RECITAL

Merkin Concert Hall
Tuesday Matinée

Stephen Waarts - Violin
Chelsea Wang, piano

Robert Schumann – Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105
Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck
Allegretto
Lebhaft

Franz Schubert – Sonata in A Major (" Grand Duo"), D. 574
Allegro moderato
Scherzo & Trio. Presto
Andantino
Allegro vivace

Maurice Ravel – Sonata No. 1 in A Minor ("Posthumous”)

Igor Stravindky (Arr. Samuel Dushkin) – Divertimento from “Le baiser de la Fée”
Sinfonia
Danses suisses
Scherzo
Pas de deux. Adagio — Variation — Coda

Waarts showed an uncommon, preternatural sense of tonal color and lyrical beauty on the instrument.”
— Washington Post


Winner of the 2017 Avery Fisher Career Grant, violinist Stephen Waarts has been praised for playing “with technical command and a totally natural sense of musical drama” (Strings Magazine). He has already garnered worldwide recognition, having captured the Audience Prize at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition; First Prize at the 2014 Menuhin Competition; and Second Prize and the Audience Prize in the 2013 Montreal International Competition. As Winner of the 2013 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, he made recital debuts last season at the Kennedy Center and Merkin Concert Hall, to rave reviews. Watch Stephen Waarts perform.