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    "Brilliant...a performer of splendid technical accomplishment and an artist of deep feeling informed by a subtle intelligence...a performer in full command of her gift."
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    2011-2012 Season

    JULY 2011
    9, 10 Eastern Music Festival
    Bruch, Violin Concerto
    Gerry Schwartz, conducting
    Greensboro, NC
    12 Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
    Chamber Music Soiree
    Strauss, Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 18
    de Falla, Suite populaire espagnole
    With Anne-Marie McDermott, pianist
    Vail, CO
    13 Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival
    Chamber Music Soiree
    Philadelphia Orchestra
    Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
    Stéphane Denève conducting
    Vail, CO
    SEPTEMBER 2011
    23, 24, 25 New Century Chamber Orchestra
    20th Anniversary Season Opening Concerts

    Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
    Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in D Minor
    Rodion Shchedrin, Carmen Suite
    20-open rehearsal 10am Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
    22-concert, First Congregational Church, Berkeley
    23-concert, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
    24-concert, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
    25-concert, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael
    San Francisco Bay Area, CA
    OCTOBER 2011
    3 - 14 Period reserved for recording project
    20, 21, 22 Minnesota OrchestraPiazzolla, The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Las Cuatro estaciones Porteñas), for Violin & Orchestra
    Robert Spano conducting
    Minneapolis, MN
    NOVEMBER 2011
    5 New Century Chamber Orchestra
    20th Anniversary Gala: Tour Kick-Off Celebration

    Rossini, Sonata in G Major
    Barber, Adagio for Strings
    Bolcom, Romanza for Violin and String Orchestra
    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
    Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major
    San Francisco, CA
    9 - 15 New Century Chamber Orchestra East Coast Tour
    Rossini, Sonata in G Major
    Barber, Adagio for Strings
    Bolcom, Romanza for Violin and String Orchestra
    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
    Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major
    9-Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
    10-University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA
    12-Massry Center at the College of St. Rose Albany, NY
    15-Symphony Space, New York, NY
    18 Recital-Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College
    With pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
    Goshen, IN
    19 Recital-Coronado Theater
    Rockford Coronado Concert Association
    With pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
    Rockford, IL
    DECEMBER 2011
    12, 13, 15, 16, 18 New Century Chamber Orchestra
    Taaffe Zwilich, Prologue and Variations
    Haydn, Violin Concerto in G Major, Hob. VIIa: 4
    Corelli, Christmas Concerto
    Brahms, Hungarian Dances
    12-open rehearsal 10 am Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
    13-concert, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
    15-concert, First Congregational Church, Berkeley
    16-concert, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
    18-concert, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael
    San Francisco Bay Area, CA
    JANUARY 2012
    28, 29 NHK Symphony Orchestra
    Barber, Violin Concerto, Op. 14
    Leonard Slatkin conducting
    Tokyo, Japan
    FEBRUARY 2012
    2, 3, 4 Philadelphia Orchestra
    Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 2 in a, Op. 99
    Nicola Luisotti conducting
    Philadelphia, PA
    9, 10, 11 National Symphony Orchestra
    Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 99
    Christoph Eschenbach conducting
    Washington, DC
    MARCH 2012
    1-4 New Century Chamber Orchestra
    Getty, Ancestor Suite
    Kakhidze, Blitz Fantasy (First Movement)
    Vivaldi, Concerto for Mandolin in C
    Adams, Shaker Loops
    29-open rehearsal 10 am Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
    1-concert, First Congregational Church, Berkeley
    2-concert, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
    3-concert, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
    4-concert, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael
    San Francisco Bay Area, CA
    24, 26 Vancouver Symphony
    Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 2 in a, Op. 99
    Andrew Litton conducting
    Vancouver, Canada
    31 Recital—Mendelsohn Hall
    Presented by the Maestro Foundation
    With pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
    Santa Monica, CA
    APRIL 2012
    1 Recital—Sunset Center
    Presented by the Carmel Music Society
    With pianist Anne-Marie McDermott
    Carmel, CA
    14, 15 Westchester Philharmonic
    Rossini, Sonata for Strings in G Major
    Piazzolla, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires>
    Shostakovich, Quartet No. 8, "Chamber Symphony"
    Brahms, Hungarian Dances
    Nadja "sits in" with the Philharmonic as soloist-leader of a unique, conductor-less program that will let the Philharmonic's virtuoso musicians shine.
    Purchase, NY
    28,, 29, 30 Oregon Symphony Orchestra
    Piazzolla, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
    Mei-Ann Chen conducting
    Portland, OR
    MAY 2012
    1 Oregon Symphony Orchestra
    Piazzolla, Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
    Mei-Ann Chen conducting
    Salem, OR
    9, 10, 11, 12, 13 New Century Chamber Orchestra
    Edvard Grieg, Holberg Suite
    Taaffe Zwilich, La Commedia dell'Arte (Commissioned by NCCO)
    Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
    Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht
    Heidrich, Happy Birthday Variations
    9-open rehearsal 10 am Herbst Theatre, San Francisco,
    10-concert, First Congregational Church, Berkeley
    11-concert, First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
    12-concert, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
    13-concert, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael
    San Francisco Bay Area, CA
    18 Seattle Symphony
    Taaffe ZwilichViolin Concerto
    Gerard Schwarz conducting
    Seattle, WA
    19 Seattle Symphony
    Bolcom, Violin Concerto in D
    Gerard Schwarz conducting
    Seattle, WA
    JUNE 2012
    7, 8, 9, 10 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
    Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
    Marin Alsop conducting
    Baltimore, MD
    Please remember that this schedule is subject to change. Check with your local venue.




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