Asmira Woodward-Page, violin

First Prize, 2003 Concert Artists Guild International Competition

www.asmira.net

Australian violinist Asmira Woodward-Page, First Prize Winner of the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, has been hailed as “a remarkable and auspicious talent” by the Sydney Morning Herald. She received praise for her “transforming intensity and beauty of tone” in The New York Times.

The 2008-2009 season features Ms. Woodward-Page as soloist with the Long Bay Symphony in Myrtle Beach, SC and in recital in New York and Virginia.  Recent recital highlights include Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall on CAG’s Series, Ravinia’s Rising Stars series and her Chicago recital debut on the Dame Myra Hess Series as well as recitals in Arkansas, Georgia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Current orchestral engagements include Vivaldi concerti at New York City’s Town Hall with the Little Orchestra Society, as well as performances with the Altoona Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania (Vivaldi Four Seasons), the Charlotte Philharmonic (BruchConcerto), the Wartburg Symphony in Waverly, IA (BeethovenConcerto) and her Canadian debut, performing the Brahms Concerto with the Oakville Symphony Orchestra of Ontario.

Ms. Woodward-Page has made numerous orchestral appearances under the batons of conductors Jahja Ling and Michael Christie, among others.  In her native Australia, she has performed with the Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony and Queensland Symphony.  As a chamber musician she has collaborated with such artists as André Previn, Atar Arad, Gilbert Kalish, Lara St. John and Jennifer Frautschi.  Her festival appearances include Aspen and Ravinia, and she followed the Ravinia appearances by touring with violinist Miriam Fried, featuring a concert at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Ms. Woodward-Page leads the twenty-member, conductor-less ensemble SONYC (String Orchestra of New York City).  She was the founding violinist of counter) induction, a critically acclaimed seven-member new music composer/performer collective based in New York City.

In addition to her win at the CAG Competition, Asmira Woodward-Page has achieved success at the Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition of Belgium and been named Sydney’s 2MBS-FM Young Performer of the Year.  Other recent achievements include the City of Sydney Violin Award (four-time winner), Australian Music Foundation in London Award and the Indiana University Concerto Competition.

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