Virtuosi Concertmaster Brunilda Myftaraj in Recital
Concert Series at SS. Cyril and Methodius in Hartford
63 Popieluszko Court, Hartford, CT
Saturday, June 29th, 5:15 p.m.
In Program:
J. S. Bach: Chaconne in d-minor
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata No. 2, A minor, “Jacques Thibaud”
A. Vivaldi: Violin Sonata in A Major, Op.2, No.2
J. S. Bach: Air on G string from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major
Adrian Sylveen, piano
Albanian-American violin virtuoso Brunilda Myftaraj has drawn enthusiastic accolades from audiences as well as critical acclaim for her masterful musicianship in her native Albania, as well as Italy, Greece, France, Morocco, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and in the United States. She has been praised recently by the New London Day critic as an “especially fine and beautiful player”. In the United States She has performed as soloist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra of which she is now a concertmaster, and presented recitals at the Piano and Friends Chamber Music series in Tucson Arizona, Mostly Mozart series in Napa Valley, the Schubert Club in Minneapolis and more. She has been featured on radio stations in NY, CT and MA.brunilda_myftaraj
The first prize winner of the Van Rooy competition, Emerson Quartet competition she was also a semifinalist and participant in prestigious competitions such as the Young Artist Guild in NY, Indianapolis International Violin Competition and the Lipizer Competition in Gorizia, Italy. Ms. Myftaraj graduated with the Highest Honors from the renowned Conservatory of Fine Arts in Tirana, and has studied throughout Europe and the United States. Her teachers have included, Proletare Skenderi, Piero Faulli of the Quartetto Italiano, Alberto Lissy, Phil Setzer, Eugene Drucker, Rafael Druian and Renato Bonacini.