Born in Nancy, France, violin prodigy Aurélien Pederzoli began his studies at age 3 and at 7, gave his first concert as soloist playing the Saint Saens Concerto No. 3 with orchestra. Only a year later, he was invited by the Societé de Versailles to give debut recitals in Paris and Lyon. Accepted at the Nancy Conservatoire with Marthe Tercieux (student of Milstein and Szeryng), he was recipient of the Gold Medal in Chamber Music at age 12. He went on to study at the world renowned Paris Conservatory under Jean Lenert. In 2001 he was invited to Roosevelt University to study with Shmuel Ashkenasi, first violinist of the Vermeer Quartet. He earned his master of music degree at De Paul University under the tutelage of Ilya Kaler.

His passion is chamber music, which evolved into Anaphora, an ensemble he co-founded in 2008 to perform, develop and enhance classical, jazz and contemporary music alike. Its raison d’être is to bring musical classics into this age and fuse the fresh with the familiar, thus conveying one coherent statement about the music of our time.

During the past season, the Strings were fortunate to have Pederzoli serve as concertmaster, a position in which he continues. His resides with his wife Sarah Ritch, who is a composer, in Evanston.

Aurélien Pederzoli

Barber
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Bach
Concerto for Violin
and Orchestra No. 1
in A Minor, BWV 1041
Aurélien Pederzoli, Violin

Mendelssohn
Concerto for Violin
and String Orchestra
in D Minor, Op. 64
Aurélien Pederzoli, Violin

Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings
in C Major, Op. 48