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Arianna Warsaw-Fan
Violinist Arianna Warsaw-Fan has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Juilliard Orchestra, the McGill Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Laval. She has performed at the Ravinia, Verbier, La Jolla Summerfest, Music@Menlo, and Aspen Music Festivals, and in New York's Carnegie and Alice Tully Halls, Montreal's Salle Bourgie and Maison Symphonique and Tokyo's Suntory Hall. She frequently collaborates with jazz trumpet legend Chris Botti, appearing around the world in such venues as Washington DC's Kennedy Center, Manila's Newport Theater, Calgary's Jack Singer Concert Hall, and New York City's famous Blue Note jazz club. She has also performed with the Chamber Players of Canada, the Societe de Musique de Chambre de Montreal, and has performed with such contemporary music ensembles as ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) and FIRE (Future in Reverse). An advocate for innovation in the classical music world, she has received media attention for her music video "Ghosts and Flowers: The Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia," in which she appears with cellist Meta Weiss and actor Michael Chernus.
First-place winner of the Juilliard concerto competition and the American Opera Society String competition, and prizewinner in the Corpus Christi International String Competition and NTDTV's International Violin Competitions, among other competitions, Arianna was also an ARTS winner with the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.
As one of the concertmasters of the Juilliard Symphony and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, she has worked with such conductors as John Adams, James Conlon, Tan Dun, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, and Xian Zhang. Arianna received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School. Her teachers include Masao Kawasaki, Cho-Liang Lin, Lynn Chang, Magdalena Richter, and Almita Vamos.
Meta Weiss
San Francisco native Meta Weiss (pronounced MAY-ta) made her international debut at the age of seven in Utrecht, Holland at the International String Convention. An acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, and artist, she performs music spanning all periods from classical to jazz. Her performances have taken her to venues throughout the US and internationally, including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall, and Teatro Britanico (Peru).
Top prize-winner in numerous competitions, including the Irving M. Klein International String Competition, Washington International Competition, Seattle Ladies Musical Club Award Tour Competition, Carmel Music Society Competition, National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition, Schadt Cello Competition, and the TexASTA Solo Competition, Meta has also been featured on National Public Radio on many occasions, including as guest artist on the shows A Prairie Home Companion, Northwest Focus Live, and From the Top. As part of duoW, her violin-cello duo with violinist Arianna Warsaw-Fan, she recently signed a multi-disc contract with the Grammy award-winning label Sono Luminus.
Meta began the cello at age four and has studied with Irene Sharp, Joan Jeanrenaud, and Michael Reynolds. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from Rice University studying with Norman Fischer, where she graduated magna cum laude. In May 2011 Meta received her Master's of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she is now pursuing the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts under the tutelage of Joel Krosnick and Darrett Adkins as a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow and a SYLFF Fellow.
Meta performs on the 1719 "Duke of Marlborough" Stradivarius, generously on loan to her by the Juilliard Rare Instrument Collection.
