ANDREA HUGHES

USA

  • attended the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) under Paul Kantor and Ivan Ženatý;
  • attended festivals and masterclasses including The Quartet Program, the Heifetz Institute, National Repertory Orchestra, Nuevo Mundo Festival & Academy, Keshet Eilon Mastercourse, Blackmore International Music Academy Berlin and Internationale Musikakademie Meissen.

Prizes: winner of the Spring CIM Concerto Competition (2013), 1st Prize at the Nuevo Mundo Festival & Academy Concerto Competition (2015)

Program:

First Round

Bach Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major K. 216

Paganini Caprice No. 5

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major Op. 47, Kreutzer

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo Op. 34

Semifinal

Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat major Op. 18

Enescu Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin and Piano Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”

Ravel Tzigane

Final

Dvořák Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53