Judith Ingolfsson (born in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a violinist. She plays a violin by Lorenzo Guadagnini made in 1750.[1]

Early life edit

She began to play violin at age three, and debuted as a soloist in Germany already at age eight. She studied with Jascha Brodsky at the Curtis Institute of Music. She then studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music under David Cerone and Donald Weilerstein.

Career edit

Judith Ingolfsson won first prize at the 1998 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. She was also a prize winner at the 1998 Concert Artists Guild Competition[2] and the 1997 International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini"[3]. In 1999 she was honored by National Public Radio as Debut Artist of the Year, and in 2001 received the Chamber Music America/WQXR Record Award for her debut CD with works by Bloch, Rorem, Bach, and Wieniawski.

In 2008 Ingolfsson became Professor of Violin at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart . Since 2019, she has served as Professor of Violin at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.[4]

Ingolfsson is also a chamber musician and has collaborated with the Vogler, Avalon, and Miami String Quartets, the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble, and the Ronen Chamber Ensemble.

She performs regularly with Vladimir Stoupel as the Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel[5]. Ingolfsson and Stoupel are the artistic directors of the festival “Aigues-Vives en Musiques”[6] in southern France, which they co-founded in 2009, as well as the festival “The Last Rose of Summer” in Berlin.[7]

Discography edit

Year Album title Label Notes
2023 Rebecca Clarke Sonatas for Violin, Viola and Piano OEHMS Classics: OC 1731 with Vladimir Stoupel[8]
2021 Sonatas for Violin and Piano OEHMS Classics: OC 491 Rathaus, Tiessen, Arma with Vladimir Stoupel[9]
2020 The Happiest Years Genuin: 20711 Schnabel, Erdmann Sonatas for Solo Violin[10]
2019 La Belle Époque Genuin: 19674 Ysaÿe, Dubois, Franck with Vladimir Stoupel[11]
2017 Poulenc, Ferroud & Ravel: Violin Sonatas Accentus Music: ACC30436 with Vladimir Stoupel[12]
2016 Joseph Holbrooke: Violin Concerto in F, Op. 59 CPO: 4100515 with Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt
2016 Concert-Centenaire, Vol. I Accentus Music: ACC303711 Stephan, Magnard with Vladimir Stoupel[13]
2016 Concert-Centenaire, Vol. II Accentus Music: ACC303712 Vierne; with Rebecca Li, Stefan Fehlandt, Stephan Forck[14]
2016 Concert-Centenaire, Vol. III Accentus Music: ACC303713 Fauré with Vladimir Stoupel[15]
2011 Stravinsky and Shostakovich: Works for Violin and Piano Audite: AUD 92.576 with Vladimir Stoupel[16]
2011 Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 Genuin: 11202 [17]
2010 En Hommage: Simon Laks EDA: 31 with Vladimir Stoupel and Leonid Gorokhov[18]
2007 Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto BPO LIVE: B003LSTBP8 with Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
2000 Judith Ingolfsson: Debut Recording Catalpa Classics: 30101 with Ronald Sat[19]

References edit

  1. ^ "Judith Ingolfsson". Judith Ingolfsson. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ https://www.concertartists.org/competition-winners
  3. ^ https://www.premiopaganini.it/history/previous-editions/edition-1997?tag=48&edition_year=48
  4. ^ https://peabody.jhu.edu/faculty/judith-ingolfsson/
  5. ^ https://www.ingolfsson-stoupel-duo.com/home
  6. ^ https://aiguesvivesenmusiques.org/
  7. ^ https://www.ingolfsson-stoupel-duo.com/the-last-rose-of-summer
  8. ^ https://www.oehmsclassics.de/artikel/28716/Judith_Ingolfsson_Rebecca_Clarke__Sonatas_For_Violin_Viola___Piano
  9. ^ https://www.oehmsclassics.de/artikel/24929/Duo_Ingolfsson-Stoupel_Rathaus_Tiessen___Arma_-_Sonatas_for_violin_and_piano
  10. ^ https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/cd_1.php?cd=GEN20711
  11. ^ https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/cd_1.php?cd=GEN19674
  12. ^ https://accentus.com/discs/436/
  13. ^ https://accentus.com/discs/3711/
  14. ^ https://accentus.com/discs/3712/
  15. ^ https://accentus.com/discs/3713/
  16. ^ https://audite.de/en/product/SACD/92576-igor_stravinsky_dmitri_shostakovich_works_for_violin_and_piano_judith_ingolfsson_vladimir_stoupel.html
  17. ^ https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/cd_1.php?cd=GEN11202
  18. ^ http://eda-records.com/177-1-CD-Details.html?cd_id=79
  19. ^ https://violin.org/shop/media/cds/judith-ingolfsson-1998-debut-recording/

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