Lisa Shihoten is an American

United States

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 violin

Violin

The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

ist and teacher.

A member of the critically acclaimed Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Shihoten is an active and significant presence in New York City

New York City

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's classical music

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

 scene. A graduate of The Juilliard School and Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

, she made her Avery Fisher Hall

Avery Fisher Hall

Avery Fisher Hall is a concert hall, in New York City and is part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. It is the home of the New York Philharmonic, with a capacity of 2,738 seats.-History:...

 debut in 1995 performing Bruch

Max Bruch

Max Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...

’s Scottish Fantasy

Scottish Fantasy

The Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, Op. 46, is a composition for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch. Completed in 1880, it was dedicated to the virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate.It is a four movement fantasy on Scottish folk melodies...

 with The Juilliard Orchestra under Kurt Masur

Kurt Masur

Kurt Masur is a German conductor, particularly noted for his interpretation of German Romantic music.- Biography :Masur was born in Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig, Saxony. Masur has been married three times...

. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Shihoten has appeared at the Aspen Music Festival, Verbier Festival

Verbier Festival

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, Ravinia Festival, and in Caramoor

Caramoor

Caramoor may refer to:*Caramoor International Music Festival, held at*Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts Inc., a former estate listed on the National Register of Historic Places near Katonah, New York...

’s Rising Stars series. She has won the Grand Prize at the Marcia Polayes National Violin Competition and the Aspen Music Festival's Nakamichi

Nakamichi

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 Competition, as well as top prizes from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

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 and the Seventeen (magazine)

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/General Motors

General Motors

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 National Competition. Her former teachers include Dorothy Delay

Dorothy DeLay

Dorothy DeLay was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School.She was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.-Career and education:...

, Masao Kawasaki and Peter Oundjian

Peter Oundjian

Peter Oundjian is a violinist and conductor, the youngest of five children from an Armenian father and English mother. He also claims Scottish ancestry through his maternal grandfather, a Sanderson, and the MacDonell of Glengarry clan.Oundjian was educated in England, where he began studying the...

. She is married to organist Ken Cowan

Ken Cowan

Ken Cowan is a Canadian organist. A native of Thorold, Ontario, he has toured extensively in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Organ and Coordinator of Organ and Sacred Music at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. He has made...

 and teaches violin at Princeton University

Princeton University

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