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Lisa Dondlinger
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Alyssa Park

Alyssa Park established an enviable international reputation at age sixteen for being the youngest prizewinner in the history of the Tchaikovsky International Competition. In addition to being awarded the bronze medal in 1990, she was also honored by the jury for being the most promising talent, most artistic performer, most interesting personality, and for displaying the best mastery of the instrument.

Alyssa Park has made numerous recital and orchestral appearances in this country since her professional debut at age eleven with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Her New York City debut recital in 1991 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall was critically acclaimed by The New York Times for "an unusually strong technique and a youthful sense of music making." Other notable recital credits include the Ravinia Festival's Rising Star Series, Kennedy Center Recital Series, Oregon Bach Festival, and Rockefeller University in New York City.

She has performed with the orchestras of Cincinnati, Louisville, San Jose, Austin, Knoxville, Annapolis, New Orleans, as well as the Florida West Coast Symphony, among others.

Ms. Park performs extensively every season throughout Europe. She made her European debut in 1991 with Sir Colin Davis and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Soon after she made appearances with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra with Jesus Lopez-cobos, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Gerd Albrecht. Her performance with the Austrian Radio Symphony at Vienna's Musikverein was featured in a live radio and television broadcast throughout Europe. Ms. Park has toured Germany with the Bamberg Symphony orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, and to Spain, Switzerland, and Austria with the Cincinnati Symphony.

Alyssa Park toured with the Czech Philharmonic on their 17-city tour of the United States with concerts at Washington, DC's Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, as well as performances in West Palm Beach, Charlotte (NC), Wilmington (DE), and Amherst (MA), among other East Coast cities. A highlight of Ms. Park's previous season was the premiere performance in Poland of Krzysztof Penderecki's second violin concerto with the Polish Radio Orchestra conducted by the composer. She also appeared as soloist with the orchestras of Sydney, Adelaide, and Tasmania, Australia in addition to her European activities which included the Barcelona Orchestra with Vladimir Fedoseyev, Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with Marcello Viotti, and the Hamburg Philharmonic.

Ms. Park’s recent seasons included performances in Asia with the Korean Broadcasting Symphony, Japan Philharmonic, and the Singapore Symphony. She was also featured with the Berlin Radio Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Lisbon Symphony, Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie, and the Munich Philharmonic. She also made her debut at Italy’s Ravello Festival and Holland’s Royal Concertgebouw.

An avid chamber musician as well, Ms. Park has been a frequent guest at major festivals in Germany, including Ludwisburg and Schleswig-Holstein, where she played with world-renowned pianist Martha Argerich. She has also appeared at the Weilburg, Passau, and Frankfurt summer festivals, and at other leading international music festivals,
including Montpellier, France, Brahms festival in Madrid, Beethoven Festival in Bonn, Prague Summer Festival, and Oregon Festival of American Music.

Alyssa Park was a winner of the Aspen Music Festival's concerto competition in 1988, and returned in 1996 to teach. Ms. Park was a student at the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. Her teachers were Kurt Sassmanshaus and Dorothy DeLay. She now resides in Los Angeles. In addition to an active performance career, Ms. Park was a Visiting Professor of Violin at the University of Oregon.

Ms. Park recently released two new CD’s under the ARS label in Germany. She released a solo album entitled “It’s Me” and an album of Mozart concertos for violin and orchestra with the Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie.

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