A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Stephen Waarts started his music education with Suzuki violin lessons and piano studies, and studied with Li Lin at the San Francisco Conservatory.
Acclaimed from a young age, he has already performed over thirty standard, as well as rarely performed, violin concertos, appearing as soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, as well as with numerous orchestras throughout California, including the Redwood Symphony, the Winchester Orchestra of San Jose, the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra, and the American Philharmonic Sonoma County. He is a frequent participant at Music@Menlo and the Summit Music Festival.
--With Chelsea Wang, piano
Program:
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3
BARTÓK: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz 117, BB 124
RAVEL: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major
RAVEL: Pièce en forme de Habanera
BIZET/WAXMAN: Fantasy on Themes from Carmen
