Jennifer Frautschi

Two-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient violinist Jennifer Frautschi has appeared as soloist with innumerable orchestras such as the Cincinnati Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and St Paul Chamber Orchestra. She is an artist-member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and has appeared as chamber musician at Chamber Music Northwest, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla Summerfest, Music@Menlo, Tippet Rise Art Center, Toronto Summer Music, and the Bridgehampton, Cape Cod, Charlottesville, Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, Moab, Ojai, Salt Bay, Santa Fe, Seattle, and Spoleto Festivals.  Her extensive discography for the Albany, Artek, and Naxos labels includes the Stravinsky Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerti with the Seattle Symphony. Born in Pasadena, California, Jennifer attended the Colburn School, Harvard, the New England Conservatory, and the Juilliard School. She performs on a 1722 Antonio Stradivarius violin known as the “ex-Cadiz,” on generous loan from a private American foundation with support from Rare Violins In Consortium. She teaches in the graduate program at Stony Brook University.

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Season 6 Concerts

Peter and the Wolf: A Community Celebration of Music and Storytelling
September 20, 2026 2:00 PM
Lyell B. Clay Theatre at WVU
Sep 20
Beethoven 200: A Journey Through the Quartets
September 22, 2026 7:00 PM
The Terrace, West Virginia Botanic Garden
Sep 22
Echoes Across Eras
November 3, 2026 7:00 PM
The Terrace, West Virginia Botanic Garden
Nov 3
Peter and the Wolf: A Community Celebration of Music and Storytelling
September 20, 2026
Lyell B. Clay Theatre at WVU

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