Alyssa
Warcup
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Recent Highlights
Description
The Gstaad String Academy has become an integral part of Gstaad Menuhin Festival. Excellent teachers like Ana Chumachenco, Rainer Schmidt, Ettore Causa or Ivan Monighetti share their knowledge and longstanding experience in one-to-one lessons.
Of particular value for the participants is furthermore the opportunity to perform alongside their professors. Being inspired by Yehudi Menuhin‘s approach, Gstaad String Academy follows the tradition of a chamber music concert, involving one of the professors per each ensemble.
Alyssa Warcup
Violist
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Description
Open Chamber Music is prized for offering emerging artists the unique opportunity to work closely with renowned performers. The seminar offers renewed inspiration to musicians at every stage of their careers, as they come together to learn from their colleagues in an environment dedicated to musical exploration. The ensembles are put together so that a balance of young players from recent Masterclass seminars work together with more experienced and established musicians. In this way, musicians of all ages are given the opportunity to develop and renew professional relationships, encouraging a spirit of international collaboration.
Alyssa Warcup
Violist
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Description
Fantastic Variations on a Theme from Tristan by William Bergsma. Alyssa Warcup, viola, Elena Jivaeva, piano.
Alyssa Warcup
Soloist
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Biography
American violist Alyssa Warcup is pursuing her Master of Music degree at the Curtis Institute of Music where she holds the Edward Montgomery Fellowship as a student of Ed Gazouleas and Roberto Díaz. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her mentors include Hsin-Yun Huang, Misha Amory, Jeffrey Irvine, Lynne Ramsey, and Stanley Konopka. Originally from the Chicago area, Alyssa began her viola studies at age twelve.
Alyssa made her solo debut performing the Schnittke Viola Concerto with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra. She has won first prize in several competitions, including the National Federation of Music Clubs Collegiate Viola Competition and Wendell Irish Viola Award, as well as the Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition. She was the recipient of the Contemporary Music Prize from the Fontainebleau Schools and winner of the inaugural Howard E. Leisinger Viola Prize from the Tuesday Musical Association.
Alyssa is an avid orchestral musician, performing as a substitute with The Cleveland Orchestra and as a member of Symphony in C. She has appeared as both soloist and chamber musician at festivals including the Gstaad String Academy, Aspen Music Festival, International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, Fontainebleau Schools, National Arts Centre Young Artists Program, Heifetz International Music Institute, and National YoungArts Foundation. Alyssa is passionate about outreach, regularly performing alongside many ensembles for concerts in hospitals, nursing homes, libraries, and museums. She has performed with the Cleveland chapter of Music for Food, a musician-led initiative to fight hunger in local communities.
Alyssa performs on a viola made by Christopher Germain in 2012.
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