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FRANCESCA ANDEREGG violin
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Lauded for her “exceptional performances” and “fiery interpretation,” violinist Francesca Anderegg
delivers sensational accounts of contemporary and classical music. She has collaborated with the
leading musicians of the concert stage, and regularly performs throughout the United States as a
soloist and chamber musician. Anderegg has recently appeared as soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra and
Orchestra for the Next Century. The New York Times lauded her performance of the Ligeti Violin Concerto with
the Juilliard Orchestra for its “dark, mournful tone” and “virtuosic panache.” A versatile musician, Ms. An-
deregg is equally at home as a soloist and chamber music artist. Her chamber music credits include perfor-
mances with Itzhak Perlman and members of the Perlman Music Program in major venues throughout the
country, for which the Chicago Sun-Times praised her “astonishing assurance.”
Ms. Anderegg holds a D.M.A. and a Master’s degree in violin performance from the Juilliard School. Her
former teachers have included Robert Mann, Ronald Copes, Naoko Tanaka, Lynn Chang, and Betty-Jean
Hagen. In 2010, Ms. Anderegg received the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing Arts, a major
career grant, and her solo debut CD was released by Albany Records in 2012. Committed to teaching as
well as performing, she is currently on the violin faculties of St. Olaf College and Interlochen Arts Camp.
“[The Orchestra for the Next Century] provided the U.S. premiere of
the Violin Concerto by the Swiss-born American composer Daniel
Schnyder, featuring the altogether remarkable Francesca Anderegg
as soloist… all one could say regarding Ms. Anderegg was brava,
diva. This was playing that had it all — taste, mastery, sensuality.”
–Norman Lebrecht, Arts Journal
“The soloist was Francesca Anderegg, a graduate student at
Juilliard, who made this dauntingly tricky work sound easy, starting
with the microtonal anarchy of the first movement, with its
clashing metric layers that echo the polyphony of Mr. Ligeti’s
extraordinary études. Ms. Anderegg played the dark, mournfully
lyrical second movement with rich tone and Sashko Gawriloff’s
virtuosic cadenza with panache.”
–Vivian Schweitzer, The New York Times
“Recitals don’t come more appealingly designed than this one by
violinist Francesca Anderegg and pianist Brent Funderburk—and
Mozart’s touching E-Minor Sonata, K. 304, written at the time of his
mother’s death, makes an elegant opening. Changing the mood
sharply, the duo plunges into Schoenberg’s Phantasy (1949), an
eight-minute fever dream that veers from the languorous to the
skittish. Anderegg combines a dark expressivity with meticulous
intonation—and Funderburk adds discreet counterpoint—in a
performance that might change the minds of Schoenberg skep-
tics...Anderegg’s accuracy in Carter’s daunting intervallic leaps will
preclude multitasking; listeners will be too riveted to think about
anything else...“Fantasy—Remembering Roger” is easily one of
the late 20th century’s most virtuosic studies for the instrument,
and in Anderegg’s hands, it becomes a bravura encore.”
–Bruce Hodges, The Juilliard Journal
“Exceptional performances included Francesca Anderegg’s fiery
interpretation of John Heiss’s Episode for Solo Violin (1981), a
mercurial jewel of a piece that, ending suddenly, leaves the
listener pleasantly unfulfilled.”
–Jonah Kappraff, www.artseditor.com
“…Music conceived on a smaller scale felt like a grand artistic
statement. Violinists Erno Kallai and Francesca Anderegg paired
for French composer Philippe Hersant’s 11 Caprices for Two
Violins, born of Bartók and written after the texts of Kafka. These
minutelong nuggets present virtuosic challenges that both
performers met with astonishing assurance, and they did so as
storytellers to boot.”
–Bryant Manning, The Chicago Sun-Times
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CANCIONES POPULARES
Composers have long been inspired by
popular styles and songs. In her “Canciones
Populares” recital, Anderegg explores a
dazzling array of music: blues and jazz are
heard in Ravel’s Violin Sonata and Gershwin’s
Three Piano Preludes, popular song inspires
Manuel de Falla’s Siete canciones populares
españoles, and the irresistible energy of
Hungarian folk music is heard in Bartók’s First
Rhapsody.
Works to be performed on the “Canciones
Populares” program include:
Ravel, Violin Sonata
Gershwin, Three Piano Preludes
Manuel de Falla, Siete canciones populares
españoles
Bartók, First Rhapsody
With pianist Brent Funderburk.
CONTEMPORARY VOICES FROM LATIN AMERICA
In her “Contemporary Voices from Latin
America” recital program, Francesca An-
deregg explores the rich offerings of 20th
century and contemporary Latin American
composers. The program begins with
music by Mexican composer Silvestre Re-
vueltas. His Tres Piezas for violin and piano
is Romantic in style. The same Romantic
spirit, with virtuosity, intensity, and passion,
is present in Brazilian composer Marlos
Nobre’s Desafio III for violin and piano.
In the second half of the program, Latin
American composers who are inspired by
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music is heard in Argentinian composer Mario Davidovsky’s Duo
Capriccioso and the Darmstadt sensibility is found in Mexican com-
poser Mario Lavista’s Dialogos. Finally, the influences of Venezue-
lan folk music and American minimalism are combined in Reinaldo
Moya’s Imagined Archipelagos. This program represents a truly
global constellation of influences as seen through the perspective
of Latin American composers.
Works to be performed on the “Contemporary Voices from
Latin America” program include:
Silvestre Revueltas, Tres Piezas for violin and piano
Marlos Nobre, Desafio III for violin and piano
Mario Davidovsky, Duo Capriccioso
Mario Lavista, Dialogos
Reinaldo Moya, Imagined Archipelagos
With pianist Brent Funderburk.
SPATIAL REASONING
Join Francesca Anderegg in a recital of music by 20th- and 21st-
century composers from around the world whose music explores
the idea of space. In the first half, composers who are interested
in space as an abstract concept are featured, through John Luther
Adams’s Three High Places, Toru Takemitsu’s …distance de fée…,
and the solo violin movement from Kaija Saariaho’s ballet Maa. In
the second half, Francesca performs music by composers who think
about space “geometrically.” The minimalist patterns and geometric
shapes of Yannis Kyriakides’s trace and Ryan Francis’s Remix take the
audience inside the spatial reasoning that is at the heart of musical
composition.
Works to be performed on the “Spatial Reasoning” program
include:
John Luther Adams, Three High Places
Toru Takemitsu, …distance de fée…
Kaija Saariaho, from Maa
Yannis Kyriakides, trace
Ryan Francis, Remix
With pianist Brent Funderburk.
UNSTRUNG
Ever since the days of Brahms and Joachim, composers and
performers have been partners and collaborators in bringing
musical works to life. In this program, Francesca Anderegg
joins this tradition by performing the music of her friends and
colleagues. All written within the last several years, these works
demonstrate the dazzling range of talent of young American
composers, all of whom have personal connections to An-
deregg. Many of these young composers have been strongly
influenced by the American minimalist style, but their music
goes beyond classic minimalist works in dramatic scope: Ryan
Francis’s Remix, Clint Needham’s On the Road, and Reinaldo
Moya’s Imagined Archipelagos are all informed by minimalism.
The other primary compositional mode in evidence is Romanti-
cism. David Hertzberg, Nathan Shields, and Andrew Norman
contribute pieces to this program that take advantage of the
violin’s lyrical and emotional possibilities.
Works to be performed on the “UnStrung” program include:
Ryan Francis, Remix (2004)
David Hertzberg, New Work (2013)
Clint Needham, On the Road (2013)
Andrew Norman, Cecilia (2010)
Nathan Shields, New Work (2013)
Reinaldo Moya, Imagined Archipelagos (2012)
With pianist Brent Funderburk.
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LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION
Francesca Anderegg will present a lecture/demonstration
about her recital repertoire, delving into the historical
context of the works and performing excerpts from them.
Geared towards music students and music lovers of all
kinds, special topics to be covered include the program
design, the challenges and rewards of performing music
by living composers, and a behind-the-scenes look into
the preparation that goes into her performances.
COMPOSER READINGS
Francesca Anderegg will meet with student composers
to read and record their works. An invaluable part of any
composer’s training, these readings and recordings will
inform composition students’ understanding of the rich
history of violin writing, and help them take advantage of
the instrument’s most exciting contemporary possibilities.
In addition to her work with student composers, Frances-
ca will incorporate performances by resident composers
into her recitals.
MASTERCLASSES & CHAMBER COACHINGS
Francesca’s teaching expertise, honed at prestigious
institutions St. Olaf College and Interlochen Center for
the Arts, is available through masterclasses and chamber
coachings. Francesca’s training and experience as a solo-
ist and chamber musician teaches students to interpret
music in a unique way which brings technical mastery
and emotional immediacy to their performances. Also,
Francesca’s focus on contemporary music, developed
under the tutelage of champions of American music Rob-
ert Mann and Ronald Copes, helps students develop the
skills to give vivid performances of the music of today.
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