The
1998 Gold Medalist of the prestigious International Violin Competition
of Indianapolis, JUDITH INGOLFSSON has established herself worldwide
as an artist of uncompromising musical maturity, extraordinary
technical command and charismatic performance style.
Judith Ingolfsson
made her debut as orchestral soloist in Germany at the age of eight
and has since performed on some of the world’s most notable stages
including the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Konzerthaus Berlin, Tokyo
Opera City, the Mann concert Auditorium in Tel Aviv and numerous
engagements at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in
Washington D.C. In the United States, she has been heard with the
Philadelphia Orchestra, Washington’s National Symphony, Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Chamber
Orchestra of Philadelphia, while, abroad, her engagements have
included the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic in Germany, the Bohemian
Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic, the Alfred-Schnittke
Philharmonic in Russia, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Tokyo and the
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. She has collaborated with many of the
acclaimed maestri of our time, including Jesus López-Cobos, Raymond
Leppard, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Gerard Schwarz and Leonard Slatkin. A
frequent guest soloist with the Iceland Symphony, Ms. Ingolfsson
joined that orchestra on its 15-city North American tour in 2000.
Other recent concerto engagements have included appearances with the
Louisville Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Berlin's Orchestra of Schloss
Britz, San Juan Symphony, New Philharmonic, Northwest Indiana Symphony
and the orchestras of Austin, Binghamton, Dayton, Grand Rapids,
Kalamazoo, Memphis, New Haven, Omaha, San Diego, South Carolina,
Vermont, Victoria, West Virginia, and Wichita.
Highlights of
Judith Ingolfsson's 2007-2008 season include return engagements with
the Chamber Orchestra of Wisconsin, Bakersfield Symphony, Santa Maria
Philharmonic, and Roswell Symphony in addition to performances with
the Boulder Philharmonic, Bozeman Symphony, Longmont Symphony and the
New England String Ensemble in Jordan Hall. With pianist Vladimir
Stoupel she is heard in Boulder, CO, Frankfurt, Germany, Corrales, New
Mexico and the National Gallery in Washington, DC.
Judith
Ingolfsson’s recital performances have taken her throughout the
United States and around the world: National Gallery of Art in
Washington, DC, La Jolla Chamber Music Society, Reykjavík Arts
Festival, Pro Arte Musicale of Puerto Rico, La Asociación Nacional de
Conciertos de Panamá, Macao Cultural Center and Tokyo Metropolitan
Art Center. With pianist Vladimir Stoupel, she has performed in
Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Italy and on Brooklyn’s famed
Bargemusic series. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with
the Avalon and Miami String Quartets, the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble,
Ronen Chamber Ensemble and has appeared, both on tour and at Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts' Alice Tully Hall, with the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. Her festival appearances include
the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Appalachian Summer Festival,
Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival,
Strings in the Mountains Festival, Poland’s “New Faces – New
Music” Festival, Finland's Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Germany's
Bodensee Festival, Switzerland’s Menuhin Festival and the Orlando
Festival in The Netherlands.
Judith Ingolfsson
has frequently appeared on radio and television broadcasts, beginning
with a performance on Icelandic TV at the age of five. Since then, she
has been seen on PBS, "CBS Sunday Morning" and Japan’s
National Broadcasting Company (NHK). In 1999, National Public
Radio’s "Performance Today" named her "Debut Artist
of the Year" for her "remarkable intelligence, musicality,
and sense of insight." She is also the recipient of the 2001
Chamber Music America/WQXR Record Award for her debut CD for Catalpa
Classics, featuring a varied program ranging from Bach to Ned Rorem.
At the age of 14,
Judith Ingolfsson was admitted to The Curtis Institute of Music in
Philadelphia, where she pursued studies with the legendary violinist
and pedagogue Jascha Brodsky. She went on to earn her Master’s
degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of David
Cerone, and continued her graduate studies at the same institution
while working with Donald Weilerstein. Prior to her triumph at the
Indianapolis Competition, Ms. Ingolfsson, who began violin studies at
the age of three, was a prizewinner at the Concert Artists Guild
Competition in New York City and the Paganini International Violin
Competition in Genoa, Italy.
In 2006, Judith
Ingolfsson was appointed to the faculty of the College of Music of the
University of Colorado at Boulder. A native of Iceland, she currently
divides her time between her homes in Boulder, CO and Berlin, Germany.
She performs on a Lorenzo Guadagnini violin, crafted in 1750.
