(Performed live on 3.17 at Stiftung Kulturpalast Hamburg).
Artists: Tristan Siegel, violin; Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky, piano
Program:
Francesco Geminiani: Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 4
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No 3 in E Major for solo violin
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in B minor, Op. 32 No. 10
Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18
Virgil: Selections from Aeneid
Artist Biographies:
Born in New York City, violinist Tristan Siegel, 27, is traveling the world earning a reputation as a new exciting young classical musician. As an avid and active chamber musician, Tristan recorded chamber works by Beethoven in the Spring of 2019 on the NAXOS Label as part of their 250th Anniversary Collection of Complete Beethoven Works. In addition, Tristan performed Schoenberg’s 4th Quartet in collaboration with Jorja Fleezanis and Stephen Wyrczynski in their renowned “Embraced by the Second Viennese School” series at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is also a member of the Apex Ensemble (formerly the Montclair Orchestra), and has played with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Tristan has participated in numerous festivals and chamber music series including the Gstaad Menuhin Festival Academy, Taipei Music Academic Festival, Pacific Music Festival, the Sarasota Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West, Round Top, the New York String Orchestra Seminar, The Alexander Schneider Series at the Mannes School of Music. Tristan has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in numerous New York venues including Steinway Hall, Merkin Hall, Alice Tully Hall, WMP Concert Hall, and Weill, Zankel and Perelman Stages at Carnegie Hall. Tristan was a semi-finalist in the 2016 Stulberg International String Competition.
In addition to his extensive performing résumé, Tristan is an active violin teacher with a full-time studio comprised of students of all levels. He held a teaching post at the Elisabeth Morrow School in Englewood, NJ and is a teacher in the Elizabeth Faidley Studio based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. As an undergraduate, Tristan studied violin pedagogy and taught under the tutelage of Dr. Brenda Brenner and Mimi Zweig in collaboration with the IU String Academy. Tristan is Suzuki Certified and part of the Suzuki Association of America.
Tristan is currently pursuing a Masters of Music at the Yale School of Music where he studies with Tai Murray. Tristan graduated from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University with a BM and PDSP in Violin Performance studying with Alex Kerr. He also graduated with a BA in Chinese with a focus in business and political science. Tristan was awarded a full Graduate Tuition scholarship, maintained a spot on the Dean’s List for the entirety of his studies, and graduated Magna Cum Laude. This balance of teaching, performing, and studying of non-musical pursuits is what Tristan believes should be the aim of every musician, to be a well-rounded and flexible member of society. The more dynamic and adaptive a musician can be, the better person they can become.
Tristan has been generously granted extended use of a 1945 Arturo Fracassi violin by the Chimei Museum in Tainan, Taiwan.
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Natalie Vargas Nedvetsky is a pianist, poet, and communicator dedicated to the intertwining of words and music through creative mediums. Originally from Chicago, she studied piano performance at The Juilliard School with Joseph Kalichstein and creative writing at Columbia University in the City of New York and has just obtained her masters degree at The Johns Hopkins University/Peabody Institute, studying with Steven Spooner and Richard Goode. She has been a laureate of several major international piano competitions, and has performed across the US and Europe, in halls such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Concert Noble Brussels, and more. In each of her solo piano performances, she combines poems and piano repertoire, creating a rich and surprising artistic journey for her audience.
Natalie is the founder and artistic director of Literary Music Series, a performing arts organization that advocates for the intertwining of art forms through live-streamed weekly performances/discussions and promotes their integration into the way we think and live our lives.
As part of this organization, she champions intimate 19th century salon style performances, and authors a monthly essay series entitled Literary Thoughts.
With a following of over 260k+ on Tiktok, Natalie creates videos championing music, music education, and spoken word. In February 2023, she was featured in her own segment and interviewed on Fox 5 Good Day New York.
Her first poetry collection, “I quiet the world”, was released in August 2020. Her next book will be published in November 2024 from Cider Press Review.