Sarah Ying Ma

USA
December 5, 2002

Chinese-American violinist Sarah Ying Ma is hailed for “a radiant innocence at a fierce pace” (Epoch Times). She has been selected for APM’s prestigious 2024 Performance Today Young Artist Residency. She was also awarded 2nd prize as the youngest competitor at the 2023 Dallas International Violin Competition. Sarah Ying Ma has performed internationally as a soloist with orchestras such as Ensemble 212, Dallas Chamber Symphony, Accademia d’Archi Arrigoni and others. She has been a fellow of the Heifetz International Music Institute, Kneisel Hall and the Aspen Music Festival. She is a founding member of the Poiesis Quartet, which has recently been managed by Concert Artists Guild, and is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. They are quartet in residence at the University of Cincinnati, studying with the Ariel Quartet.

First round
Johann Sebastian Bach Adagio and Fugue from Sonata No. 1 in G minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219 (first movement with cadenza)
Niccolò Paganini Caprice in E major Op. 1 No. 1, L’arpeggio

Second round
Vlad Maistorovici B.A.C.H., Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major Op. 47, Kreutzer
Fritz Kreisler Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice Op. 6

Semifinal
George Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28
Richard Strauss Violin Sonata in E flat major Op. 18
George Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”
Henryk Wieniawski Variations on an Original Theme Op. 15

Final
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 63

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