Joanna Frankel
violin

Hailed by The Washington Post as "an uncommonly fine young violinist," and praised for her "palpable singing tone and aesthetic intelligence" (The New York Sun, New York City), violinist Joanna Marie Frankel consistently shares her unique imagination before many and diverse audiences. As a soloist Ms. Frankel has performed across the U.S. and Europe, at such important venues as Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Rachmaninoff Hall, Glazunov Hall, Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Slovak Philharmonic Hall, Vanemuise Hall, and The Sibelius Academy's Chamber Music Hall. She has recently appeared with The Rochester Symphony, The Ambler Symphony, The Olney Symphony, Ensemble 212 of New York City, The Southern Adventist University Symphony Orchestra, and The Ocean City Pops, and has presented recitals in many cities worldwide including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chattanooga, Charleston, Amsterdam, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague, Tallinn, Bratislava, and Helsinki.

A recipient of The 2007 Career Grant from the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation, and of The Juilliard School's prestigious 2007 William Schuman Prize for outstanding artistic excellence and leadership, Ms. Frankel was most recently named a 2008 La Gesse Foundation Young Artist Fellow, which will lead to solo recitals in France, Germany, Hungary, and in New York City's own Carnegie Hall. Proficient on the viola as well as on the violin, Ms. Frankel embodies an honest love of chamber music and is consistently engaged to perform at a large variety of festivals, which have included La Jolla's SummerFest, Santa Fe New Music, The Aspen Music Festival's summer and winter seasons, The Spoleto Festival USA, and The International Holland Music Sessions. In 2008 Ms. Frankel was invited to join Kean University as a member of the Concert Artist Faculty in violin and viola.

Ms. Frankel is a top prizewinner in young artist competitions associated with The Philadelphia Orchestra's Mann Music Center, The Ambler Symphony, The Pottstown Symphony, The San Angelo Symphony, and The California International Young Artists' Contest; her solo performances have been broadcast on Classical WETA of Washington D.C., WRTI of Philadelphia, and WSMC of Collegedale, Tennessee. Most recently, Ms. Frankel was presented in recital at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, a performance that was aired live on WFMT radio. Additional highlights of the 2009-2010 season include solo concert appearances in Michigan, Tennessee, Switzerland, and The Netherlands, ensemble engagements in New York as a member of Metropolis Ensemble, and throughout Germany, Austria, France, and Italy as a member of The Arcos Chamber Orchestra.

Ms. Frankel is a native of Philadelphia and began her violin studies there at age three with Suzuki training. A recent scholarship graduate of The Juilliard School, she has worked closely with mentors Jascha Brodsky, Choong-Jin Chang, Robert Chen, Masao Kawasaki, Joseph Kalichstein, and Cho-Liang Lin. In 2010 Ms. Frankel concludes her three season inaugural tenure as a fellow of The Academy Ð A Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Institute, a groundbreaking new initiative that combines musical pedagogy with a full series of chamber music engagements at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She performs on the 1846 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin labeled ÔJoseph Guarnerius fecit Cremonae,' on extended loan from a generous patron through the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation. Ms. Frankel plays a custom-made Robert Brode viola, built especially for her in 2001.