• Ticket Price
    Free
  • Duration
    1hr 30min
Grace Park Masterclass

Grace Park Masterclass

Join us for a violin masterclass with rising star, Grace Park featuring Des Moines Symphony Academy students, Hugo Kaut and Martins Steinblums.

Program

  • J.S. BACH Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin, Chaconne
  • BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Allegro moderato

Performers

  • Hugo Kaut Violin Bio
  • Martins Steinblums Violin Bio
  • Grace Park Violin Bio

Hugo Kaut Violin

Mr. Kaut is a sophomore at Roosevelt High School and is a student of Des Moines Symphony Associate Concertmaster Julie Fox Henson.

Mr. Kaut is co-concertmaster of the Des Moines Youth Symphony.

Martins Steinblums Violin

Mr. Steinblums is a senior at Grandview Christian and a student of Linda Pfund Swanson.

Mr. Steinblums is co-concertmaster of the Des Moines Youth Symphony.

Grace Park

Grace Park Violin

Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as being “fresh, different and exhilarating” and by Strings Magazine as “intensely wrought and burnished,” violinist Grace Park captivates audiences with her artistry, passion and virtuosity. Winner of the 2018 Naumburg International Violin Competition, she showcases her artistry as a dynamic soloist and dedicated chamber musician.

Ms. Park’s upcoming season includes her Carnegie Hall debut recital, a world premiere performance of Mason Bates’ first violin sonata, concerto debuts with the Mexico City Philharmonic, Des Moines Symphony, and recitals at Krannert Center, Dame Myra Hess Memorial and Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. 

Ms. Park has appeared as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Canada at venues such as Walt Disney Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Rudolfinum in Prague, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jordan Hall and Tri-Noon at Rockefeller University. She has performed and participated in festivals such as Music @ Menlo, IMS Prussia Cove, Festival Mozaic, Yellowbarn, and Perlman Music Program, where she has performed with many of today's celebrated artists.

A devoted and passionate educator, Ms. Park is an alumnus of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect and has taught masterclasses and coached at Conservatorio de Musica de Cartagena, Mannes School of Music, Festival Mozaic, Arkansas University, Washington and Lee University, North Dakota State University, and Skidmore College.

As a native to Los Angeles, California, Ms. Park began violin at the age of 5 where she trained at the Colburn School of Music. She continued her studies at Colburn Conservatory and New England Conservatory for her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees. Principal teachers include Donald Weilerstein, Miriam Fried, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Robert Lipsett. She now resides in New York City.

She performs on a Domenico Montagnana made in 1739, on loan from an anonymous sponsor.