Artist 🎻 Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

Violinist

1986 

Salerno-Sonnenberg was born in Rome, Italy. She immigrated with her mother to the United States at the age of eight, relocating to Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and later with Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School of Music  and the Aspen Music Festival and School.

In 1981, she became the youngest-ever prize winner in the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition. She received an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1983, and in 1999 she was awarded the Avery Fisher Prize for "outstanding achievement and excellence in music".

In 1994, Salerno-Sonnenberg badly injured her left little finger while chopping onions in the kitchen; she was making Christmas dinner for friends and family. Her fingertip was surgically reattached, after which it took six months to heal. During that time, she refingered pieces for three fingers and continued to perform.

Massenet: Méditation From "Thaïs"
 Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg · Gerard Schwarz

After her finger healed, she became depressed. In 1995, she attempted suicide but the gun failed to fire.

In 1989, she wrote Nadja: On My Way, an autobiography written for children. In May 1999 she received an honorary Master of Musical Arts degree from New Mexico State University, the university's first honorary degree. She is also the subject of Paola di Florio's documentary Speaking in Strings, which, in 2000, was nominated for an Academy Award.

In 2003, Salerno-Sonnenberg performed the world premiere of Sérgio Assad's Triple Concerto, a work for violin, two guitars and orchestra with the Assad brothers and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The same work, called "Originis", was recorded in 2009 with Salerno-Sonnenberg, the Assad brothers, and the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo.

Tchaikovsky:
Serenade for Strings, I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina I
New Century Chamber Orchestra

The New Century Chamber Orchestra and Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg perform the first movement from Tchaikovsky's "Serenade for Strings". Learn more about New Century at www.ncco.org.

Salerno-Sonnenberg has released many recordings on Angel/EMI Classics and Nonesuch. In 2005, she also created her own label, NSS Music. She has performed with orchestras around the world and played at the White House. She has also performed with such popular artists as Mandy Patinkin, Joe Jackson, and Mark O'Connor. She has frequently collaborated with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott.

In 2008, Salerno-Sonnenberg was selected as the Music Director of the New Century Chamber Orchestra under a three-year contract. After completing her first season with the orchestra, Salerno-Sonnenberg stated: "I also have a solo career that I have to maintain -- and I do. And I have a record label. I have three full-time jobs, and I don't know how long I can keep up this pace."

In 2013 it was reported that American composer Samuel Jones was writing a violin concerto for Salerno-Sonnenberg.

 

In 2015, Salerno-Sonnenberg joined Loyola University New Orleans as a Resident Artist.

Salerno-Sonnenberg has continued to perform with various symphonies, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the Seattle Symphony, as well as at festivals like Wolf Trap.

Salerno-Sonnenberg plays a Peter Guarneri violin called the "Miss Beatrice Luytens, ex Cte de Sasserno".

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And friends with the Boston Pops 2002

MsJoaniePH

These are three of the most amazing violinist/fiddlers I have ever encountered. All of them are extremely versatile and capable of going a step further when the occaision demands. Here we have the cream of the crop from Gaelic, Classical and Jazz/Blues violinists (no real preference in the order listed!). All three of these ladies are people I listen to very frequently. This is something you do not encounter every day! Thumbs up and 5-stars for certain!

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg 

With the Colorado Symphony

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, one of the most popular and best-loved violinists of Colorado Symphony audiences, joins the Symphony in a program that celebrates composers of the Americas. Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires -- the Tango master's greatest creation for solo violin -- presents a vividly rich picture. Copland's third and final symphony is widely recognized as the essential American symphony. Based on his famous 'Fanfare for the Common Man,' Copland's Symphony No. 3 celebrates the optimism and heroism of his generation.

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