Alice Lee 
		 (2000)
			| Canada
		
		
		
			
	
	
			New England Conservatory
		
							
			Professor  |  Donald Weilerstein
				
			Accompanist  | Jonė Punytė-Svigarienė
		
     
    			    
		    Alice Lee began playing violin at the age of 5 in Victoria, B.C., and debuted as a soloist when she was 11 years old with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra under Tania Miller in Victoria Symphony Splash 2011. She has won 2nd prize at the International Fritz Kreisler Competition 2018 and the Vienna Classic Strings Competition 2019, as well as 1st prize at the CullerArts International Competition 2023, Shean Strings Competition 2017, and the OSM Manulife Competition 2016. As a soloist worldwide, she has worked with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under Johannes Wildner at the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein, also with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Menuhin Academy Soloists, Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra, Niagara Symphony Orchestra, CullerArts Orchestra in Spain, and the LGT Young Soloists. She has also appeared at the Kronberg Academy masterclasses, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Liechtenstein Music Academy, Mozarteum Summer Academy, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Rencontres Musicales Switzerland, Banff String Quartet Festival 2017, Banff Masterclass Program, and the Festival Stradivaria. Alice currently studies with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and had previously studied with Maxim Vengerov at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, as well as with Pierre Amoyal, Barry Shiffman, and Victor Danchenko. She performs on the 1689 "Baumgartner" Stradivarius, generously loaned by the Canada Council for the Arts.
	    
	        
    
 
	 
	
	 
		
		
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			Johann Sebastian Bach  
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		Violin Sonata No. 1	 
		
		
		
		
		
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				G minor
			
						
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				BWV 1001 
			 
					
		
		
		
		
												
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		III. Siciliana	 
		
		 		
												
 
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		IV. Presto	 
		
		 		
												
 
					
									
	
		
							
			
				
						
			
			Niccolò Paganini  
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		24 Caprices for Solo Violin · Op. 1: No. 5	 
		
		
		
		
		
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				A minor
			
						
			 
					
		
		
		
			
		
							
			
				
						
			
			Algirdas Martinaitis  
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		"...Su paukščio giesme..." (With a Birdsong)	 
		
		
		
		
		
			
						
			 
					
		
		
		
			
		
			
		
						
					
				
		
	
		
			
	 	
			 
	
	 
		
		
		       			       II ROUND
		       			 
	       
		 
		
						
					
			
				
						
			
			Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  
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		Violin Concerto No. 4	 
		
		
		
								  
		
		
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				D major
			
						
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				KV 218 
			 
					
		
		
		
			
		
							
			
				
						
			
			George Gershwin — Jascha Heifetz  
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		"It Ain't Necessearily So" from Opera "Porgy & Bess" · transcription for Violin nd Piano	 
		
		
		
		
		
			
						
			 
					
		
		
		
			
		
							
			
				
						
			
			Maurice Ravel  
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		Concert Rhapsody  "Tzigane" (Gypsy)	 
		
		
		
		
		
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				D major
			
						
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				M. 76 
			 
					
		
		
		
			
		
			
		
						
					
				
		
	
		
			
	 	
			 
	
	 
		
		
		       			       III ROUND
		       			 
	       
		 
		
						
					
			
				
						
			
			Jean Sibelius  
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		Violin Concerto	 
		
		
		
		
		
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				D minor
			
						
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				Op. 47 
			 
					
		
		
		
		
												
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		I. Allegro moderato	 
		
		 		
												
 
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		II. Adagio di molto	 
		
		 		
												
 
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		III. Allegro ma non tanto