian has been the artistic director of the highly successful festival, Music from Angel Fire, in New Mexico. A graduate of Juilliard studying with Oscar Shumsky, she made her NY debut under Young Concert Artists. She is on the faculty of the Curtis Institute and Bard College. Her hobby is raising prize winning purebred Vizsla dogs. |
Latest Acclaim
"Naxos also scored by releasing Michael Daugherty's concerto, 'Fire and Blood,' with violinist Ida Kavafian and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. It confirmed my memory, for one thing. Kavafian had played the piece with the LPO in 2008: a driving composition that presents a banquet of orchestral colors and a powerful springboard for a gifted soloist." — New Orleans Times-Picayune
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| Posted: Jun-25-2010 |
Latest Recordings
 "Michael Daugherty is a wonderful composer, and these three pieces make splendid listening. Fire and Blood is a violin concerto, and a damn fine one. Violin concertos are exceptionally difficult to write, especially in balancing the soloist against a large modern orchestra. Daugherty handles the challenge with aplomb. In the first movement, for example, he keeps the accompaniment light but colorful. Sounds that come across as hackneyed in the hands of other composers, such as harp glissandos or... |
| Posted: Aug-1-2009 |