Charlotte White's Salon De Virtuosi

03/25/2026

🎉✨ Huge congratulations to our beloved Salon de Virtuosi alumni — violinists Keila Wakao and Nathan Meltzer — on receiving the prestigious 2026 Avery Fisher Career Grant! 🏆🎶
These are their headshots from when they performed for us at Salon de Virtuosi. From that stage to this incredible honor — we have been proud of them every step of the way. 💫❤️
Tonight they performed beautifully at , and you can still catch the broadcast on on 105.9 FM — Thursday, April 16 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 18 at 9 p.m. 📻🎵
Bravo! Brava! 👏👏🎻
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11/05/2025

11/05/2025

11/05/2025

11/03/2025

Join Us Online this Wednesday , Nov. 5, at 7:00 p.m. for our Gala Awards Concert, streaming on the Violin Channel’s page and our YouTube Channel, featuring three of our 2025 Career Grant Winners, recorded live at Kosciuszko Foundation — Ava Pakiam, violin, the Dolphins Quartet and Ana Isabella Espana, violin. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear their spectacular performances!

Our remaining two winners — Risa Hokamura, violin and Caheyoung Park, piano will be featured later this season. Our first composition Career Grant and Commission will also be presented later in the season to composer Elaina Stuppler.

10/16/2025

oin us on October 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kosciuszko Foundation as we kick off the season with our acclaimed Gala Awards Concert featuring performances by three of our 2025 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant Winners:

Ava Pakiam, violin
The Dolphins Quartet
Ana Isabella España, violin

Don’t miss the chance to hear these exciting young talents! Two of our additional 2025 Career Grant Winners, Risa Hokamura, violin and Chaeyoung Park, piano, will perform and receive their awards later in the season. In addition, we will be awarding a grant and a commission to the young composer Elaina Stuppler, which will be performed next season.

Tickets at www.sdev.org

10/14/2025

We are thrilled to announce our 37th Anniversary Season! Beginning with our Gala Awards Concert on October 22, we have an exciting array of concerts planned featuring remarkable young talents you won’t want to miss. More information can be found at the link in our bio. Thank you for your continuing support, and stay tuned for more details regarding our upcoming concerts!

06/16/2025

Congratulations to Risa Hokamura, violin, , Albert Cano Smit, piano, and Rieko Tsuchidai, piano (2017 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant Winner) who performed at our Season Finale — Summer Song from Japan Concert on June 10, presented in collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan in New York . We sincerely thank Ambassador Mori and the Japanese Consulate for their incredible hospitality and generosity.

Young Concert Artists

03/17/2025

This week -- Join us at Mount Sinai Hospital’s Guggenheim Pavilion on the East Side for our Community Outreach Concert for the doctors, patients, and staff of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. The concert will feature Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant winner Ariel Horowitz, violin, and the Salon's Artistic Director Lora Tchekoratova, piano. We can’t wait to hear their uplifting music spread throughout the Atrium! Thank you to the Department of Volunteer Services at Mount Sinai Hospital for making the event possible.

03/01/2025

Bravo to our two young artists, Jiyu Oh, violinist, and Chaeyoung Park, piano, for their spectacular performances at our Ode to Spring Concert concert last night at a private studio in Chelsea last night! Many thanks to our hosts, members, and friends for a great turnout! For those who were unable to join, a recording of this concert will be available on our YouTube channel in the coming weeks. Join us on April 25 for our next musical adventure – the Musical Soul of Hungary at the Consulate General of Hungary in New York. Follow us on social media for more details and consider becoming a Salon member (link in bio).

02/20/2025

We are thrilled to announce our next concert, Ode to Spring, on February 28. It will feature two exceptional young artists, pianist Chaeyoung Park and violinist Jiyu Oh. The artists will perform an exciting program on a sublime Steinway Model D Grand Piano at a Chelsea private residence. Due to space constraints, this concert is limited to Salon Season members and their guests. Please look at our website for more information on becoming a member. www.sdev.org

01/24/2025

Introducing our artists – Ana Isabella España, violin

Ana Isabella España is a 17-year-old violinist from New York City. She began her musical journey at age four at Opus 118 Harlem School of Music. She attends the Kaufman Music Center’s Special Music School, where she has studied with Ms. Lynelle Smith since kindergarten. She also receives private instruction from Professor Masao Kawasaki at The Juilliard School and studies orchestral excerpts with Ms. Julia Choi from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Ana Isabella's talent has earned her accolades such as First Prize at the Junior Division of the 2024 Sphinx Competition, the National Silver Prize at the 2023 MTNA Senior Strings Competition, and a 2023 YoungArts Award in Classical Music/Violin. She has received masterclasses and lessons from Midori, Miriam Fried, Ani Kavafian, Grigory Kalinovsky, Ilya Kaler, James Buswell, Cristiano Gualco, and others.

Ana Isabella’s personal warmth and musical passion have mesmerized audiences nationwide with solo performances, including her debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at Kleinhans Music Hall, and appearances on NPR's From the Top, Good Morning America, Telemundo, and on The Kelly Clarkson Show, alongside maestro Yannick Nezet-Seguin, performing Florence Price’s Fantasy No. 2 in F-sharp minor and discussing her co-authored book, “Who is Florence Price?”

You can hear her at our New Year’s Concert in New York on Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. at Kosciuszko Foundation with pianist Taketo Kataoka. Also on the program – the terrific young pianist Zitong Wang (China / Mongolia). For more information and tickets, visit our website.

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