Jennifer Frautschi (; born 1973) is an American violinist. A recipient of an

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, she is currently

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. She plays a 1722 Antonio Stradivari violin known as the " ex-Cadiz," on loan from a private American foundation.

Biography

Frautschi was born in

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and began to play the violin at the age of three. At the Colburn School in Los Angeles she was a student of

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and later attended Harvard University, the

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, and the Juilliard School, where she studied under Robert Mann. Following top prizes at the Queen Elisabeth Competition and the Naumburg International Violin Competition in

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, Frautschi received an

in 1999. She has appeared as a soloist with the

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and

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, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach at the Ravinia Festival,

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and Osmo Vänskä, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Utah Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, and the Orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo among others. In 2004, Frautschi made her recital debut at

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. In Europe, she has appeared in world-class classical musical venues such as the Wigmore Hall in London, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Vienna, and Cité de la Musique in Paris. She has also played with various operas and festivals around the globe including the Imperial Garden in Beijing, La Monnaie in Brussels, La Chaux-de-Fonds in

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, and San Miguel de Allende Festival in Mexico. In 2008-09 she toured America for three weeks with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, playing composers such as

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and Bruch. In 2010–2011 she performed with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and toured the UK with musicians from Prussia Cove, appearing again at the Wigmore Hall. Frautschi has released three records for Artek including an orchestral debut recording of the Prokofiev concerti with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and NAXOS, including a recording of

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's Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, which earned a Grammy nomination, and the

Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century clas ...

Violin Concerto with the

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of London.

Reception

The ''

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'' said of her performance, "Frautschi possesses a lush, florid tone, a sure musical sense and a forthright knowledge of where she wants to go with any given phrase".

Personal life

Frautschi loves the Sanrio character Badtz Maru. Her father is the theoretical physicist Steven Frautschi.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frautschi, Jennifer American classical violinists Living people Musicians from Pasadena, California Harvard University alumni Juilliard School alumni New England Conservatory alumni Classical musicians from California 21st-century classical violinists Women classical violinists 1973 births