Natalie Rose Kress
Violin, Baroque Violin
Natalie Rose Kress, violinist, is a Washington, DC–based artist whose career spans performance, education, and arts leadership. Hailed by The New York Times for her “splendid playing” in Ein Heldenleben at Carnegie Hall, she is known for eloquent interpretations on both modern and historical instruments. She received the Jules C. Reiner Violin Prize from the Tanglewood Music Center and the English Concert in America Fellowship at The Juilliard School, has performed with Yo-Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center Honors, and premiered Leonard Bernstein’s Music for String Quartet, later recording its first commercial release. She appears frequently with her founding ensembles, Quartet Salonnières and Relic, and recently toured Tanzania under a U.S. Embassy Public Diplomacy Grant. A dedicated educator, she recently served on faculty at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute and currently runs educational programs for the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society.
This Artist performs in the following events:
Schola Cantorum, Early Keyboard Extravaganza, All Creatures Great & Small, Who's Afraid of New Music, Baroque Inside/Out, Baroque Lovers' Afternoon, Let the Sun Be Our Guide, Finale: Mozart's Magic Flute