The violinist recently shared that she has received a 1790 Lorenzo Storioni violin
US violinist Maria Ioudenitch has announced that she has received a long-term loan of a 1790 Lorenzo Storioni violin.
In a social media post, Ioudenitch said: ‘I’ve been in awe of quite a few instruments before, have fallen in love over and over. But there’s something about this one that feels fiercely personal.
‘There’s a Golden-Age quality about it, and an eagerness to make the most beautiful voices come alive! I’ve always searched for a violin that can cry as easily as it can sing… I’ve found her.’
She also said: ‘She’s also got the strength of a herd of horses!’
Ioudenitch received first prizes in the Ysaÿe International Music Competition, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition and the Joseph Joachim International Competition in 2021.
She has since released her first album on Warner Classics, Songbird, with pianist Kenny Broberg, and made her debuts with numerous orchestras in Germany and her home-town Kansas City Symphony.
Ioudenitch began playing the violin at the age of three with Gregory Sandomirsky and continued her studies with Ben Sayevich at the International Center for Music in Kansas City and Pamela Frank and Shmuel Ashkenasi at the Curtis Institute of Music, where she completed her bachelor’s degree. She fulfilled both her master’s degree and Artist Diploma at the New England Conservatory, where she studied with Miriam Fried.
In the past year, Ioudenitch has been mentored by the influential artists’ manager Sonia Simmenauer as part of Simmenauer’s new initiative, zukunfts.music. She is currently in the Professional Studies programme at the Kronberg Academy, working with Christian Tetzlaff.
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