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Bella Hristova violin “Hristova combines jaw-dropping technical prowess with real style. I love the freedom and truly improvisatory way in which Hristova plays… . I cannot stress too strongly her intuitive musicality.” —MusicWeb International ella Hristova is a young violinist with a growing international career as a soloist and recording artist who has been acclaimed for her passionate, powerful performances and compelling command of her instrument. The Strad said of Hristova, “Every sound she draws is superb,” and The Washington Post noted that she is “a player of impressive power and control.” Ms. Hristova has performed extensively as soloist with orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Lincoln Center, with the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo at Carnegie Hall, and with various dometic and international orchestras. She has performed recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Cerritos Center for the Arts, the Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts, the Shanghai International Music Festival, and Seoul National University. Her most recent recording, Bella Unaccompanied, features works for solo violin by Corigliano, Kevin Puts, Piazzolla, Milstein and J. S. Bach. A sought-after chamber musician, Ms. Hristova performs frequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and at many music festivals including the Young Concert Artists Festivals in Tokyo and Beijing, the Musica Viva Festival in Sydney, Australia, the Grand Teton Festival, the Brevard Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, the Mainly Mozart Festival, Music from Angel Fire, Chamber Music Northwest, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and the Marlboro Music Festival. She has appeared on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio. Bella Hristova made her New York debut in the Young Concert Artists Series at Merkin Concert Hall and for three seasons, she has been honored with the Gordon and Harriet Greenfield Foundation Artist Management Fellowship of YCA. Born in Pleven, Bulgaria to Russian and Bulgarian parents, Ms. Hristova began violin studies at the age of six. At twelve, she participated in master classes with Ruggiero Ricci at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 2003, she entered the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied chamber music with Steven Tenenbom. She received her Artist Diploma at Indiana University in 2010. Ms. Hristova plays a 1655 Nicolò Amati violin, once owned by the violinist Louis Krasner. B Masterworks Artist 50 Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco


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