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THE MUSIC OF
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Since her New York solo recital debut in Merkin Hall in 1982, violinist Lenore Vardi, has received international acclaim as soloist and chamber musician for her refined artistry and extraordinary technique. Richard Kimball of the New York Post has hailed Ms. Vardi as a soloist of “. . . amazing elegance and musicianship . . . a natural performer.” A native of Detroit, she attended the prestigious Cass Technical High School as a music major, and was then offered a full scholarship to attend the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where she worked with Eric Rosenblith. She subsequently attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she completed her BM degree as a scholarship student in violin performance under Steven Staryk and Andor Toth. Lenore’s post-graduate studies then continued on the East Coast where she received a teaching fellowship under Joseph Silverstein in Boston, and earned her MFA degree in violin performance and chamber music from Sarah Lawrence College as a student of Dorothy DeLay in New York. She also studied viola during this time with Emanuel Vardi, and performed extensively on that instrument as well. |
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She has coached extensively with a host of esteemed artists including Rudolph Kolisch and Eugene Lehner of the Kolisch Quartet, Denes Koromzay and Andor Toth of the Hungarian Quartet, Rostislav Dubinsky of the Borodin Quartet and Trio, cellist George Ricci, and pianist Leonard Shure. Well-known as a soloist and chamber musician, she has collaborated with a host of world-class artists including Paula Robison, Michaela Petri, and Menahem Pressler in concert and in recording. She was a founding member of both the Laurentian String Quartet and the Westchester Chamber Players, and has been a member of the Amacorda String Quartet, The Sutton Ensemble, Musica Sacra of New York, and the Philharmonia Virtuosi under Richard Kapp. Lenore has also frequently performed world-wide as violinist in the Vardi Duo with her husband and world renowned violist, Emanuel Vardi. Audiences in major music festivals throughout the world have enjoyed performances by Ms. Vardi, where she has been heard in concert at such festivals as the Newport Music Festival, Aspen Festival, and Tanglewood Festival, and she has made numerous TV and radio appearances internationally many stations including the BBC London, CBC Montreal, and in New York City on stations WNCN and WQXR. In 1988, she made her London debut in recital at the Royal Academy of Music, and she made her Canadian recital debut the following year at the Domaine Forget Music Festival in Quebec. One of the busiest recording musicians in NYC, Ms. Vardi has performed and recorded regularly with numerous stellar names such as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet, and has demonstrated her artistic versatility as a record producer for Dorian Records, and as a painter specializing in figurative abstract renditions of women musicians in performance. Ms. Vardi has been actively involved in teaching and often teaches and gives masterclasses on the violin and viola in collaboration with her husband, Emanuel Vardi. As a former dancer, she brings a unique problem solving capability to her students with her understanding of movement and the physical problems of the string player. Lenore’s future plans include creating a new chamber music series, and recording a CD of French Violin and Piano Sonatas and the three Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano. |
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