Bella Hristova (born December 28, 1985) is a Bulgarian-American violinist.
Bella Hristova | |
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| Born | 28 December 1985 |
| Education | Curtis Institute of Music Indiana University |
| Occupation | Violinist |
| Spouse | David Ludwig |
| Website | bellahristova |
Early life
editHristova was born in Pleven, Bulgaria to Russian and Bulgarian parents. She began her studies on the violin at the age of six. By the age of twelve, she enrolled in master classes with Ruggiero Ricci at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and later attended the Curtis Institute of Music in 2003. Here, she studied with Ida Kavafian and Steven Tenenbom. She received her Artists Diploma with Jaime Laredo at Indiana University in 2010.[1][2][3]
Career
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 You may hear Bella Hristova performing Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with Barbara Schubert conducting the DuPage Symphony Orchestra in 2010 Here on archive.org |
Hristova was a recipient of a 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant,[4][5] and a first prize winner of the 2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions.[6][7] Hristova has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Lincoln Center, the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo at Carnegie Hall, as well as with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pasadena, Charleston, Asheville, Greenwich, Vermont, Kansas City, Delaware, Columbus, and Santa Rosa Symphonies, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río, Asturias Symphony Orchestra, Centro Nacional de la Música-la Orquesta, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, and Cheongju Symphony Orchestra.[8] She plays a Nicolò Amati violin from 1655, which was once owned by the famed violinist Louis Krasner.[9]
Personal life
editHristova is married to composer David Serkin Ludwig.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Violinist performs special gift from her spouse". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Bella Hristova Biography on bellahristova.com". Archived from the original on January 7, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ "Bella Hristova | The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center". www.chambermusicsociety.org.
- ^ "AVERY FISHER CAREER GRANTS". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "BELLA HRISTOVA". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ Schweitzer, Vivien (April 22, 2010). "On Piano and Violin, Partnership of Equals". The New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Young Concert Artists Series: Bella Hristova, violin". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Bella Hristova". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "Bella Hristova Violin". Retrieved December 24, 2018.
- ^ "VC 'Artist' Violinist Bella Hristova Weds Musical Partner". August 5, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2018.