We are happy that Stan’s student Chichi Liu just got accepted to the International Summer Training Program at Narnia Arts Academy. Chichi, who is 5 years old from Winchester, will spend two weeks this summer in Narnia, Italy taking private violin classes with Julliard professor Khullip Jeung, as well as performing with chamber groups. Congratulations, Chichi!
We congratulate our student Shirie Leng, who has just been accepted to the Masters’ Degree program in Violin Performance at Boston University. Shirie returned to the violin in the fall of 2014 after a 20+ year break, choosing Stan Antonevich as her teacher, with the dream of becoming a professional violinist. We are so happy that we could help her reach this milestone towards realizing her dreams!
We congratulate Stan’s student Angela Ma for passing the auditions for the 2016 Junior District Festival Orchestra, and for being awarded the principal second violin position in the orchestra. Angela has been studying violin for less than two years. We are proud of you, Angela!
I enjoy serving as concertmaster (most recently a month ago with the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra), and so do my students. It gives them a chance to be recognized for their musical talent and leadership, without the stress that a soloist has.
Here is my student Yiqing Rose Chen, serving as concertmaster of Tufts Youth Philharmonic in May 2015, with conductor John Page. Looking great, Rose!
Earlier this month, I served as concertmaster with the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra in our Independence Day Concert. The concert is concluded with fireworks, to the accompaniment of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”. I look forward to it every year.
This summer, our studio’s founder and instructor Stan Antonevich serves as concertmaster at the opening concert of Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Concert Series. The event is free, family-friendly, and concludes with fireworks. We hope to see many of our students and their families there.
Interesting article from NYTimes.
I have learned that Ronald Knudsen, former BSO violinist and Newton resident, has passed away on March 29 at age 83. Maestro Knudsen was also the music director of the New Philharmonia Orchestra, which is how I met him. I had the privilege of soloing with New Phil last spring under his baton (here is the photo from that performance). From my experience, he was a wonderful person with a great sense of humor, who appreciated and mentored musical talent. I truly enjoyed working with him, and he will be deeply missed.
Congratulations to our student Subaiou Zhang, who was just accepted into the Doctoral Program at the Boston University School of Music, with High Merit Scholarship. She will be studying with Yuri Mazurkevich, a student of the famous violinist David Oistrakh. Subaiou is currenlty enrolled in the Masters Program in Violin Performance at BU, where she won the Grand Prize in Boston University’s Bach competition earlier this year, with her performance of Bach’s 1st Partita for Solo Violin. Subaiou studied with Stan before attending BU, and continues to take workshops with him to help prepare for various auditions and competitions.
We congratulate Stan’s violin student Angela Ma, who has been studying violin for less than a year. Angela is a member of Easton Middle School Chamber Orchestra, her town’s Honors orchestra. And this weekend, she successfully passed auditions for the 2015 Jr. SEMSBA Festival Orchestra. Way to go, Angela!