elissa cassini, violon/violin
La violoniste franco-américaine Elissa Cassini a reçu des critiques élogieuses pour « son sens du style et son empathie totale avec la musique ». Sa sonorité éloquente, sa présence captivante, et ses idées innovatrices de programmation font d'elle une artiste souple, passionante et très sollicitée.
Etudiante de Miriam Fried, elle a gagné le très convoité « Diplôme d'Artiste » à l'Université d'Indiana avant de poursuivre ses études sous la tutelle de Donald Weilerstein, Ronald Copes et Robert Mann, obtenant sa maîtrise à l'Ecole Juilliard.
Elle s'est produite partout en Europe et en Amérique du Nord et en Amérique du Sud. Ses engagements les plus récents incluent des concertos de Bach, Beethoven, et Schumann.
Outre son intérêt pour le répertoire traditionnel pour violon, Elissa est passionnée de musique contemporaine. En 2005, elle a été co-fondatrice de l'Orchestre Arco de New York et, en 2009, elle a été nommée au poste de premier violon de l'orchestre de l'Académie du Festival de Lucerne sous la direction de Pierre Boulez. Depuis lors, elle a régulièrement collaboré avec des compositeurs vivants et a récemment donné, avec l'orchestre français de Massy, la première performance d'un concerto composé pour elle par Nicolas Bacri. L'année dernière, elle a été nommée au poste de premier violon de l'Orquestre Sinfonica Petrobras de Rio de Janeiro.
Elle joue sur un beau violon fabriqué spécialement pour elle par Patrick Robin en 2005.
Franco-American violinist Elissa Cassini’s unyielding passion for music transcends stylistic boundaries, extending itself from the baroque all the way to performance with live electronics. Praised in her Carnegie Debut for her “strong sense of style and total identification with the music” by the New York Concert Review, she has performed extensively as soloist throughout Europe and North and South America. Elissa was praised as "an impeccable and powerful soloist" (Christoph Schlüren - Neue Muzik Zeitung) for her recent performance of Anders Eliasson's Concerto for Violin and Strings with the Arcos Orchestra at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Further recent performance highlights include the world premiere of a concerto written especially for her by Nicolas Bacri with the Orchestre de Massy in France, Mozart Concerti with the Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and Schumann’s Violin Concerto with the Orchestre de la Francophonie in Quebec. Her interpretation of (d') Aller by Philippe Leroux with São Paulo's Camerata Aberta “enchanted the ears of all those who came to the excellent performance” – (J. M. Coelho – O Estado de S. Paolo)
In spite of her young age, Elissa has already enjoyed leading distinguished orchestras. She served as concertmaster under Pierre Boulez, working closely with him at the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra in 2009, and she was chosen to lead the Juilliard Baroque Ensemble under William Christie on baroque violin during his 2009 Juilliard residency. Elissa co-founded New York's Arcos Orchestra hailed early on as “An extraordinary ensemble of the highest standard,” and just last season, she was appointed concertmaster of the Orquestre Sinfonica Petrobrasin Rio de Janeiro. Elissa’s vivacious mind and enthusiasm for contemporary music has also been sought out by many living composers with whom she enjoys collaborations, and by cutting edge New Music ensembles such as the Argento New Music Project and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) in New York, and Ensemble Cairn in Paris.
Elissa’s undergraduate studies under Miriam Fried at Indiana University were crowned by the coveted “Performers’ Certificate”. After receiving her Masters Degree from The Juilliard School in New York, she completed her graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music, mentored by Robert Mann. She performs on a beautiful violin made especially for her in 2005 by Patrick Robin.
Etudiante de Miriam Fried, elle a gagné le très convoité « Diplôme d'Artiste » à l'Université d'Indiana avant de poursuivre ses études sous la tutelle de Donald Weilerstein, Ronald Copes et Robert Mann, obtenant sa maîtrise à l'Ecole Juilliard.
Elle s'est produite partout en Europe et en Amérique du Nord et en Amérique du Sud. Ses engagements les plus récents incluent des concertos de Bach, Beethoven, et Schumann.
Outre son intérêt pour le répertoire traditionnel pour violon, Elissa est passionnée de musique contemporaine. En 2005, elle a été co-fondatrice de l'Orchestre Arco de New York et, en 2009, elle a été nommée au poste de premier violon de l'orchestre de l'Académie du Festival de Lucerne sous la direction de Pierre Boulez. Depuis lors, elle a régulièrement collaboré avec des compositeurs vivants et a récemment donné, avec l'orchestre français de Massy, la première performance d'un concerto composé pour elle par Nicolas Bacri. L'année dernière, elle a été nommée au poste de premier violon de l'Orquestre Sinfonica Petrobras de Rio de Janeiro.
Elle joue sur un beau violon fabriqué spécialement pour elle par Patrick Robin en 2005.
Franco-American violinist Elissa Cassini’s unyielding passion for music transcends stylistic boundaries, extending itself from the baroque all the way to performance with live electronics. Praised in her Carnegie Debut for her “strong sense of style and total identification with the music” by the New York Concert Review, she has performed extensively as soloist throughout Europe and North and South America. Elissa was praised as "an impeccable and powerful soloist" (Christoph Schlüren - Neue Muzik Zeitung) for her recent performance of Anders Eliasson's Concerto for Violin and Strings with the Arcos Orchestra at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Further recent performance highlights include the world premiere of a concerto written especially for her by Nicolas Bacri with the Orchestre de Massy in France, Mozart Concerti with the Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and Schumann’s Violin Concerto with the Orchestre de la Francophonie in Quebec. Her interpretation of (d') Aller by Philippe Leroux with São Paulo's Camerata Aberta “enchanted the ears of all those who came to the excellent performance” – (J. M. Coelho – O Estado de S. Paolo)
In spite of her young age, Elissa has already enjoyed leading distinguished orchestras. She served as concertmaster under Pierre Boulez, working closely with him at the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra in 2009, and she was chosen to lead the Juilliard Baroque Ensemble under William Christie on baroque violin during his 2009 Juilliard residency. Elissa co-founded New York's Arcos Orchestra hailed early on as “An extraordinary ensemble of the highest standard,” and just last season, she was appointed concertmaster of the Orquestre Sinfonica Petrobrasin Rio de Janeiro. Elissa’s vivacious mind and enthusiasm for contemporary music has also been sought out by many living composers with whom she enjoys collaborations, and by cutting edge New Music ensembles such as the Argento New Music Project and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) in New York, and Ensemble Cairn in Paris.
Elissa’s undergraduate studies under Miriam Fried at Indiana University were crowned by the coveted “Performers’ Certificate”. After receiving her Masters Degree from The Juilliard School in New York, she completed her graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music, mentored by Robert Mann. She performs on a beautiful violin made especially for her in 2005 by Patrick Robin.
