Elissa Cassini - Violino

Biografia e repertório

Franco-American violinist Elissa Cassini’s unyielding passion for music transcends stylistic boundaries extending itself from the baroque all the way to performing with electronics. Praised in her Carnegie Debut for her “strong sense of style and total identification with the music” by the New York Concert Review, she has performed extensively as orchestral soloist, recitalist and chamber musician throughout Europe and North and South America. Recent performance highlights include the world premiere of a concerto written especially for her by Nicolas Bacri with the Orchestre de Massy in France, Mozart concerti with Bellas Artes Chamber Orchestra in Mexico City and Schumann’s Violin Concerto with the Orchestre de la Francophonie in Quebec. Her recent interpretation of (d') Aller by Philippe Leroux “enchanted the ears of all those who came to the excellent performance” – (J. M. Coelho – O Estado de S. Paolo)

In spite of her young age, Elissa has already enjoyed leading many distinguished ensembles. She served as concertmaster under Pierre Boulez working closely with him at Lucerne’s Festival Academy Orchestra in 2009 and also lead under William Christie on baroque violin during his 2009 Juilliard residency that same year. Currently concertmaster of the OPES in Rio, she also leads the Camerata Aberta in Sao Paolo. Elissa’s vivacious mind and enthusiasm for New Music has been sought out by the most cutting edge ensembles including the Argento New Music Project and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) of New York and Ensemble Cairn in Paris.

Dedicated to the idea of creating an esthetic ‘bridge’ between classical and contemporary art music, Elissa co-founded the Arcos Chamber Orchestra of New York. Hailed early on as “An extraordinary Ensemble of the highest standard” by German critic Christoph Schlüren, Arcos released its first CD recording for the Neos Musik Label featuring music by living Swedish composer Anders Eliasson.

Elissa’s undergraduate studies under Miriam Fried at Indiana University were crowned by the coveted “Performers’ Certificate”. After receiving her Masters Degree from The Juilliard School, she completed her graduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music, mentored by Robert Mann. She performs on a beautiful violin made for her by Patrick Robin.

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