JUDITH INGOLFSSON, the 1998 Gold Medalist of the prestigious International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, has established herself worldwide as an artist of uncompromising musical maturity, extraordinary technical command and charismatic performance style.

Judith Ingolfsson made her debut as orchestral soloist in Germany at the age of eight and has since performed on some of the world’s most notable stages including the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Severence Hall in Cleveland, Konzerthaus Berlin, Tokyo Opera City, the Mann concert Auditorium in Tel Aviv and numerous engagements at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. In the United States, she has been heard with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Washington’s National Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, while, abroad, her engagements have included the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic in Germany, the Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic, the Alfred-Schnittke Philharmonic in Russia, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Tokyo and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. She has collaborated with many of the acclaimed maestri of our time, including Jesus López-Cobos, Raymond Leppard, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Gerard Schwarz and Leonard Slatkin. A frequent guest soloist with the Iceland Symphony, Ms. Ingolfsson joined that orchestra on its 15-city North American tour in 2000.

Highlights of Judith Ingolfsson's 2007-2008 season include return engagements with the Chamber Orchestra of Wisconsin, Bakersfield Symphony, Santa Maria Philharmonic, and Roswell Symphony in addition to performances with the Boulder Philharmonic, Bozeman Symphony, Longmont Symphony and the New England String Ensemble in Jordan Hall. With pianist Vladimir Stoupel she is heard in Boulder, CO, Frankfurt, Germany, Corrales, New Mexico and the National Gallery in Washington, DC.

Judith Ingolfsson’s recital performances have taken her throughout the United States and around the world: National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, La Jolla Chamber Music Society, Reykjavík Arts Festival, Pro Arte Musicale of Puerto Rico, La Asociación Nacional de Conciertos de Panamá, Macao Cultural Center and Tokyo Metropolitan Art Center. With pianist Vladimir Stoupel, she has performed in Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Italy and on Brooklyn’s famed Bargemusic series. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with the Avalon and Miami String Quartets, the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble, Ronen Chamber Ensemble and has appeared, both on tour and at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Alice Tully Hall, with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two. Her festival appearances include the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Appalachian Summer Festival, Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Strings in the Mountains Festival, Poland’s “New Faces – New Music” Festival, Finland's Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Germany's Bodensee Festival and Switzerland’s Menuhin Festival.

Judith Ingolfsson has frequently appeared on radio and television broadcasts, beginning with a performance on Icelandic TV at the age of five. Since then, she has been seen on PBS, "CBS Sunday Morning" and Japan’s National Broadcasting Company (NHK). In 1999, National Public Radio’s "Performance Today" named her "Debut Artist of the Year" for her "remarkable intelligence, musicality, and sense of insight." She is also the recipient of the 2001 Chamber Music America/WQXR Record Award for her debut CD for Catalpa Classics, featuring a varied program ranging from Bach to Ned Rorem.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music, her teachers have included Jascha Brodsky, David Cerone and Donald Weilerstein. Prior to her triumph at the Indianapolis Competition, Ms. Ingolfsson, who began violin studies at the age of three, was a prizewinner at the Concert Artists Guild Competition in New York City and the Paganini International Violin Competition in Genoa, Italy.

In 2006, Judith Ingolfsson was appointed to the faculty of the College of Music of the University of Colorado at Boulder. A native of Iceland, she currently divides her time between her homes in Boulder, CO and Berlin, Germany. She performs on a Lorenzo Guadagnini violin, crafted in 1750.

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