Matinee Musicale,
Matinee Musicale,
Sun, September 15, 2024
3:00 PM
$15-$45
Matinee Musicale Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt
“…a silky tone and beautiful, supple lines”
Strad magazine
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, has performed in recitals and chamber music concerts throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia, including an acclaimed 2011 debut recital at London’s Wigmore Hall, described in Strad as “fleet and energetic…powerful and focused.”
The founding violist of the Dover Quartet, she played in the group from 2008-2022. During that time, the Dover Quartet was the First Prize-winner and recipient of every special award at the Banff International String Quartet Competition 2013, and winner of the Gold Medal and Grand Prize in the 2010 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Ms. Pajaro-van de Stadt’s numerous awards also include First Prize of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and top prizes at the the Sphinx Competition and the Tokyo International Viola Competition.
She has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, and Sphinx Chamber Orchestra and has served on the juries of the Sphinx Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Ms. Pajaro-van de Stadt graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and received her Master’s Degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. While in the Dover Quartet, she was on the faculty at The Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and was a part of the Quartet in Residence of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She is now a member of the newly formed piano quartet “Espressivo!” along with acclaimed artists Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, and Anna Polonsky.
Photo Credit: Roy Cox
Matinee Musicale Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt
“…a silky tone and beautiful, supple lines”
Strad magazine
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, has performed in recitals and chamber music concerts throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia, including an acclaimed 2011 debut recital at London’s Wigmore Hall, described in Strad as “fleet and energetic…powerful and focused.”
The founding violist of the Dover Quartet, she played in the group from 2008-2022. During that time, the Dover Quartet was the First Prize-winner and recipient of every special award at the Banff International String Quartet Competition 2013, and winner of the Gold Medal and Grand Prize in the 2010 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. Ms. Pajaro-van de Stadt’s numerous awards also include First Prize of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and top prizes at the the Sphinx Competition and the Tokyo International Viola Competition.
She has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, and Sphinx Chamber Orchestra and has served on the juries of the Sphinx Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Ms. Pajaro-van de Stadt graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and received her Master’s Degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. While in the Dover Quartet, she was on the faculty at The Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and was a part of the Quartet in Residence of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She is now a member of the newly formed piano quartet “Espressivo!” along with acclaimed artists Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, and Anna Polonsky.
Photo Credit: Roy Cox
