Shannon Ma, 14, USA, performing Mozart's Violin Sonata in G Major, K. 301, Allegro con spirito and Allegro at the Menuhin Competition #Richmond2021 Junior First Rounds. Pianist: Dmitry Cogan Shannon Ma started playing violin when she was three years old and is a Pre-College student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under Mrs. Zhao Wei. Shannon is a multiple-time first prize winner of the Pacific Musical Society Competition and the US International Music Competition, and she was concertmaster of the 2019 California Junior High All-State Honors Orchestra. She has performed solos with the Palo Alto Philharmonic and performed in masterclasses with Ning Feng, Chen Xi, Sergiu Schwartz, and Danny Koo. When not playing violin, Shannon loves to dance, write and create movies. Founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1983, the Menuhin Competition is the world's leading international competition for young violinists. The Competition attracts hundreds of entries from countries across the globe, choosing only 44 of the world’s very best young violinists to participate. Held every two years in a different world city the Competition discovers, encourages and nurtures exceptionally talented young musicians from all corners of the world under the age of 22 years to develop into the next generation of great artists. Find out more about the Menuhin Competition on our website: https://menuhincompetition.org/ Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/menuhincompetition Sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date: https://bit.ly/3uYtcKv We would like to give our special thanks to Markel for making this round possible.

Shannon Ma, 15, USA Pianist: Dmitry Cogan (00:00) Telemann - Fantasia for Solo Violin, No. 10 in D Major, TWV 40: 23 (05:30) Mozart - Violin Sonata in G Major, K. 301, (05:30) Allegro con spirito and (10:58) Allegro (14:40) Rode - Caprice No. 9 in E Major from 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 22 (19:05) Kreisler - March Miniature Viennoise Sign up to our newsletters to stay up to date on all of our activities! Menuhin Competition: https://bit.ly/3uYtcKv Richmond Symphony: https://bit.ly/3gcP00T Find out more about all of our competitors on our website: https://2021.menuhincompetition.org/competition-2021/participants See the schedule for Competition events: https://2021.menuhincompetition.org/program-tickets We would like to give our special thanks to Markel for making this round possible.

Shannon Ma started playing violin when she was three years old and is a Pre-College student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under Mrs. Zhao Wei. Shannon is a multiple-time first prize winner of the Pacific Musical Society Competition and the US International Music Competition, and she was concertmaster of the 2019 California Junior High All-State Honors Orchestra. She has performed solos with the Palo Alto Philharmonic and performed in masterclasses with Ning Feng, Chen Xi, Sergiu Schwartz, and Danny Koo. When not playing violin, Shannon loves to dance, write and create movies.

Our (almost) daily offering of Bach continues with 15-year-old #Heifetz2021 violinist Shannon Ma, joining us from her home in Saratoga, CA to play the Siciliana and Presto movements from from Bach's Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001. Subscribe + Turn on Notifications to catch every installment! Tune in for more Chock Full o' Bach as part of #Heifetz2021. 0:15 Introduction by Shannon Ma 1:06 Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: II: Siciliana 4:06 IV. Presto Find out more about the Heifetz Institute at https://www.heifetzinstitute.org To Apply: https://www.heifetz.institute/applynow HeifetzPEG program for students 9 - 13: https://www.heifetzpeg.org Subscribe to us on YouTube here: https://heifetz.institute/subscribe Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HeifetzMusic Follow @HeifetzMusic on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heifetzmusic/ Follow @HeifetzMusic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heifetzmusic #bach #violin #sonata

recorded 9/29/2018