International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
2009 - 2010 Laureate Series
Featuring prize winners from the past seven Competitions and guest artists in recital and in concert with area ensembles bringing the excitement of the Competition back to Indiana annually.
Tickets and information:
Call 317-637-4574 or e-mail mindy@violin.org
 September 22, 2009, 7:30 PM 
 Jaime Laredo, IVCI Jury President
Ida Kavafian, 1982 Silver Medalist
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Sharon Robinson, cello
Miami String Quartet (with 1990 Bronze Medalist Ivan Chan)
 Sponsored by Indianapolis Power & Light Company
Indianapolis Civic Theatre at Marian University
3200 Cold Spring Road
Program:
Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Cello
Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-flat major, K. 424
Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1
Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
General Admission: $22 Adults | $17 Senior Citizens | $10 Students
"Laredo and Robinson demonstrated a wedding of technique and artistry in which music and performer are one indivisible entity"
— St. Paul Pioneer Press
"In the contrasting adagio of the second movement, Kavafian, Tenenbom... spun the sinuous, intertwining themes and countermelodies with effortless grace." — Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"(The Miami String Quartet) played with a strident modern sound, creating wonderful contrasts and displaying their greatest strength in areas demanding soft, hushed coloration. All was executed with a sharp and quick ensemble." — San Francisco Classical Voice
November 2, 2009, 7:30 PM
 "Gingold Centennial Celebration"
featuring multiple guest artists,
former students and Laureates including IVCI Jury President Jaime Laredo,
1986 Bronze Medalist Andrés Cárdenes, and
1982 Laureate Nai-Yuan Hu.
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Frank and Katrina Basile Theater
450 W. Ohio Street
General Admission: $22 Adults | $17 Senior Citizens | $10 Students
"...(Gingold was) a vibrant man who played a paternal role in his students' lives. Most important, as a performer and a teacher, he formed one of the last living links to the elegant, masterly 19th-century school of violin playing" — New York Times
February 16, 2010, 7:30 PM
"Deninzon's Jazz Cabaret"
The Joe Deninzon Group
Joe Deninzon, violin
Bob Bowen, bass
Steve Benson, guitar
Lucianna Padmore, drums
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Lilly Hall
450 W. Ohio Street
General Admission: $22 Adults | $17 Senior Citizens | $10 Students
"As at home in the world of Grappelli and O'Connor as he is in the world of Steve Vai and Jimmy Hendrix, Joe Deninzon may very well be our next national treasure." — seaoftranquility.com
March 21, 2010, 2:30 PM
1990 Silver Medalist Marco Rizzi
with Indiana University Violin Virtuosi
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Frank and Katrina Basile Theater
450 W. Ohio Street
Program:
Tartini: Il Trillo del Diavolo (Devil's Trill Sonata)
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
General Admission: $22 Adults | $17 Senior Citizens | $10 Students
"...a first-rate violinist with a rich tonal palette, fine technique and a lovely singing vibrato.... a musician of surprising honesty and maturity"
— Strad Magazine
May 4, 2010, 7:30 PM
2006 Laureate Yura Lee
with the Ronen Chamber Ensemble and
pianist Chih Yi Chen
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Frank and Katrina Basile Theater
450 W. Ohio Street
Program:
Haydn: Piano Trio in G major
Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano
B. Hermann: Souvenir de Voyage
General Admission: $22 Adults | $17 Senior Citizens | $10 Students
"Lee's technique is fully equal to every instrumental challenge and so solid and secure that one forgets about it" — New York Concert Review
June 8, 2010, 7:30 PM
1986 Gold Medalist Kyoko Takezawa
In recital with pianist Akira Eguchi
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Frank and Katrina Basile Theater
450 W. Ohio Street
Program:
Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F major
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major
Poulenc: Violin Sonata
General Admission: $22 Adults | $17 Senior Citizens | $10 Students
"Emotional power, musical sensitivity, flawless technique, and a tone remarkable for its haunting beauty are the qualities that have established Kyoko Takezawa as one of today's foremost violinists."
— New York Times
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