Jennifer Stumm
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Jennifer Stumm is a prominent young American concert violist. She is the winner of numerous major competitions and now performs widely in the U.S. and Europe.
[edit] Life
Originally from Atlanta, where she studied with Marilyn Seelman, Stumm attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and worked with Karen Tuttle. She also pursued interests in astrophysics and politics at the University of Pennsylvania, and earned a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School in New York under the supervision of Samuel Rhodes. Stumm divides her time between activities in the United States and in Europe, where her recent musical mentors have been violist Nobuko Imai and cellist Steven Isserlis. She now devotes time to encouraging young musicians through master classes and informative recitals.
[edit] Career and competitions
Stumm has been a laureate of several major international competitions, winning first prize of the William Primrose Competition in Utah and second prize at the International Competition in Geneva and the Vriendenkrans Concours of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam in 2005. In 2006 she became the first solo violist to win first prize of the Concert Artist Guild International Auditions in New York. Her recent performances include her Carnegie Hall recital debut as well as performances at Alice Tully Hall, New York, the Wigmore Hall and St. John's, Smith Square, London and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. She has performed Don Quixote with conductor Yan-Pascal Tortellier at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the Sage, Gateshead, and the Bartok Concerto with the Hamburger Sinfonikern in Berlin and the L'Orchestre du Chambre, Geneva. Upcoming she plays with orchestras in Canada, Savannah and New Haven. She has appeared in the Rising Stars Series of the Ravinia Festival, Chicago, at the Verbier Festival, Switzerland, and has been heard on BBC Radio 3, NPR, and the Dutch and German national radio networks. She is scheduled to appear in Savannah, Georgia and at the International Viola Congress in Montreal. She will also give recitals in Amsterdam, London, Denver, and Atlanta and, significantly, her Kennedy Center debut in Washington, D.C.
Stumm is an accomplished chamber musician, involved in collaborations and festivals worldwide. Her collaborative partners have included members of the Beaux Arts Trio, Guaneri, Juilliard and Alban Berg Quartets, and the period ensemble L'Archibudelli. She is a member of the London-based Aronowitz Ensemble, resident artists at the Aldeburgh Festival and recently named BBC New Generation Artists. The group will perform at all of the major UK festivals as well as a series of performances at the Wigmore Hall. She participates regularly at the International Musicians Seminar in Cornwall, having performed in that festival's annual tour, and has spent a number of summers at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. Other festival appearances include the Kronberg Academy's Chamber Music Connects the World with Gidon Kremer, the Aldeburgh Festival, and the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival.
