Leila Josefowicz -Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantella

Leila Josefowicz-Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantella (1987) 9 y/o child violin prodigy
Josefowicz was born in Missisauga, Ontario, Canada. While a young child her family moved to Los Angeles, California where she started studying violin at the age of three and a half using the Suzuki method. Her father, physicist Jack Josefowicz, and mother, biologist Wendy Josefowicz, learned with her. At five, she started formal lessons with Idel Low. At eight she began studies with the distinguished violin teacher Robert Lipsett at The Colburn School. Leila's parents placed a high priority on a well rounded education and felt that it was important for her to stay in the public school system, rejecting home schooling, despite a very full schedule of music activities.

At age 13 her family moved to Philadelphia so she could attend the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Jaime Laredo, Jascha Brodsky, Felix Galimir and Joseph Gingold. Leila also attended Julia R. Masterman School in Philadelphia while she studied at Curtis, completing her studies toward a Bachelor of Music degree and her High school diploma in the same year.

Still in her teens, she played with the symphony orchestras in Europe, Asia and the USA, including Philadelphia, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Boston, Montreal and Toronto.

Josefowicz made her Carnegie Hall debut in 1994 performing the Tchaikovsky Concerto with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

The same year she signed an exclusive recording contract with Philips Classics, recording the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius concertos. Other recordings followed on Warner Classics, Nonesuch Records and Deutsche Grammophon labels that include masterworks for solo violin, recital repertoire and the concertos of romantic and modern composers.

She has kept a busy international schedule as a soloist, performing regularly around the world including North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, New Zealand and Australia. She has a strong interest in jazz, improvisation, and new music.

Josefowicz is acclaimed for championing new compositions, including the works of John Adams, Oliver Knussen and Thomas Adès. During the 2008-2009 concert season, she performed the world premiere concertos written for her by Esa-Pekka Salonen with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (April 2009); Steven Mackey with the St. Louis Symphony (October 2008); and, in September 2009, she performed the world premiere of a violin concerto written for her by Colin Matthews with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Josefowicz continues her contemporary performances with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra in Steven Mackey's Beautiful Passing in Fall 2010.

Josefowicz received an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1994. In 2007, she was named a USA Cummings Fellow, United States Artists. Josefowicz is a 2008 MacArthur Fellow.

Leila Josefowicz lives with their son, Lukas, in New York City.[1]

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• lyw956

[RegistracijosKlaida]

It looks amazing. She is playng very very very... well. However, I fell sorry, because I can't imagine her childhood... Just playing, repetitions.. And where is the friends, sweet memories? Her parents are sick, for making her childood like this. :(

[lyw956]

@RegistracijosKlaida You shouldn't feel sorry...She was in love with music.It's not about her parents, it's about her.i know that because if she didn't like to play she would stop playing the violin...She had a huge talent and she had time to hang out with her friends,I'm sure...She probably practiced 3-5 hours a day...And that's not alot...Of course she had alot of concerts...But she probably thinks of that as a good memory...You really shouldn't feel sorry.believe me :-) but thanks for comment

[sophelet]

She is a such a serious young prodigy here. And no wonder--it's a fiendishly difficult piece, and she is only 9 years old! She had incredibly supportive parents who moved to California (from Canada) so that she could work with the best teachers (I think she studied with Robert Lipsett). When I got to know her a little (she was 12) her mom said that one of the ways Leila practiced was to never play something more quickly than she could play without any errors. That way she never learned mistakes.

[jgbusquets]

Only 9 years old... incredible

[chiengina]

@RegistracijosKlaida You can't assume her parents are sick in guiding her musical career. Could you sense her fire in performing this piece? She totally loved what she did!

[giblet76]

@lyw956, exactly. As the video description says, her parents planned a well-rounded life for her... they weren't even musicians! She looks like she loves what she's doing. :)

[jmsssg2002]

Discipline perseverance structure beauty and grace are the rewards for this young lady's efforts not to mention a rewarding career a grand opportunity to travel the world and enrich her life and the lives of those touched by her glorious sound.

[maurice0773]

incredibile

[Laurentius55]

amazing ..

[mario91551]

I feel like Im a terrible violinist now....

[kierkegaardrulez]

This is not possible.  Her haircut is so awesome!