VC ARTIST

Violin Stephen Waarts

Born On July 15, 1996

Born in United States

Germany

Violin J.B. Vuillaume c. 1868

Bow D. Peccatte

Education

Curtis Institute of Music | Kronberg Academy

Teachers

Aaron Rosand | Mihaela Martin

Notable awards/competitions won

2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition Prize Winner | 2015 Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund scholarship | 2017 Avery Fisher Career Grant | 2019 International Classical Music Awards Orchestra Award

https://stephenwaarts.com/

Upcoming Events

March 27, 2022 | Vancouver Playhouse – BUY TICKET

Book Artist

Dutch-American violin virtuoso Stephen Waarts

“A Rich and Poetic Sound that Leaves Audiences Mesmerized”

- The Violin Channel

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Aaron Rosand and current student of Mihaela Martin at the Kronberg Academy, Stephen is a former major prize winner at the Young Concert Artists International Auditions - and Queen Elisabeth, Menuhin, Spohr, Sarasate, and Montreal International Violin Competitions.

Stephen has performed with orchestras such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Sir András Schiff, Frankfurt Radio Symphony under Christoph Eschenbach, Antwerp Symphony under Elim Chan, Orchestre National de Belgique under Marin Alsop and Constantinos Carydis, Szczecin Philharmonic under Rumon Gamba, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under Lawrence Foster and Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie at the Dresden Philharmonie.

How would your friends and chamber music partners describe you?

To my face or behind my back? :p Seriously have no idea, you’d have to ask them..

Biggest business lesson you’ve learnt so far in your career?

As a freelancer, you’re in effect running your own small business—and you are personally responsible for everything to do with that. It’s necessary and good to delegate tasks, but make sure you’re keeping track personally of everything surrounding your career. No one will care as much as you!

What would you say would be your dream gig?

I’d love to program a festival or concert series one day, where I could play by myself and also invite my favorite artists to participate.

Song that makes you turn the radio up?

Heroes—David Bowie

What would you say makes you unique as a musician?

I believe every musician, as every human being, is by definition unique! May seem like avoiding the question, but it’s really not something to which I aspire when I practice, as I think it should come naturally out of other factors.