Music Program
Adson Sheid de Andrade, violin
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Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001 by J. S. Bach
⦁ Adagio ⦁ Fuga ⦁ Siciliana ⦁ Presto |
Violin Partita No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002 by J. S. Bach
⦁ Allemanda ⦁ Double ⦁ Courante ⦁ Double ⦁ Sarabande ⦁ Double ⦁ Tempo di Bourrée ⦁ Double |
Music Program
Emma Meinrenken, Violin
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Violin Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003
by J. S. Bach ⦁ Grave ⦁ Fuga ⦁ Andante ⦁ Allegro |
Violin Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 by J. S. Bach
⦁ Allemande ⦁ Courante ⦁ Sarabande ⦁ Gigue ⦁ Chaconne |
Music Program
Nathan Meltzer, violin
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Violin Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005 by J. S. Bach
I. Adagio II. Fuga III. Largo IV. Allegro assai |
Violin Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006 by J. S. Bach
⦁ Preludio ⦁ Loure ⦁ Gavotte en Rondeau ⦁ Menuett I ⦁ Menuett II ⦁ Bourrée ⦁ Gigue |
The musicians
Edson Scheid de Andrade, violinist
Edson Scheid has been praised for his “polished playing” (The Strad), and for being a "virtuoso violinist" (The Boston Globe). His performance of Strauss’s song Morgen at Carnegie Hall alongside Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d'Oro was described as follows: “The concertmaster, Edson Scheid, proved a worthy foil as violin soloist” (The New York Times).
A native of Brazil, Edson is based in New York, where he is a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and concertmaster for Opera Lafayette (Washington D.C./New York). He performs on both modern and period instruments with many ensembles around the country, and frequently tours in Europe, Asia, North and South America with such ensembles as Les Arts Florissants and Il Pomo d’Oro.
As concertmaster, Edson Scheid has led performances with Seraphic Fire, Washington Bach Consort, Il Pomo d'oro, Music Sacra New York, Juilliard415, The Clarion Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Teatro Nuovo, Opera Lafayette, the American Classical Orchestra, and Opera Neo, in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Sala São Paulo, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Harris Hall in Chicago, the Rose Theater (Jazz at Lincoln Center), and Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center).
Edson Scheid’s many performances of Paganini’s 24 Caprices, on both period and modern violins, have been received with enthusiasm around the world. He has been featured live in-studio on In Tune from BBC Radio 3 and his recording of the Caprices on the baroque violin for the Naxos label has been critically acclaimed: “Far from being mere virtuoso stunts, Scheid’s Caprices abound in the beauty and revolutionary spirit of these works...” (Fanfare Magazine).
His second solo album, “On Paganini’s Trail… H. W. Ernst and more”, has been released under the Centaur Label – the first recording ever of this repertoire on a period violin. New York Concert Review writes that "Mr. Scheid is a superb violinist and a musician who can handle the fiendish challenges of this repertoire while finding the music in it.", and Early Music America praises Edson Scheid for taking "his time through these works, letting them breathe without losing sight of execution or musicality..."
Edson Scheid has given masterclasses as a guest artist at the University of California Santa Barbara and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has led a program with students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Joyce DiDonato and offered a presentation on performing Paganini Caprices as part of the Benedetti Foundation's Baroque Virtual Sessions. Since 2020 Edson Scheid has been a member of the Il Pomo d'Oro Academy, offering masterclasses on period instruments.
Edson Scheid holds degrees from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, the Yale School of Music and The Juilliard School, where he was the recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. He is a two-time winner of the Historical Performance Concerto Competition at Juilliard, and a recipient of the Broadus Erle Prize at Yale.
A native of Brazil, Edson is based in New York, where he is a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and concertmaster for Opera Lafayette (Washington D.C./New York). He performs on both modern and period instruments with many ensembles around the country, and frequently tours in Europe, Asia, North and South America with such ensembles as Les Arts Florissants and Il Pomo d’Oro.
As concertmaster, Edson Scheid has led performances with Seraphic Fire, Washington Bach Consort, Il Pomo d'oro, Music Sacra New York, Juilliard415, The Clarion Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Teatro Nuovo, Opera Lafayette, the American Classical Orchestra, and Opera Neo, in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Wortham Theater Center in Houston, Sala São Paulo, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Harris Hall in Chicago, the Rose Theater (Jazz at Lincoln Center), and Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center).
Edson Scheid’s many performances of Paganini’s 24 Caprices, on both period and modern violins, have been received with enthusiasm around the world. He has been featured live in-studio on In Tune from BBC Radio 3 and his recording of the Caprices on the baroque violin for the Naxos label has been critically acclaimed: “Far from being mere virtuoso stunts, Scheid’s Caprices abound in the beauty and revolutionary spirit of these works...” (Fanfare Magazine).
His second solo album, “On Paganini’s Trail… H. W. Ernst and more”, has been released under the Centaur Label – the first recording ever of this repertoire on a period violin. New York Concert Review writes that "Mr. Scheid is a superb violinist and a musician who can handle the fiendish challenges of this repertoire while finding the music in it.", and Early Music America praises Edson Scheid for taking "his time through these works, letting them breathe without losing sight of execution or musicality..."
Edson Scheid has given masterclasses as a guest artist at the University of California Santa Barbara and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has led a program with students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Joyce DiDonato and offered a presentation on performing Paganini Caprices as part of the Benedetti Foundation's Baroque Virtual Sessions. Since 2020 Edson Scheid has been a member of the Il Pomo d'Oro Academy, offering masterclasses on period instruments.
Edson Scheid holds degrees from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, the Yale School of Music and The Juilliard School, where he was the recipient of a Kovner Fellowship. He is a two-time winner of the Historical Performance Concerto Competition at Juilliard, and a recipient of the Broadus Erle Prize at Yale.
Emma Meinrenken, violinist
Canadian-German violinist Emma Meinrenken is an artist praised for her effortless technique and virtuosity, as well as her skill in interpreting contemporary music. She is the newly appointed Associate 1st Violin of the New York City Ballet and is a recipient of the 2023 Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award, the 2023 Yale Presser Foundation Music Award, and a 2024 Yale Alumni Association Award. She received 1st place at the Stradivarius International Violin Competition, the Prix Ravel at the Ecole d'Art Américaines de Fontainebleau and has participated in festivals such as the NUME Festival in Italy, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Verbier Festival Academy, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Four Seasons Winter Workshop. She is a co-founder of Music Around the Corner, a chamber music series based in Toronto.
Meinrenken debuted with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2011 and has since performed with orchestras across North America and Europe, most recently with the Richmond Symphony. She often collaborates with composers and has been the dedicate of many new compositions for solo violin. She made her Carnegie Hall debut giving the New York premiere of a piece for violin and guitar by Fred Lerdahl, and most recently premiered a violin concerto by Maya Miro Johnson with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. She will be a featured artist at Bang on a Can’s 2026 ‘Long Play’ festival.
Upon graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with renowned pedagogue Ida Kavafian, Meinrenken received the Milka Violin Artist Prize. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she spent her formative years in the studio of Atis Bankas as a student in the Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists. She has a Master of Musical Arts from Yale, where she was under the tutelage of the violin luminary Augustin Hadelich, and is currently pursuing her doctorate degree at the CUNY with Mark Steinberg. She currently plays a 2013 Mario Miralles violin, and a ca.1870 Nicolas Maline bow.
Meinrenken debuted with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 2011 and has since performed with orchestras across North America and Europe, most recently with the Richmond Symphony. She often collaborates with composers and has been the dedicate of many new compositions for solo violin. She made her Carnegie Hall debut giving the New York premiere of a piece for violin and guitar by Fred Lerdahl, and most recently premiered a violin concerto by Maya Miro Johnson with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. She will be a featured artist at Bang on a Can’s 2026 ‘Long Play’ festival.
Upon graduating from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with renowned pedagogue Ida Kavafian, Meinrenken received the Milka Violin Artist Prize. Originally from Toronto, Canada, she spent her formative years in the studio of Atis Bankas as a student in the Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists. She has a Master of Musical Arts from Yale, where she was under the tutelage of the violin luminary Augustin Hadelich, and is currently pursuing her doctorate degree at the CUNY with Mark Steinberg. She currently plays a 2013 Mario Miralles violin, and a ca.1870 Nicolas Maline bow.
Nathan Meltzer, violinist
Winner of the 2023 Concert Artist Guild Competition, major prize winner at the 2022 Sibelius and Singapore International Violin Competitions, recipient of the Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant, and youngest ever to win the Windsor Festival Competition, violinist Nathan Meltzer is establishing a holistic and multi-faceted career as both a soloist and chamber musician, with passions for both standard and contemporary repertoire.
Nathan has performed as a soloist with major orchestras around the world. He has performed with the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Finnish RSO, the Helsinki Philharmonic, and the Aalborg, Charlotte, Concepción, Indianapolis, Medellín, Montréal, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, among others, performing across Europe and North and South America.
As a recitalist and chamber musician, Nathan has performed at celebrated series including the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Dresden Musikfestspiele, Heidelberger Frühling, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Kallos Chamber Music Series, Parlance Chamber Concerts, and Midori’s Partners in Performance, and at festivals including ChamberFest Cleveland, IMS Prussia Cove, Krzyzowa Music, La Jolla SummerFest, Montreal and Moritzburg Chamber Music Festivals, Music@Menlo’s International Program, Newport Classical, the Ravinia Festival Institute, the Perlman Music Program, Verbier Festival Academy, and Yellow Barn.
He is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Green Room Ensemble, a non-profit chamber music organization dedicated to new music and historically unexplored works by composers from a variety of backgrounds and heritages.
A Juilliard graduate and student of Li Lin and Itzhak Perlman, Nathan plays on a Storioni violin on generous loan from the Rin Collection.
Nathan has performed as a soloist with major orchestras around the world. He has performed with the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the Finnish RSO, the Helsinki Philharmonic, and the Aalborg, Charlotte, Concepción, Indianapolis, Medellín, Montréal, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, among others, performing across Europe and North and South America.
As a recitalist and chamber musician, Nathan has performed at celebrated series including the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Dresden Musikfestspiele, Heidelberger Frühling, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Kallos Chamber Music Series, Parlance Chamber Concerts, and Midori’s Partners in Performance, and at festivals including ChamberFest Cleveland, IMS Prussia Cove, Krzyzowa Music, La Jolla SummerFest, Montreal and Moritzburg Chamber Music Festivals, Music@Menlo’s International Program, Newport Classical, the Ravinia Festival Institute, the Perlman Music Program, Verbier Festival Academy, and Yellow Barn.
He is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Green Room Ensemble, a non-profit chamber music organization dedicated to new music and historically unexplored works by composers from a variety of backgrounds and heritages.
A Juilliard graduate and student of Li Lin and Itzhak Perlman, Nathan plays on a Storioni violin on generous loan from the Rin Collection.
