2022 Festival Musicians
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Raphael Bell, cello
Co-Artistic Director, Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival • Principal cellist, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra • Co-Artistic Director, La Loingtaine in Montigny-sur-Loing, France • Chamber musician with Seattle Chamber Music Society, Ferrara Musica and Elba Festival (Italy) |
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Timothy Summers, violin & viola
Co-Artistic Director, Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival • Violinist, Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) • Co-Artistic Director of MCO’s ‘Future Presence’ VR project • Former second violinist, Orpheus String Quartet • Violin faculty, Universität der Künste, Berlin Photo by Geoffroy Schied |
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Andrew Armstrong, piano
Artistic Director, Chamber Music on Main at the Columbia Museum of Art (SC) • Member of Caramoor Virtuosi, Boston Chamber Music Society, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players Photo by Benjamin Ealovega |
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Ayn Balija, viola
Principal violist, Charlottesville Symphony at UVA • Associate professor of viola, UVA • Founding member of Piedmont Duo with I-Jen Fang • Former member of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus Photo by Jen Fariello |
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Gregory Beyer, percussion
Director of Percussion Studies, Northern Illinois University • Artistic Director, Arcomusical • Member of the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition’s Grossman Ensemble • Fulbright Scholar Photo by Miranda Longoria Photography |
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James Ehnes, violin
Soloist with the New York Philharmonic, MET Orchestra and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig • Artistic Director, Seattle Chamber Music Society • Co-Founder, Ehnes Quartet • Two Grammy awards and 11 Junos • Released complete Beethoven sonatas with Andrew Armstrong • Artist of the Year, Gramophone Awards 2021 Photo by B. Ealovega |
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I-Jen Fang, percussion
International marimba artist • Percussion faculty, McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia • Principal timpanist and percussionist, Charlottesville Symphony • Innovative Percussion and Marimba One artist Photo by Jen Fariello |
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Alex Fortes, violin
Member and frequent principal player with A Far Cry, the Knights, Quodlibet Ensemble, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s/St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble • Guest with Henschell, Attacca, Dalí, Momenta quartets • Performed on A Far Cry’s 2014 and 2018 Grammy-nominated albums • Arranged Bach, Dvorak and early music for Simone Dinnerstein, the Prague Philharmonia and the Aizuri Quartet |
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Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Soloist with the Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra • Chamber musician with the Boston Chamber Music Society and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center • Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipient • Two-time Grammy nominee Photo by Dario Acosta |
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Johnny Gandelsman, violin
Grammy award winning violinist and producer • Founding member of Brooklyn Rider • Curator of “This is America” • Former member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble for 18 years Photo by Marco Giannavola |
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Eric Lamb, flute
Performed with the Boulez Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and Cleveland Orchestra • Former core member of International Contemporary Ensemble • Premiered more than 200 works in the last decade • Teaches flute and chamber music at the Friedrich Gulda School of Music, Vienna Photo by Maria Frodl |
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Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Founding member of the Daedalus Quartet and Horszowski Trio • Artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society • Faculty at Bard College Conservatory of Music • Guest member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble |
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Jessica Thompson, viola
Longtime member of the award-winning Daedalus Quartet • Member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra • Soloist with Minnesota Orchestra • Performer at Aspen, Taos, Marlboro, Verbier festivals; Bard Summerscapes • Teacher at Princeton and Columbia universities |